Votes Quotes
285 quotes by 242 authors
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First, I think more Americans need to declare their independence from partisan politics on both sides. The more that Americans declare their independence, the more…
— John Avlon
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Filibusters should require 35 senators to... make a commitment to continually debate an issue in reality, not just in theory. The number of votes needed…
— Evan Bayh
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If we want to truly regain the public's trust, we can provide greater accountability and transparency with a simple step. Let's start by communicating to…
— Melissa Bean
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Whether we and our politicians know it or not, Nature is party to all our deals and decisions, and she has more votes, a longer…
— Wendell Berry
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Stand-up is like a movie every night. You write it, direct it, produce it, the audience votes, and you go home. There's nothing more satisfying.
— Elayne Boosler
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Some men are deeply likable but have attitudes I don't like. Does that mean I should completely dismiss them? It's like saying: if someone votes…
— Jo Brand
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When George Bush asked me to sign on, it obviously wasn't because he was worried about carrying Wyoming. We got 70 percent of the vote…
— Dick Cheney
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Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead. Tradition refuses to submit to…
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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Compassion is the use of public funds to buy votes
— Thomas Sowell
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One, with God, is always a majority, but many a martyr has been burned at the stake while the votes were being counted.
— Thomas Reed
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Money is like fire, an element as little troubled by moralizing as earth, air and water. Men can employ it as a tool or they…
— Lewis H. Lapham
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I see a trend here where the President seems to think his job is to count votes and then try to make a deal That's…
— Anthony Weiner
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The budget is like a mythical bean bag. Congress votes mythical beans into it, then reaches in and tries to pull real ones out.
— Will Rogers
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Any woman who votes for no-fault divorce is like a turkey voting for Thanksgiving.
— Pat Robertson
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It is just as impossible to help reform by conciliating prejudice as it is by buying votes. Prejudice is the enemy. Whoever is not for…
— John Jay Chapman
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The question is not what anybody deserves. The question is who is to take on the God-like role of deciding what everybody else deserves. You…
— Thomas Sowell
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Voters who live off taxpayers are the Democrats' ace in the hole. The Democrats created big programs and never let the recipients forget it. This…
— Joseph Sobran
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We think slavery a great moral wrong, and while we do not claim the right to touch it where it exists, we wish to treat…
— Abraham Lincoln
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If somebody votes for a party that you don't agree with, you're free to argue about it as much as you like. ... But on…
— Douglas Adams
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Every citizen's vote should count in America, not just the votes of partisan insiders in the Electoral College. The Electoral College was necessary when communications…
— Gene Green
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