Votes Quotes

285 Votes quotes by 237 unique authors

Election Day outside of big cities is different. For one thing, there are so few people in my town that each individual vote really does… — Susan Orlean
To make sure that votes are never canceled out by illegal votes, we instituted a photo ID requirement. And don't you think it's fair to… — Rick Perry
My votes against the education bill and my votes against the Medicare bill got huge play at home. — Mike Pence
You bet every member of Congress who votes for this bill ought to read it, read it thoroughly, and understand that what we're looking at… — Mike Pence
Newt Gingrich never received more than 100,000 votes in his life. He'll never be president. — John Podhoretz
The passion for office among members of Congress is very great, if not absolutely disreputable, and greatly embarrasses the operations of the Government. They create… — James K. Polk
Votes are like trees, if you are trying to build a forest. If you have more trees than you have forests, then at that point… — Dan Quayle
Only votes talk, everything else walks. — Dan Rather
I think there are some in the Democratic Party - not all - but I think there are some people in the Democratic Party that… — Marco Rubio
Votes should be weighed not counted. — Friedrich Schiller
I make up my opinions from facts and reasoning, and not to suit any body but myself. If people don't like my opinions, it makes… — William Tecumseh Sherman
The more people who are dependent on government handouts, the more votes the left can depend on for an ever-expanding welfare state. — Thomas Sowell
I don't expect people to agree with all my votes. — Arlen Specter
It is enough that the people know there was an election. The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes… — Joseph Stalin
The Tea Party isolated Mitt Romney from mainstream voters, linking him to a rabid ideology that he could not shake as he desperately tried to… — Eliot Spitzer
The idea that you can merchandise candidates for high office like breakfast cereal - that you can gather votes like box tops - is, I… — Adlai E. Stevenson
The forgotten man... He works, he votes, generally he prays, but his chief business in life is to pay. — William Graham Sumner
All the blood is drained out of democracy - it dies - when only half the population votes. — Hunter S. Thompson
Let's not be overconfident, we still have to count the votes. — Harold Washington
Reparations, I believe, are talked about for political reasons, trying to cater for the purpose of getting votes. If Congress was serious about reparations -… — J C Watts
I sometimes think that when he was at Harvard Law School, Mr. Obama cut class the day they got to the separation of powers, 'cause… — George Will
Politics in a democracy is transactional: Politicians seek votes by promising to do things for voters, who seek promises in exchange for their votes. — George Will
Democrats cannot win elections without capturing the votes of independent-minded swing voters. And that is where writing off the Tea Party as a bunch of… — Juan Williams
In the 2000 presidential election, Al Gore got more votes than George W. Bush, but still lost the election. The Supreme Court's ruling in Florida… — Juan Williams
The 2012 presidential campaign's turn away from the classic, straight-up, American election - where the candidate who gets the most votes nationwide wins - is… — Juan Williams

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