Elective Quote by Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann

I hold it to be one of the distinguishing excellences of elective over hereditary successions that the talents which nature has provided in sufficient…

— Thomas Jefferson

Who conquers indolence conquers all other hereditary sins.

— Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann

I was in elective politics for 24 years. I've made four national races, two for President, two for Vice President. I have found there…

— Al Gore

It is a travesty for anyone who is elected to office, who serves in an elective office, to engage in voter suppression.

— Nina Turner

I was in college, and I studied everything, but was really not good at anything until I found philosophy, and, then, political science. I…

— Michael Kelly

I didn't set out with the notion of running for elective office; it sort of grew over time. And I honestly at times questioned…

— Bill de Blasio

I've become more and more aware of the promise and struggle to teach the global mind nowadays because I use every chance I get…

— Warren Bennis

I teach a lecture course on American poetry to as many as 150 students. For a lot of them, it's their only elective, so…

— Robert Hass

There was only one elective at my college for acting, but thank God for that elective because we had a great teacher who introduced…

— Nestor Carbonell

The unfortunate, yet truly exciting thing about your life, is that there is no core curriculum. The entire place is an elective.

— Jon Stewart

It's hard to have both parents involved in elective office at the same time.

— Kerry Kennedy

I always knew that I would give back. My mother and my father both believe you have to work hard and give back. That's…

— Thomas Kean, Jr