Election Day Quotes - Page 4

• One of the fondest expressions around is that we can't be the world's policeman. But guess who gets called when suddenly someone needs a cop.

  Colin Powell

  Expression, Political, Needs

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• Everybody knows politics is a contact sport.

  Barack Obama

  Sports, Political, Election

  "The Candidate: How the son of a Kenyan economist became an Illinois Everyman". www.newyorker.com. May 31, 2004.

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• Having five children in six years is the best training in the world for Speaker of the House.

  Nancy Pelosi

  Children, Years, House

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• We have the best congressmen that money can buy.

  Jo Ann Dearing

  Political, Election, Congressman

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• Those who corrupt the public mind are just as evil as those who steal from the public purse.

  Adlai E. Stevenson

  Evil, Political, Mind

  "Speeches of Adlai Ewing Stevenson", (p. 99), 1952.

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• A vote is like a rifle; its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Character, Gun, Political

  Theodore Roosevelt (2013). “Autobiography of Theodore Roosevelt”, p.127, Simon and Schuster

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• 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 matter, and several local races have been decided by as many votes as you can count on one hand.

  Susan Orlean

  Race, Hands, Cities

  "Fall Crop" by Susan Orlean, www.newyorker.com. November 2, 2010.

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• What Washington needs is adult supervision.

  Barack Obama

  Presidential, Political, Adults

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• Republicans are relentless and they're smart, too - they're not all dumb - and on Election Day, they'll be up at five in the morning.

  Michael Moore

  Morning, Smart, Dumb

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• It's heartbreaking that so many hundreds of millions of people around the world are desperate for the right to vote, but here in America people stay home on election day.

  Moby

  Home, America, People

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• Democracy does not guarantee equality of conditions - it only guarantees equality of opportunity.

  Irving Kristol

  Witty, Freedom, Humorous

  "Two Cheers for Capitalism". Book by Irving Kristol, May 11, 1978.

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  From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs.

  Karl Marx

  Inspirational, Philosophical, Political

  Critique of the Gotha Program pt. 1 (1875).

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• Money won't create success, the freedom to make it will.

  Nelson Mandela

  Money, Congratulations, Not Giving Up

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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  People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war or before an election.

  Otto von Bismarck

  Morning, Clever, War

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• Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner.

  James Bovard

  Humor, Two, Democracies Have

  James Bovard (2016). “Lost Rights: The Destruction of American Liberty”, p.333, St. Martin's Griffin

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• What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans, and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty or democracy?

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Inspirational, Peace, War

  Non-Violence in Peace and War (1942) vol. 1, ch. 142

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• If you want a friend in Washington, buy a dog.

  Harry S. Truman

  Funny, Hilarious, Dog

  "The Wit & Wisdom of Harry Truman".

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• It's not the voting that's democracy; it's the counting.

  Tom Stoppard

  Fake People, Freedom, Democracies Have

  Jumpers act 1 (1972) See Nast 1; Somoza 1

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  There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.

  Elie Wiesel

  Freedom, Philosophy, Military

  Elie Wiesel (2011). “From the Kingdom of Memory: Reminiscences”, p.182, Schocken

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• It is amazing how soon one becomes accustomed to the sound of ones voice, when forced to repeat a speech five or six times a day. As election day approaches, the size of the crowds grows; they are more responsive and more interested; and one derives a certain exhilaration from that which, only a few weeks before, was intensely painful. This is one possible explanation of unlimited debate in the Senate.

  J. William Fulbright

  Voice, Speech, Exhilaration

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• One year ago, the RNC began the Growth and Opportunity Project to help reach new voters, engage diverse communities, and strengthen the party. After having the opportunity to work with the RNC and this project, I have seen the amazing efforts being made first hand, and would like to celebrate the great strides taken thus far, while also commending the RNC for the progress it has made as we collectively look towards Election Day and the future.

  Renee Amoore

  Taken, Party, Opportunity

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• Men are never so likely to settle a question rightly as when they discuss it freely.

  Thomas B. Macaulay

  Men, Confusion, Political

  "Southey's Colloquies on Society" by Thomas B. Macaulay, 1830.

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• Governing a large country is like frying a small fish. You spoil it with too much poking.

  Laozi

  Country, Government, Political

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• When government accepts responsibility for people, then people no longer take responsibility for themselves.

  George Pataki

  Responsibility, Acceptance, Government

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• A little government and a little luck are necessary in life, but only a fool trusts either of them.

  P. J. O'Rourke

  Life, Government, Political

  P. J. O'Rourke (2007). “Parliament of Whores: A Lone Humorist Attempts to Explain the Entire U.S. Government”, p.25, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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