Voters Quotes - Page 4

• At some point, don't voters start to see all of public life as one big polluted river? And if they do, don't they stop saying things like "That's a busted tire floating by" and "That's an old shoe"?

  Peggy Noonan

  Shoes, Rivers, Floating

  "Death, Taxes and Mrs. Clinton". www.wsj.com. November 30, 2007.

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• The general election of 1983 has produced one important result that has passed virtually without comment in the media. It is that, for the first time since 1945, a political party with an openly socialist policy has received the support of over eight and a half million people. This is a remarkable development by any standards and it deserves some analysis ... the 1983 Labour manifesto commanded the loyalty of millions of voters and a democratic socialist bridge-head in public understanding and support can be made.

  Tony Benn

  Loyalty, Party, Eight

  "The Guardian" Newspaper, June 20, 1983.

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• Tom Perez is really bringing in the labor aspect of the Democratic Party, a group of voters that need to get back, also Latinos. You know, he is the first Latino DNC chair in the history of Democratic Party, a growing demographic that really over performed last time.

  Ruben Gallego

  Party, Groups, Needs

  Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

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• When you learn to make everybody happy, you will possess the golden secret of how to milk the contented voters. But do it in such a way that they won't think you want them to vote for you just because you need the money. They need the money, and besides, they can think up other reasons if they try.

  Gracie Allen

  Thinking, Secret, Trying

  "How to Become President". Book by Gracie Allen, 1940.

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• Reputation is but a synonym of popularity: dependent on suffrage, to be increased or diminished at the will of the voters.

  Washington Allston

  Reputation, Popularity, Suffrage

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• As a result of our [my campaign's] discussions and other interactions with gay and lesbian voters across the state, I am more convinced than ever that as we seek to establish full equality for America's gay and lesbian citizens, I will provide more effective leadership than my opponent [Ted Kennedy].

  Mitt Romney

  Gay, America, Campaigns

  "Marriage Equality Opponent Mitt Romney To Gay People: 'I Don’t Discriminate'". Mitt Romney's letter to Log Cabin Republicans Club during 1994 United States Senate campaign, thinkprogress.org. January 8, 2012.

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• Don't rely on the president to win you the race. You can have the president help you. Use the popularity that he has. That may get you an ear into some of these voters, but he isn't going to close the deal.

  Christopher Michael Cillizza

  Winning, Race, President

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• I was grateful to see President Obama's victory speech. I was over the moon to see the audience. There were about 60 percent white voters the other 40 percent were African Americans, Asian, Spanish speaking etc. I wept at that spectacle, it told me that the pundits that continue in our country to try to polarize us, to keep us apart, are not succeeding. Americans are waking up not only to the truth, but the truth in each other. Hallelujah!

  Maya Angelou

  Country, Grateful, Moon

  FaceBook post by Maya Angelou from Nov 09, 2012

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• American voters should understand that Congress will always find a way to spend every last dollar sent to Washington.

  Ron Paul

  Dollars, American Voters, Way

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• America's Christian conservative movement is confronted with this divide: small-government advocates who want to practice their faith independent of heavy-handed government versus big-government sympathizers who want to impose their version of 'righteousness' on others through the hammer of law.... Our movement must avoid the temptations of power and those who would twist the good intentions of Christian voters to support policies that undermine freedom and grow government.

  Dick Armey

  Christian, Independent, Government

  "Christians and Big Government - Why faith requires freedom". FreedomWorks (freedomworks.org), October 12, 2006.

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• According to a new survey, almost half of the voters in Ohio, Florida, and Pennsylvania say that they do not trust Hillary Clinton. Republicans immediately got together and said, 'OK, this is a huge opportunity for us. How are we going to screw it up?'

  Jimmy Fallon

  Opportunity, Florida, Ohio

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• Jeb Bush is facing criticism after it was just revealed that he checked off his race as 'Hispanic' on a voter registration form back in 2009. When asked if he regrets it now, Bush said, 'Si.'

  Jimmy Fallon

  Regret, Race, Criticism

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• Most voters would rather have their purse or wallet stolen than be audited by the IRS.

  Frank Luntz

  Irs, Purses, Stolen

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• I believe I have demonstrated that the voters are characteristically ill-informed when voting on reducing social costs. Furthermore, their primary concern is with wealth transferred to themselves, rather than with social cost efficiency. Logically, this would mean that democratic government would be inefficient in reducing social costs.

  Gordon Tullock

  Believe, Mean, Government

  Gordon Tullock, Charles Kershaw Rowley (2005). “The economics of politics”, Liberty Fund Inc.

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• Many now born, by the time they are voters will compose part of a nation with a genius nowhere equaled, and with a vast territory upon which those energies and that genius can operate.

  Richard P. Bland

  Territory, Energy, Genius

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• I think that that integrity is something that is important to voters.

  Tammy Baldwin

  Integrity, Thinking, Important

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• At the end of the day, one of the most politically active voters in the country, seniors, will know who stood with them and who didn't.

  Judy Chu

  Senior, Country, The End Of The Day

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• Well, if Democratic members in the House elect Nancy Pelosi as their leader, it's almost as if they just didn't get the message from the voters this election. I mean, the voters outright rejected the agenda that she's been about. And here they're going to put her back in charge.

  Eric Cantor

  Mean, House, Leader

  "Key Republican Lawmakers on GOP Agenda for New Congress". "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. November 7, 2010.

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• My focus as part of the leadership is to keep talking about the independent voters, independent voters - how do we get the independent voters back?

  Henry Cuellar

  Independent, Talking, Focus

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• But the indisputable fact is, a huge percentage of Obama's voters are basically wards of the state. There are millions of them, and they have no intention of voting for anyone who might want them to ever go out and work for a living - 'no matter what.

  Howie Carr

  Voting, Want, Might

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• The voter does not vote only on one issue, the voter votes on a multiplicity of issues.

  P. Chidambaram

  Issues, Doe, Multiplicity

  "Tax Residency clause may have been clumsily worded: P Chidambaram". Interview with Supriya Shrinate, Swaminathan S. Anklesaria Aiyar, economictimes.indiatimes.com. Mar 1, 2013.

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• The fact is that we as a party at the Republican National Committee registered 3.4 million new voters in the past two years and brought them into the political process. The president won by 3.5 million votes.

  Ed Gillespie

  Party, Past, Years

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• The worst enemy of good government is not our ignorant foreign voter, but our educated domestic railroad president, our prominent business man, our leading lawyer.

  John Jay Chapman

  Business, Men, Worst Enemy

  John Jay Chapman, Richard Stone (1998). “Unbought Spirit: A John Jay Chapman Reader”, p.21, University of Illinois Press

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• You constantly hear about voter fraud... but you don't see huge amounts of vote fraud out there.

  Eric Holder

  Voter Fraud, Huge, Amount

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• The average GOP presidential vote in these last five elections was 44.5 percent. In the last three, it was 48.1 percent. Give Romney an extra point for voter disillusionment with Obama, and a half-point for being better financed than his predecessors. It still strikes me as a path to narrow defeat.

  William Kristol

  Average, Giving, Presidential

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