Election Quotes

politics can be an ugly game, and in a national election the stakes get higher while the tactics get lower.

So for us any gain we had in election, one vote that we got, was a win.

Any time you have loose ballots, you have to worry about shenanigans. It's a shame such a hard-fought election has to come down to something like this.

Principles aren't of much account anyway, except at election time. After that you hang them up to let them season.

I don't think either one of them knows what it's all about, to be honest with you. Both sides are doing nothing but just looking towards the next election.

I'm against very wealthy ­people attempting to or influencing elections. But as long as it's doable I'm going to do it.

Elections aren't just about who votes, but who doesn't vote.

We were there [ in the newsroom] through the elections [2008] so it was quite a frenzy going on. The other thing I learn is that journalists are very messy.

Over time, the repetition, Donald Trump's lies about election rigging, have become a form of background noise, more of the same. And this is a propaganda technique, whether Trump knows it or not.

Maintain your rage and enthusiasm for the campaign for the election now to be held and until polling day.

Elections in Nigeria Under My Watch Have Been Credible and Transparent

People are what this election is all about.

Others may make you promises, once again, and then election after election not deliver. We will not do this.

The elections are the greatest symbol of participation and political reform.

We need election reform because our elections are being stolen. And these huge powerful voting machine vending companies have privatized the election process in our country.

That is enough to win a three-way presidential race. If young people understand they have the numbers and they have the power to come out and turn this election on its head.

If everybody who voted in 2008 shows up in 2010, we will win this election. We will win this election.

The only true allegiance a politician has is to his own re-election.

I do not deny the possibility that the people may err in an election; but if they do, the true [cure] is in the next election, and not in the treachery of the person elected.

Donald Trump's biggest lie is about the election itself, the integrity of the election. He is alleging a massive conspiracy, thereby creating a massive challenge for the news media.

One of the most repellent spectacles at election times is the pretense of piety on the part of people running for office.

Democracy doesn't just consist of holding elections.

God help this country if we're now prepared to vote for someone we don't trust. But every election cycle we do things we never dreamed of.

The election of Hoover...should result in continued prosperity for 1929.

I always lose the election in the polls, and I always win it on election day.

Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid says he will not seek re-election. Harry said he wants to spend more time with his family. As I always say, check with your family.

The election is not very far off when a candidate can recognize you across the street.

It's time we stopped ignoring the environment. Let's not let another election go by without making this a high priority.

Sometimes the media says, well, this state had an election, it's the end of the campaign. It is not. We have dozens of more states to go. We're feeling good about the future.

We have a system that allows us to manage a free and fair election, free of fraud, free of intimidation, and that's what we delivered on election day, and we're very very proud of it.

None are drawn to Christ by their calling, nor come to him by believing, but only his sheep, those whom the Father has given him,. Effectual calling runs parallel with eternal election.

I will never contest election in Nigeria. Whenever my husband retires, I will go back home with him.

Somehow politicians have become convinced that negative campaigning pays off in elections.

Election is always to sanctification. Where there is no visible fruit of sanctification, we may be sure there is no election.

Elections are about choosing sides, but inaugurations are about closing ranks.

I did not lose this election, or had a bad result compared with what we might have got because of Islam.

Excessive taxation . . . will carry reason & reflection to every man's door, and particularly in the hour of election.

A nice, easy place for freedom of speech to be eroded is comics, because comics are a natural target whenever an election comes up.

I am not going to answer any questions as to my association, my philosophical or religious beliefs or my political beliefs, or how I voted in any election, or any of these private affairs.

Careerism: the self-centered philosophy of governing to win the next election above all else.

We will see at the end of the day. I don't like to speculate. Our goal in this election is to do better than in the last one.

The English people think they are free; they are greatly deceived; they are free only during the election of members of Parliament.

This is my last election. After my election, I have more flexibility.

I dislike both of [candidates] but there's obviously no choice in the election - if you're concerned about the future of anything, you need to vote for Hillary Clinton.

These people have elevated audacity to symphonic and operatic levels. The Florida Supreme Court relied on new law to resolve the election dispute down there.

Things on the whole are much faster in America; people don't 'stand for election', they 'run for office.'

I will do what it takes to help Ed Miliband win general election.

You have to remember that in a state like Florida, independent voters will decide the election.

In philosophy seminars, the choice is usually between good and evil. In the real world, however, the choice is often between a bad guy and a worse guy.

I am not at all a politician. I don't think I'm cut out for politics. I am certainly not going to stand for election.