Ballots Quotes - Page 8

• We have gotten so nuanced into social issues that we fail to understand that China is buying up America, we have fallen into debt in such a pervasive way that social security is compromised, we are living longer than we lived before and in order to secure the kind of healthcare that we need without the deficits on our budget, we need really strong leadership that is focused only on the plethora of issues and not just the traditional concerns that have driven us to the ballot box.

  T. D. Jakes

  Strong, Order, America

  Source: thechurchladyblogs.com

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• A voter without a ballot is like a soldier without a bullet.

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  Soldier, Voters, Bullets

  Eisenhower, Dwight D (1958). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1956”, p.774, Best Books on

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• Barack Obama thinks he's universally loved and adored because of that approval rating, which is a lie or a misrepresentation. It's mainly people that don't have the guts to tell a pollster that they disapprove of the job because of the racial component, because whenever Obama's policies are on the ballot, they get skunked! If he's on ballot with them, not so bad.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Jobs, Lying, Thinking

  Source: www.rushlimbaugh.com

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• Leftists don't leave it at winning at the ballot box. If they lose at the ballot box, they force themselves on the country or society elsewhere.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Country, Winning, Boxes

  Source: www.rushlimbaugh.com

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• The message that I am conveying to President Trump, to the Cabinet, to leaders in both Houses is real simple. Let's do what we promised. Let's deliver on the promises and if we do that, we'll win at the ballot box and if we don't, the people will hold us accountable for that too.

  Ted Cruz

  Real, Winning, Simple

  Source: time.com

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• I mean, this is a group [Republicans], don't forget, that gave its presidential straw ballot to Ron Paul, Ron Paul, and Rand Paul and Rand Paul. So, they have abandoned what - their libertarian values and instincts to embrace [Donald] Trump.

  Mark Shields

  Mean, Presidential, Libertarian

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• I think we need to fight against Trumpism in the courts, we need to fight at the ballot box and online, and we need to do peaceful protesting. We need to use every lever at our disposal to make sure that the president doesn't hurt our country, our values, and our people.

  Tim Kaine

  Country, Hurt, Fighting

  Source: www.cosmopolitan.com

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• Does anybody really believe that Iraq is going to be a wonderful democracy where people are going to run down to the voting box and gently put in their ballot and the winner is happily going to step up to lead the county? C'mon. Two minutes after we leave, there's going to be a revolution, and the meanest, toughest, smartest, most vicious guy will take over. And he'll have weapons of mass destruction, which Saddam didn't have.

  Donald Trump

  Running, Believe, Two

  Source: www.esquire.com

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• I love all people. I hate no one. And, you know, when you take a subject and you reduce it to something like a four-second sound bite, and a check mark on a ballot, I think that that's inappropriate and insensitive.

  Kirk Cameron

  Hate, Thinking, People

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• In a democracy, supposedly we hold power by what we do at the ballot box, so therefore the more we know about political power the better our choices should be and the better, in theory, our democracy should be.

  Robert Caro

  Political, Choices, Democracy

  "Robert Caro: a life with LBJ and the pursuit of power". Interview with Chris McGreal, www.theguardian.com. June 9, 2012.

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• Some countries have a parliamentary republic, some are presidential republics and some are still monarchies, but no one sees them as not being democratic. In some countries regional leaders are appointed from the centre and in others they are elected. In Russia, the president is elected through direct secret ballot, and in the United States, the president is elected through a system of electoral colleges.

  Vladimir Putin

  Country, College, Russia

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• You aren't just voting for the president. So many issues that affect your everyday life are decided locally on that ballot as well. So go get that god damn sticker. Your country needs you.

  Chrissy Teigen

  Country, Issues, Voting

  "Chrissy Teigen Thinks Ivanka Trump 'Should Probably Run for Office One Day'". Glamour Interview, www.glamour.com. September 8, 2016.

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• In Halberstram's fun house, television elected John F. Kennedy in 1960 (presumably Richard J. Daley and his precinct captains were at home on election night watching the Cook County ballots being counted on television).

  Edwin Diamond

  Fun, Home, Night

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• If you don't know, your labor unions and community organizations, there's somebody you can ask to guide you. A lot of people, especially in the Latino community, they have this big ballot and all these names and propositions on it, and they say 'Oh my God'. They don't know which of these to vote for, so they don't vote.

  Dolores Huerta

  Names, Organization, People

  Source: www.sdfoundation.org

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• The Kochs are very much involved in this election, not backing [Donald] Trump but backing everything down the ballot from him. They're pouring money into capturing the Senate and the House of Representatives, and state Houses across the country.

  Jane Mayer

  Country, House, Pouring

  Source: www.macleans.ca

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• We've got a lot of down-ballot candidates that are also being lifted up by this campaign [for Presidency in 2016]. If we don't take a stand at some point and begin to stand our ground, we are never going to begin to move forward. We've got to do that.

  Jill Stein

  Moving, Campaigns, Presidency

  "Off Message" with Glenn Thrush, www.politico.com. September 19, 2016.

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• All the more reason we need to stand up for our democracy now. If we're going to solve the crises that are barreling down on us, we need democracy, and our democracy needs to start with an open and inclusive debate. That doesn't mean 20 candidates. There are four candidates who are on the ballot for just about every voter in America.

  Jill Stein

  Mean, America, Democracy

  "Off Message" with Glenn Thrush, www.politico.com. September 19, 2016.

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• You asked me about Queensland in particular and regional Queensland where our message of jobs and growth is resonating strongly because that's what is on people's mind, and when the election results are in on 2nd July, I'm confident that that message will be translated into the ballot box.

  George Brandis

  Jobs, July, People

  Source: www.abc.net.au

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• I think, it was like 30 million dollars the Libertarians talk about that it cost them to get on the ballot. We don't have 30 million dollars. We're a people powered campaign.

  Jill Stein

  Thinking, People, Dollars

  Source: www.cpa-connecticut.com

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• Our Facebook went off the charts and volunteers poured into our campaigns and actually helped us achieve the ballot access status that we have now on the ballot in just about 48 states and this has continued.

  Jill Stein

  Volunteer, Campaigns, Achieve

  Source: www.cpa-connecticut.com

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• The Green Party provides the infrastructure, kind of the culture of watchdogging the electoral bureaucracy, and how you participate, how you get on the ballot, stuff like that which is very difficult to do unless you have billions of dollars.

  Jill Stein

  Party, Stuff, Dollars

  Source: www.cpa-connecticut.com

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• That could be a high water mark for the Green Party in its history. What two states, I can only guess, aren't you going to be on because of horrendous obstacles to getting on the ballot.

  Ralph Nader

  Party, Two, Water

  Source: www.cpa-connecticut.com

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• It is basically a strategy to destroy the essence of democracy, which is the competitiveness and choices of candidates on the ballot.

  Ralph Nader

  Essence, Choices, Democracy

  Source: www.cpa-connecticut.com

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• I think in the real world that's probably correct. That would give federal matching funds. It would mean no more ballot access woes.

  William Weld

  Real, Mean, Thinking

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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• Voters tell politicians what they want through the ballot box. Constantly second-guessing them by speculating whether the parties should gang up on each other misses the point.

  Nick Clegg

  Party, Missing, Guessing

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