Election Day Quotes - Page 4

• We have the best congressmen that money can buy.

  Jo Ann Dearing

  Political, Election, Congressman

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• Democracy is the only game in town. The problem is [when] people start to believe that it is not a game worth playing.

  Ivan Krastev

  Motivation, Believe, Inspiration

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• As the inevitable discussion proceeds in the months ahead, this memo should provide both perspective and a reality check. President Bush's approval numbers will again fall back to more realistic levels fairly quickly. All were quite successful on Election Day.

  Matthew Dowd

  Fall, Successful, Reality

  "GOP memo predicts drop in Bush poll numbers" By Sean Loughlin, www.cnn.com. April 24, 2003.

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• Stay home on Election Day ... for the sake of the nation

  Sean Hannity

  Home, Sake, Election

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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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• 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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• 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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  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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• 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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• What Washington needs is adult supervision.

  Barack Obama

  Presidential, Political, Adults

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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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• 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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• 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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• 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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  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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• As government expands, liberty contracts.

  Ronald Reagan

  Government, Political, Liberty

  Farewell Address to the Nation, delivered 11 January 1989, Washington D.C.

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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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  Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you!

  Pericles

  Inspirational, Trust, Witty

  "American Voters Suffer Learned Helplessness" by Andrea Chalupa, bigthink.com. September 7, 2012.

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• Politics is the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich, by promising to protect each from the other.

  Oscar Ameringer

  Life, Witty, Art

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

  George Pataki

  Responsibility, Acceptance, Government

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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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• 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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• For too long we've been told about 'us' and 'them.' Each and every election we see a new slate of arguments and ads telling us that 'they' are the problem, not 'us.' But there can be no 'them' in America. There's only us.

  William J. Clinton

  America, Long, Political

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