Election Quotes - Page 25

• Rick Perry was philosophical about (his election losses). He said, 'Last week was Iowa. Yesterday was New Hampshire. ' He said at least it's giving him a chance to learn the names of all the states.

  Jay Leno

  Philosophical, Loss, Yesterday

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• If the good people in their wisdom shall see fit to keep me in the background, I have been too familiar with disappointments to bevery much chagrined.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Disappointment, People, Fit

  Abraham Lincoln (2009). “The Portable Abraham Lincoln”, p.25, Penguin

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• Constant conflict is actually often good politics. Because the more you can inflame your supporters the more likely they are to show up at election day. And if they're more inflamed than the other side, even if the other side has more people agreeing with it, you'll win, because your crowd will show up.

  William J. Clinton

  Party, Winning, Reality

  "Bill Clinton on shutdown: 'politics is not theology'". William J. Clinton's speech at a convention of the National Community Pharmacists Association in Orlando, politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com. October 14, 2013.

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• The election makes me think of a story of a man who was dying. He had only two minutes to live, so he sent for a clergyman and asked him, "Where is the best place to go to?" He was undecided about it. So the minister told him that each place had its advantages--heaven for climate, and hell for society.

  Mark Twain

  Men, Thinking, Two

  Mark Twain (2017). “MARK TWAIN Ultimate Collection: 370+ Titles in One Volume (Illustrated): The Adventures of Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn, The Prince and the Pauper, The £1,000,000 Bank Note, A Horse’s Tale, Yankee in King Arthur's Court, The Innocents Abroad, Life on the Mississippi…”, p.8082, e-artnow

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• A wise man once said, 'Every one of us is given the gift of life, and what a strange gift it is. If it is preserved jealously and selfishly, it impoverishes and saddens. But if it is spent for others, it enriches and beautifies.' My fellow Americans: We can debate policies and programs, but in the end what separates the two parties in this election campaign is whether we use the gift of life for others or only ourselves.

  Geraldine Ferraro

  Wise, Party, Men

  Vice Presidential Nomination Acceptance Address, delivered 19 July 1984 at the Democratic National Convention, San Francisco

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• One faction of one party, in one house of Congress, in one branch of government, doesn't get to shut down the entire government just to refight the results of an election.

  Barack Obama

  Leadership, Money, Party

  "Full Transcript: : President Obama’s Sept. 30 remarks on the looming government shutdown". www.washingtonpost.com. September 30, 2013.

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• In my public statements I have earnestly urged that there rested upon government many responsibilities which affect the moral and spiritual welfare of our people. The participation of women in elections has produced a keener realization of the importance of these questions and has contributed to higher national ideals. Moreover, it is through them that our national ideals are ingrained in our children.

  Herbert Hoover

  Children, Women, Responsibility

  "The New Day: Campaign Speeches of Herbert Hoover". Book by Herbert Hoover, 1929.

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• It took six weeks of debate in the Senate to get the Arms Embargo Law repealed--and we face other delays during the present session because most of the Members of the Congress are thinking in terms of next Autumn's election. However, that is one of the prices that we who live in democracies have to pay. It is, however, worth paying, if all of us can avoid the type of government under which the unfortunate population of Germany and Russia must exist.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Autumn, Thinking, Russia

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• It's nine months before the election and Bush's poll numbers have fallen to the exact level that his father's poll numbers were nine months before he lost to Bill Clinton. Today front runner John Kerry said he's not superstitious, but just to be on the safe side, he's going to start f---ing everything that moves.

  Bill Maher

  Father, Moving, Numbers

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• Remember, at the end of the day [election] campaigns are always about the candidates.

  Chris Christie

  The End Of The Day, Campaigns, Remember

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• In the 2012 election, Obamacare, as it's called, and I'll be more polite - the ACA ...was a major issue in the campaign. I campaigned all over America for two months, everywhere I could. And in every single campaign rally I said, 'We have to repeal and replace Obamacare.' Well, the people spoke. They spoke, much to my dismay, but they spoke. And they reelected the President of the United States.

  John McCain

  Leadership, Party, Health

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• I have achieved what I set out to achieve when I took over the leadership. The Greens have gone from strength to strength with solid election results and a growing, engaged party membership.

  Christine Milne

  Party, Gone, Election Results

  "Richard Di Natale elected unopposed as new Greens leader after Christine Milne resigns - as it happened" by Daniel Hurst, www.theguardian.com. May 6, 2015.

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• During Prohibition, Atlantic City created the idea of the speakeasy, which turned into nightclubs and that extraordinary political complexity and corruption coming out of New Jersey at the time. The long hand that they had-and maybe still do-even had to do with presidential elections.

  Martin Scorsese

  Hands, Cities, Ideas

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• Two-thirds of the Iranian people would like to be reconciled with the West. They don't like the fanaticism of the governing religious council. It's the only place in the world where the last six elections have been won by the more progressive candidate, two for president, two for the mayors, two for the parliament. So most people there are sympathetic to the world we Americans want to build, whether we're Republicans or Democrats. On the other hand, almost everybody there wants them to have nuclear power. They see it as a status symbol, and a sense of their own security.

  William J. Clinton

  Religious, Hands, Two

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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

  Christopher Hitchens

  Running, People, Office

  Source: www.npr.org

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• I can say with total conviction that it was the Holy Spirit that chose, guided the election of Pope Francis.

  Donald Wuerl

  Spirit, Pope, Holy

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• Elections officials here in California are concerned that having 247 candidates would require a ballot so long it would be difficult to count. Today in Florida they said, 'What? You count the ballots?'

  Jay Leno

  Florida, California, Long

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• General Wesley Clark commented on Gore endorsing Howard Dean. He said endorsements don't win elections. Hey, in this country, votes don't even win elections.

  Jay Leno

  Country, Winning, Hey

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• In every election homophobia has been part of the landscape and in every campaign I've been able to become connected enough to my constituents that they know who I am and that I can be elected on my merits.

  Kathleen Wynne

  Who I Am, Campaigns, Landscape

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• A politician thinks about the next elections - the statesman thinks about the next generations.

  James Freeman

  Thinking, Generations, Next

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• You know what? I think the American people are a little pissed, and I think they're pissed at both parties - I think they're really pissed at both parties - and it will be reflected during election time.

  Whoopi Goldberg

  Money, Party, Thinking

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• As you may have heard, former President Bill Clinton says he's coming here to California to help Governor Gray Davis in his recall election campaign. Which is ironic, isn't it? When Clinton was president, he couldn't recall anything.

  Jay Leno

  California, Ironic, President

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• The general election's taking place today in Iraq, so I guess that means we're one step closer to being there for another 10 years.

  David Letterman

  Mean, Years, Iraq

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• But if there is one thing clearly and plainly laid down about election, it is this: that elect men and women may be known and distinguished by holy lives.

  J. C. Ryle

  Men, May, Holy

  J.C. Ryle (2015). “Holiness: It's Nature, Hindrances, Difficulties, and Roots”, p.42, Letcetera Publishing

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• It's time to put country ahead of party. It's time to put the next generation ahead of the next election.

  Barack Obama

  Education, Country, Party

  Remarks by the President on College Affordability, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. October 26, 2011.

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