Election Quotes - Page 30

• I don't have time. Come back after the election.

  Jan Eliasson

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• The election is in full-swing. Republicans have taken out round-the-clock ads promoting George Bush. Don't we already have that? It's called Fox News.

  Craig Kilborn

  Taken, Swings, News

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• Whatever may be the talents of the persons who meet together in [American] society, the very shape, form, and arrangement of the meeting is sufficient to paralyze conversation. The women invariably herd together at one part of the room, and the men at the other ... The gentlemen spit, talk of elections and the price of produce, and spit again. The ladies look at each other's dresses till they know every pin by heart.

  Frances Trollope

  Heart, Men, Gentleman

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• We wouldn't even be where we are had it not been that 70% of Hispanics voted for President Obama, voted Democratic in the last election. That caused an epiphany in the Senate, that's for sure. So all of a sudden we have already passed comprehensive immigration reform in the Senate. That's a big victory.

  Barack Obama

  Victory, President, Immigration

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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• God told me to strike at al Qaeda and I struck them, and then he instructed me to strike at Saddam [Hussein], which I did, and now I am determined to solve the problem in the Middle East. If you help me I will act, and if not, the elections will come and I will have to focus on them.

  George W. Bush

  Humor, Focus, Political

  "Road Map in the Back Seat?" by Al Kamen, www.washingtonpost.com. June 27, 2003.

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• This is an election of hope. It is bringing a new trust. These elections will give new strength to the nation.

  Narendra Modi

  Giving, Democracy, India

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• Elections are a festival of democracy. Everyone must join this festival of democracy and strengthen it.

  Narendra Modi

  Democracy, India, Festivals

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• With folded hands I say, give me your support & I will give Surajya.

  Narendra Modi

  Hands, Giving, Support

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• NDA not only stands for National Democratic Alliance but is also the National Development Alliance.

  Narendra Modi

  Democracy, India, Alliances

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• This is an election where there is a tea seller from the Opposition, and to defeat him, everyone has come together. They say Modi should not come. This is because those who looted the nation know that after 16th May what is going to happen.

  Narendra Modi

  Tea, Democracy, Together

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• It has become a fashion to declare a package after every crisis. The time has come to pack those who keep giving these packages that don't reach the farmers.

  Narendra Modi

  Fashion, Giving, Democracy

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• 2014 Lok Sabha Elections is a battle between good governance agenda of the NDA versus the misgovernance and corruption of the UPA.

  Narendra Modi

  Democracy, Battle, India

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• Congress can't take the year off, election or no election.

  Kay Bailey Hutchison

  Years, Congress

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• It is not that the people want a BJP government or Modi as PM. The Nation wants to teach a lesson to those who have ruined the nation.

  Narendra Modi

  Government, Pms, Bjp

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• Skill development, speed and scale are the 3 important aspects that are relevant to the present-day growth and development module.

  Narendra Modi

  Skills, Growth, Democracy

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• A crime is a crime irrespective of the birth marks of the criminal.

  Narendra Modi

  Democracy, India, Criminals

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• Our nation is rich and our people can be rich. 2014 elections is a fight against poverty.

  Narendra Modi

  Fighting, People, Democracy

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• In a democracy, dynasty politics is wrong. We need to free the state and nation from it.

  Narendra Modi

  Democracy, India, Needs

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• We seek your blessings and we seek your support. On one side there is the Shahzada and on the other side there is a tea seller. There is Namdaar and there is a Kamdaar. But we assure that after assuming responsibility we will not rest for a minute. All the time will be for the people.

  Narendra Modi

  Responsibility, Blessing, People

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• I would not be running for President if I didn't believe with all my heart that this is what the vast majority of Americans want for this country. This union may never be perfect, but generation after generation has shown that it can always be perfected. And today, whenever I find myself feeling doubtful or cynical about this possibility, what gives me the most hope is the next generation - the young people whose attitudes and beliefs and openness to change have already made history in this election.

  Barack Obama

  Running, Country, Attitude

  A More Perfect Union, delivered 18 March 2008, Philadelphia, PA

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• I think that is also something he [Barack Obama], in the beginning of his presidency, he couldn't really explore and couldn't show. He had to be almost a one-dimensional, stoic leader during that first election.

  Jordan Peele

  Thinking, Leader, Firsts

  Source: www.npr.org

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• These elections won't be about the manifesto of parties, but about manifesto of the people and their dreams who want peace and prosperity.

  Narendra Modi

  Dream, Party, People

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• It is not easy to fight elections with a development motto and I am glad people of Gujarat rose above personal and emotional tangles and prioritized development over everything else.

  Narendra Modi

  Fighting, Emotional, Rose

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• This country has attained 'Swarajya', but unfortunately the dream of 'Surajya' is left unfulfilled. Today, if there is any major challenge before this country, it is that of a 'Surajya' and since the last decade, Gujarat is working in the direction of attaining Surajya.

  Narendra Modi

  Country, Dream, Challenges

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• Contrary to the prevailing notion that good governance is bad politics, in reality good governance is good politics. A government should work keeping in mind the welfare of future generations, not the next election.

  Narendra Modi

  Reality, Government, Mind

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