Polls Quotes - Page 7

• German Chancellor Angela Merkel faces a critical test in her political career. Merkel has been under increasing pressure over the European migrant crisis, and recent polls suggest Angela Merkel, who's been the German leader for more than a decade, could lose an election in her political home state.

  Rachel Martin

  Home, Careers, Leader

  Source: www.npr.org

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• I don't consult polls to tell me what my principles are or what our policies should be.

  Paul Ryan

  Principles, Should, Policy

  "The Last Word" with Lawrence O'Donnell, www.nbcnews.com. May 23, 2011.

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• I don't think the Gallup Poll technique is going to be very helpful in determining the goals of our educational system.

  Sargent Shriver

  Educational, Thinking, Goal

  8 Copy quote

• Any one game in baseball doesn't tell you that much, just as any one poll doesn't tell you that much.

  Nate Silver

  Baseball, Games

  4 Copy quote

• I view my role now as providing more of a macro-level skepticism, rather than saying this poll is good or this poll is evil.

  Nate Silver

  Views, Evil, Roles

  4 Copy quote

• Actually, one of the better indicators historically of how well the stock market will do is just a Gallup poll, when you ask Americans if you think it's a good time to invest in stocks, except it goes the opposite direction of what you would expect. When the markets going up, it in fact makes it more prone toward decline.

  Nate Silver

  Thinking, Opposites, Facts

  4 Copy quote

• You should go to the polls, organize yourself. But once lawmakers are chosen, they must be respected.

  Lech Walesa

  Lawmakers, Should, Organize

  4 Copy quote

• There is a garbage culture out there, where we pour garbage on people. Then the pollsters run around and take a poll and say, do you smell anything?

  Bob Woodward

  Running, Smell, People

  8 Copy quote

• In Britain, polls show large majorities in favour of mansion taxes and higher taxes on the finance sector.

  Geoff Mulgan

  Majority, Favour, Finance

  "Are we back to the 1930s again? Here's why we shouldn't panic" by Geoff Mulgan, www.theguardian.com. March 19, 2013.

  6 Copy quote

  Show source

• When we think about the issues that matter, obviously the news covers immigration, a lot. You might think immigration is the only story that actually affects us but when you poll Latinos you'll see that education is the number one topic that they're interested in talking about and economy is the second issue.

  Soledad O'Brien

  Thinking, Talking, Numbers

  Source: lasentinel.net

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• I wonder how far Moses would have gone if he had taken a poll in Egypt? What would Jesus Christ have preached if He had taken a poll in the land of Israel? Where would the Reformation have gone if Martin Luther had taken a poll? It isn't polls or public opinion alone of the moment that counts.

  Harry S. Truman

  Leadership, Jesus, Taken

  "Harry S. Truman in his own words: by William Hillman; pictures by Alfred Wagg".

  83 Copy quote

  Show source

• If the tea party is so racist, how come when they have straw polls the black guy keeps winning?

  Herman Cain

  Party, Winning, Guy

  5 Copy quote

• A politician can do what he thinks is right, he just has to be sophisticated in how he goes about it. Those who seek a president who 'will disregard the polls and just lead,' ask for the political equivalent of 'The Charge of the Light Brigade.'

  Dick Morris

  Thinking, Light, Political

  Dick Morris (2007). “The New Prince: Machiavelli Updated for the Twenty-First Century”, p.87, St. Martin's Press

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• Virtually all informed observers agree that a fair and equitable resolution of the plight of the Palestinians would considerably weaken the anger and hatred of Israel and the US in the Arab and Muslim worlds - and far beyond, as international polls reveal. Such an agreement is surely within reach, if the US and Israel depart from their long-standing rejectionism.

  Noam Chomsky

  Israel, Agreement, Long

  "Apocalypse Near (Part One)". Interview with Merav Yudilovitch, www.ynetnews.com. August 04, 2006.

  7 Copy quote

  Show source

• A new poll shows that Americans now believe that Bill Clinton is more honest than President Bush. At least when Clinton screwed the nation, he did it one person at a time.

  Jay Leno

  Funny, Believe, President

  "Scarborough Country" with Joe Scarborough, www.nbcnews.com. May 19, 2006.

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• The temptation to be popular may prioritize public opinion above the word of God. Political campaigns and marketing strategies widely employ public opinion polls to shape their plans. Results of those polls are informative. But they could hardly be used as grounds to justify disobedience to God’s commandments!

  Russell M. Nelson

  Political, Temptation, Marketing

  9 Copy quote

• You're 18 points down [in the polls]... You might as well do what's right.

  Henry A. Kissinger

  Interesting, Might, Wells

  4 Copy quote

• Just two weeks ago, millions of Iraqis defied the threats of terrorists and went to the polls to determine their own future. I congratulate the Iraqi people for the courage they've shown in making these elections so successful.

  Bill Frist

  Successful, Two, People

  4 Copy quote

• I'm often amazed at the way politicians, who spend hours poring over opinion poll results in a desperate attempt to discover what the public thinks, are certain they know precisely what God's views are on everything.

  Simon Hoggart

  Thinking, Views, Way

  4 Copy quote

• I’m searching for some exit poll data from California. I’ll eat my shorts if gay and lesbian voters went for McCain at anything approaching the rate that black voters went for Prop 8.

  Dan Savage

  Gay, Data, California

  7 Copy quote

• A poll earlier this year showed that 42 per cent of Americans believe we're in the End Times.

  Andrew Denton

  Believe, Years, Ends

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

  7 Copy quote

  Show source

• They may then be willing to cast principled votes based on an educated understanding of the public interest in the face of polls suggesting that the public itself may have quite a different understanding of where its interest lies.

  James L. Buckley

  Lying, Understanding, Different

  James L. Buckley (2010). “Freedom at Risk: Reflections on Politics, Liberty, and the State”, p.247, ReadHowYouWant.com

  7 Copy quote

  Show source

• You’re talking about Rwanda or Bangladesh, or Cambodia, or the Philippines. They’ve got democracy, according to Freedom House. But have you got a civilised life to lead? People want economic development first and foremost. The leaders may talk something else. You take a poll of any people. What is it they want? The right to write an editorial as you like? They want homes, medicine, jobs, schools.

  Lee Kuan Yew

  Jobs, School, Home

  10 Copy quote

• Not a day goes by that I don't click on RealClearPolitics at least once, the presidential poll charts, graphs and moving averages are great. If RCP didn't already exist, somebody would have to invent it.

  Charlie Cook

  Moving, Average, Presidential

  "About RealClearPolitics". National Journal, www.realclearpolitics.com.

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• The CIO put up half a million dollars for Roosevelt's 1936 campaign and provided him with an immense group of active labor workers who played a large part in the sweeping victory he won at the polls.

  John T. Flynn

  Victory, Groups, Dollars

  7 Copy quote