Vote Quotes - Page 19

• I have no idea what goes on in another person's mind. As a legislator, I need to be good at persuading people, counting votes and getting to 50 percent plus one. I don't go back and say, 'Why did this person get to the right position?' It's only, 'Are you yes or are you no?

  Tammy Baldwin

  Ideas, People, Mind

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• Girl Scouts is such an iconic organization that it's easy to overlook how daring an idea it was for founder Juliette Gordon Low to gather those first 18 girls in that troop in Savannah, Georgia. It was 1912, after all, and women wouldn't earn the right to vote for another eight years.

  Anna Maria Chavez

  Girl, Eight, Years

  "Girl Scouts Changed the World 100 Years Ago - Now it's Our Turn" by Anna Maria Chavez, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 12, 2012.

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• Sectarian politics gets votes in Iraq. But sectarian government fails in Iraq.

  Ahmed Chalabi

  Iraq, Government, Failing

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• I had this notion that I could convince people who were skeptical of national Democrats to vote for me because I could bring home the bacon, or because I could find some personal pitch to them.

  Brad Carson

  Home, People, Democrat

  "Central Casting" by Jeffrey Goldberg, www.newyorker.com. May 29, 2006.

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• I hope that young people will also look to politics as a vehicle to not only have their voices heard, but actually to be the change makers that they want to see. They are disaffected, understandably, but I hope that young people will not only turn out to vote but also run for office.

  Chelsea Clinton

  Running, Voice, Office

  "Chelsea and Bill Clinton on ‘Change-Makers,’ the Youth Vote, and More". www.thedailybeast.com. April 23, 2012.

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• As I said, I spent most of my adult life thinking I didn't have a vote, and therefore that what I thought didn't matter.

  2 Chainz

  Thinking, Matter, Adults

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

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• Hawaiians want change, and if the Democrats don't offer change, Hawaiians are going to vote for the Republican who offers change.

  Ed Case

  Want, Republican, Democrat

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• You get elected, often, if you're a woman, on the strength of the women's vote; then you get into office, and you have to adapt to an overwhelmingly male environment.

  Eleanor Clift

  Office, Males, Environment

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• I have consistently made it very clear that I will vote a straight Democratic ticket, just like I do every election. From the local Constable to the President, I will be voting for every Democrat on the ballot.

  Henry Cuellar

  Voting, President, Tickets

  "Texas Rep. Henry Cuellar plans to vote Obama" by Marin Cogan, www.politico.com. November 18, 2011.

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• People are tired of just yelling at the TV set. They actually are going to turn out and vote.

  John Cornyn

  Tired, Yelling, People

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• The voter does not vote only on one issue, the voter votes on a multiplicity of issues.

  P. Chidambaram

  Issues, Doe, Voters

  "Tax Residency clause may have been clumsily worded: P Chidambaram". Interview with Supriya Shrinate, Swaminathan S. Anklesaria Aiyar, economictimes.indiatimes.com. Mar 1, 2013.

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• I don't see how anybody cannot be political in this day and age. There's so much going on and you have to be aware and you have to vote. Our lives are political.

  Robert Cray

  Political, Age, Our Lives

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• I don't know how anyone could vote Republican. It's so obvious that their only interest is keeping the rich rich.

  Vivian Campbell

  Republican, Rich, Obvious

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• With respect to Barack Obama, let's face it; Barack Obama is an iconic figure in the African-American community. We respect that. We understand that. African-Americans are going to vote for the first black president, especially when he happens to share the liberal politics on economic issues that many in that community hold.

  Artur Davis

  Issues, Community, African American

  "Artur Davis: This isn't the Democratic Party I used to know". "Your World" with Neil Cavuto, www.foxnews.com. August 21, 2012.

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• Maybe some people thought I was 'safe' so they didn't really bothered to vote for me at all.

  Chris Daughtry

  People, Safe, Bothered

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Well, it seems to me Lincoln, I suppose, is kind of a model of a particular sort of presidency, a presidency that first of all is elected by a minority of the votes.

  David Herbert Donald

  Firsts, Minorities, Kind

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• Someone earlier made a remark about losing 500 soldiers and 2,200 wounded in Iraq. Those soldiers were sent there by the vote of Sen. Lieberman, Sen. Edwards and Sen. Kerry. I think that is a serious matter.

  Howard Dean

  Thinking, Iraq, Soldier

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• Anybody who knows me knows my vote can't be bought.

  Judy Davis

  Know Me, Knows

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• To finalize, the purpose of an election is to hear the will of the people, not to fabricate votes.

  Lincoln Diaz-Balart

  People, Purpose, Election

  "Representative Harold Ford and Representative Lincoln Diaz-Balart on the latest on the presidential recount in Florida". CNN's Crossfire Chat, www.cnn.com. November 22, 2000.

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• The only poll obviously that matters is the last one, the one that's counted after all the votes are cast.

  Mario Diaz-Balart

  Matter, Lasts, Polls

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• The American future is here, and there's great news: the future votes.

  Rosario Dawson

  Here And There, News, Great News

  "The Future Has Voted" by Rosario Dawson, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 7, 2012.

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• And on election night I'd go down to city hall in El Paso, Texas and cover the election. In those days, of course, we didn't have exit polls. You didn't know who had won the election until they actually counted the votes. I thought that was exciting too.

  Sam Donaldson

  Night, Texas, Cities

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• I was a big fan of Ronald Reagan. He was the first president I got to vote for.

  Steve Daines

  President, Fans, Firsts

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• The Pulitzer Prize is an idea; it's a vote of confidence. Like literature, it exists purely in the mind.

  Jeffrey Eugenides

  Ideas, Mind, Literature

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• If you double count some votes, that makes other votes disenfranchised.

  John Ensign

  Disenfranchised, Ifs

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