Elections Quotes

Look, Congress has allocated more money to finance the upcoming Iraqi elections than it has for the American elections. There's something wrong with that.

Midterm elections for first-term presidents are notoriously difficult.

When religious leaders get involved in elections, it is usually with a reactionary social agenda.

The present Arab uprising didn't stem from Israel. The old guard is trying to keep down the young chickens. The old guard is better organized. They may win elections, but unless they have a solution to poverty, to corruption, to oppression, they will not last. I am with the young people.

I learned more about elections on election night 2000 than I ever did during my 16 years of schooling.

In November 2000, the Republicans stole from America our most precious right of all: the right to free and fair elections... Now President Bush occupies the White House, but with questionable legitimacy.

Saddam's ouster will not necessarily lead to the same result, since Iraq lacks democratic traditions. Democracy doesn't just consist of holding elections.

We all live in the moment, and we often mistakenly believe that what is true today was true always. Not so in politics, and especially in Congressional elections.

Demand the ballot as the undeniable right of every man who is called to the poll, and take special care that the old constitutional rule and principle, by which majorities alone shall decide in Parliamentary elections, shall not be violated.

I'm tired now of the elections.

I think the American people have been surprised by the enthusiasm with which the Iraqis have taken to elections and politics.

Somehow politicians have become convinced that negative campaigning pays off in elections.

Votes in federal elections are cast and counted in a highly decentralized and variable fashion, with no uniform ballots and few national standards.

Elections have consequences.

No part of the education of a politician is more indispensable than the fighting of elections.

The last two elections were stolen. They were stolen and so we will not rest until we reclaim our democracy and this is what today is all about.

The elections that have taken place in these countries are a reflection of the lure of Democracy, and the resilience of our men and women in uniform who helped bring freedom to many who never knew what the word truly meant.

I'm convinced that unless you have some public financing of elections, you are never going to remove the power of wealthy interests over elected officials.

The elections in Iraq are a victory for freedom and the Iraqi people, and a blow to the transnational network of terrorists who have tried to prevent this day from happening.

The Iraqi elections were an important first step.

Do not seek to find a reason why elections are not possible. Seek to make them possible, and they will be possible.