Elections Quotes

"Clever and attractive women do not want to vote; they are willing to let men govern as long as they govern men."

"An election is a moral horror, as bad as a battle except for the blood; a mud bath for every soul concerned in it."

"I never vote for anyone. I always vote against."

"If elected I shall be thankful; if not, it will be all the same."

"I guess truth can hurt you worse in an election than about anything that can happen to you."

"Principles aren't of much account anyway, except at election time. After that you hang them up to let them season."

"Whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute new government..."

"I have just received the following wire from my generous Daddy. It says, ''Dear Jack: Don't buy a single vote more than is necessary. I'll be damned if I am going to pay for a landslide.''"

"An election cannot give a country a firm sense of direction if it has two or more national parties which merely have different names, but are as alike in their principals and aims as two peas in the same pod."

"Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost."

"With this letter, the government has bowed to the people's demand for holding fair elections."

"We are ready for elections,"

"If you go back and look at this century -- I guess there have been twenty-three presidential elections -- in the six months leading into those elections, there's never been a bad stock market."

"We have to now ensure there are free and fair elections."

"This is sabotage and aimed at sabotaging the elections, not only the elections, but also the security of Palestinians. The culprits must be punished."

"Right now the base is completely fractured and people are very concerned about the impact on the 2006 elections. The troubling thing is that the Supreme Court was the gold ring and the president's thinking appears indiscernible, unless you're willing to take it as a matter of faith."

"It's not impossible to hold free and fair elections, but it's going to be very dicey."

"It came in after the deadline. It was requested by the supervisor of elections, ... We typically don't try to judge or prejudge what a constitutional officer recommends. It was reviewed by staff and put on at her request because of the deadline."

"What I expect to happen is that the US will be very cautious in pushing for elections as soon as possible and particularly national level elections because it was quite clear that if democracy calls, the Islamists answer."

"We call upon the government to disavow the statements made by the military to ensure that elections are free and fair."