#ballot

First rule of politics: you can't win unless you're on the ballot. Second rule: If you run, you may lose. And, if you tie, you do not win. ↗

— Donald Rumsfeld

#first #lose #may #politics #rule

One of the nuisances of the ballot is that when the oracle has spoken you never know what it means. ↗

— Lord Salisbury

#know #means #never #oracle #spoken

Vote counting and ballot collecting does not occur in the light of day. There are too many occasions when observers and opposing parties lose contact with the ballots. ↗

— Bob Schaffer

#ballots #collecting #contact #counting #day

The worker must have bread, but she must have roses, too. Help, you women of privilege, give her the ballot to fight with. ↗

— Rose Schneiderman

#bread #fight #give #help #her

People are even more wary of politicians and they are realizing that democracy isn't just about putting a cross on a ballot every four years, it's about deciding what you want and fighting for it. ↗

— Mark Thomas

#ballot #cross #deciding #democracy #even

We pursued the wrong policies. George Bush is not on the ballot. Bill Clinton is not on the ballot. Mitt Romney is on the ballot, and Barack Obama is on the ballot. And Mitt Romney is proposing tax reform, regulatory reform, a wise budget strategy and trade. The president has proposed tax increases. ↗

— Glenn Hubbard

#barack #barack obama #bill #bill clinton #budget

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. ↗

— John Bright

#ballot #called #care #constitutional #decide

With regard to the ballot, it is worthy of remark that no meeting has been held in favour of Reform at which the ballot has not been strongly insisted upon. ↗

— John Bright

#been #favour #held #insisted #meeting

I don't doubt a number of those ballots, of those votes that were cast for me, probably were intended for Vice President Gore. ↗

— Pat Buchanan

#cast #doubt #gore #i #intended

If it went on the ballot in Colorado, I would vote to lower the drinking age. ↗

— Pete Coors

#ballot #colorado #drinking #i #lower