#elections

We need to dig deep and give people a reason to be optimistic just as Obama is doing in America. Because in the same way that outcome of the U.S. elections will change the course of events there and around the world, so too do politics here in Britain. ↗

— Lucy Powell

#around #because #britain #change #course

What we have, what we wish we had - ambitions fulfilled, ambitions disappointed, investments won, investments lost, elections won, elections lost - these things may occupy our attention, but they do not define us. ↗

— Mitt Romney

#define #disappointed #elections #fulfilled #had

Elections are also about the future - the pledges that we are making for this country. For those who care about equality and fairness in the UK, and beyond, Labour really is the only choice. ↗

— Anne Campbell

#also #beyond #care #choice #country

Wars and elections are both too big and too small to matter in the long run. The daily work - that goes on, it adds up. ↗

— Barbara Kingsolver

#adds #big #both #daily #daily work

[The American President] has to take all sorts of abuse from liars and demagogues.… The people can never understand why the President does not use his supposedly great power to make ’em behave. Well, all the President is, is a glorified public relations man who spends his time flattering, kissing and kicking people to get them to do what they are supposed to do anyway. ↗

— Harry S. Truman

#democracy-fascism #democracy-freedom #democracy-voting #democrats #elections

To be fair, lying is part and parcel of public life. Every politician has lied about something because they are owned by the special interest groups that finance their elections. ↗

— Peter Schuyler

#because #elections #every #fair #finance

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. ↗

— Jim Sensenbrenner

#countries #democracy #elections #freedom #helped

I was there during the first elections in South Africa. I watched them take down the apartheid flag and raise the new flag. ↗

— Al Sharpton

#apartheid #down #during #elections #first

Nevertheless, I don't hesitate to say that elections in Germany are decided in the center, not on the fringes and not in the accumulation of minority interests. ↗

— Peer Steinbruck

#decided #elections #fringes #germany #hesitate

Where annual elections end where slavery begins. ↗

— John Quincy Adams

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