#elections

When we get a chance to take part in elections, I am ready to fight for leading positions, including in the presidential vote. ↗

— Alexei Navalny

#chance #elections #fight #get #i

In America, unlike England, unlike Israel, unlike Japan, other democracies, we have elections that have staggered terms. ↗

— Barney Frank

#democracies #elections #england #israel #japan

Both during the elections and as Prime Minister, I have repeatedly and publicly said that I support the establishment of a Palestinian state alongside the State of Israel. ↗

— Ariel Sharon

#both #during #elections #establishment #i

I've been in a lot of elections. ↗

— Arlen Specter

#elections #i #lot

Dictators are not in the business of allowing elections that could remove them from their thrones. ↗

— Gene Sharp

#elections #business

A vote is like a rifle: its usefulness depends upon the character of the user. ↗

— Theodore Roosevelt

#democracy #elections #voters #character

When politicians start talking about large groups of their fellow Americans as 'enemies,' it's time for a quiet stir of alertness. Polarizing people is a good way to win an election, and also a good way to wreck a country. ↗

— Molly Ivins

#polarization #politics #elections

Proximity to power has an unsurprising ability to mutate a politician's spinal cord into bright yellow jelly. ↗

— Tariq Ali

#elections

Religion, for better or for worse, has been politicized in blatant ways that have seldom been equaled in American elections. ↗

— Tony Campolo

#been #better #blatant #elections #equaled

But they are not going to take on Big Oil because Big Oil is very generous at campaign time, and this is all about the elections. They want to pretend that they are doing something meaningful. ↗

— Peter DeFazio

#because #big #big oil #campaign #doing