Che Guevara
Revolutionary, Guerrilla Leader
"Democracy cannot consist solely of elections that are nearly always fictitious and managed by rich landowners and professional politicians."
Election quotes
Election
563 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Abraham Lincoln
Political Leader
"A statesman is he who thinks in the future generations, and a politician is he who thinks in the upcoming elections."
Orson Welles
Director, Actor, Producer
"Popularity should be no scale for the election of politicians. If it would depend on popularity, Donald Duck and The Muppets would take seats in senate."
Gary Johnson
Politician, Businessman
"Regardless of who wins, an election should be a time for optimism and fresh approaches."
Dorothy Thompson
Journalist, Author
"No people ever recognize their dictator in advance. He never stands for election on the platform of dictatorship. He always represents himself as the instrument - the Incorporated National Will. ... When our dictator turns up you can depend on it that he will be one of the boys, and he will stand for everything traditionally American. And nobody will ever say "Heil" to him, nor will they call him "Führer" or "Duce." But they will greet him with one great big, universal, democratic, sheeplike bleat of "O.K., Chief! Fix it like you wanna, Chief! Oh Kaaaay!""
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"Hamas, the opponents of Arafat, the opponents of peace, urged a boycott of the election, and yet there was an 85 percent turnout where Hamas is supposed to be strong. Isnt that really quite incredible?"
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"In the end, that's what this election is about. Do we participate in a politics of cynicism or a politics of hope?"
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"I am going to make sure that transformation happens, and I will do it in ways you cannot even imagine."
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"Votes should be weighed not counted."
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"You don't defend national sovereignty with flags, cheap election rhetoric, and advertising campaigns."
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"If you've got a business - you didn't build that."
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"As I reflect on the results of election I will reflect on what we need to do in the future to take the party forward."
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"[American Communist Party] legally exists in the U.S.A., it nominates its candidates in the elections, including Presidential elections."
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"These days many politicians are demanding change. Just like homeless people."
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"We're not questioning the legitimacy of the outcome of the election. You didn't have Republicans questioning whether or not [Barack] Obama legitimately beat John McCain in 2008."
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"Leadership is not about the next election, it's about the next generation."
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"During an election, it's like they're doing my job: they're going around banging the drum for their party and selling their movie. You know, it's the same thing."
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"I voted for you during your last election."
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"It is difficult to understand these people who democratically take part in elections and a referendum, but are then incapable of democratically accepting the will of the people."
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"Maintain democracy or go to dictatorship: that is what is at stake in these elections."
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"We can't win a war, but we can win an election."
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"Confucius say... politician is one who shakes your hand before elections and your confidence after."
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"A man may be so bold of his predestination, that he forget his conversation."
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"I got 99 Problems but Mitt ain't one."
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"I know that elections must be limited only to those who understand that the Arabs are the deadly enemy of the Jewish state, who would bring on us a slow Auschwitz - not with gas, but with knives and hatchets."
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