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"On Election Day, Ralph Nader will appear on the presidential ballot in only 45 states. Yeah, Nader said, this is really disappointing, I wanted to embarrass myself in all 50 states. That was the plan."
"The Palestinian election is something that was really a turning point. It's a mandate for peace."
"Democracy's ceremonial, its feast, it's great function, is the election."
"After my election there was talk of a postracial America. And such a vision, however well intended, was never realistic."
"I don't always vote in general elections, but I think I've always voted Labour."
"We can not have free government without elections; and if the rebellion could force us to forego, or postpone a national election it might fairly claim to have already conquered and ruined us."
"A right election can only be made by those who have knowledge."
"Democracy is messy. It is messy whether you've been doing it since 1789 or whether you're going to do it for the first time in 2005. The trouble with Democracy is, you hold elections. The trouble with dictatorships is...you don't."
"If the good people in their wisdom shall see fit to keep me in the background, I have been too familiar with disappointments to bevery much chagrined."
"Is Stephen Harper using the imagined fear of widespread security threats to score political points before the next election?"
"Corruption is the bane of Nigeria. Buhari is against corruption. Buhari is not corrupt. He is very clean and disciplined. Election rigging is worse than armed robbery. Buhari wants free, fair and credible elections in Nigeria."
"Elections are not a beauty contest. It is all about tolerance."
"What a glorious time they must have in that wilderness, far from mankind and election day!"
"999 ... I can explain it in a minute"
"Our new election system will spur on all institutions and organizations and will force them to improve their work."
"Why will our elections be universal?Because all citizens, excluding those deprived of vote by court, will have the right to vote and the right to be elected."
"We're all in this together. That's how we campaigned, and that's who we are. This happened because of you. Thank you."
"Please proceed, Governor."
"But another thing I know is this — we can’t steer ourselves out of this crisis by heading in the same, disastrous direction. We can’t change direction with a new driver who wants to follow the same old map. And that’s what this election is all about."
"I know that the politics around trade can be very difficult - especially in an election year."
