Famous Quotes & Sayings

Alcee Hastings

The March 19 presidential election does not meet the required international standards for free and fair elections.

All elections revolve around and are often resolved by who raises the most money. That's unfair. I'd like to see that process changed, but it seems once you win and get to Congress, that doesn't happen.

Max Lucado

It seems to me that election season is just a Petri dish for anger and cynicism.

Matthew Henry

None can know their election but by their conformity to Christ; for all who are chosen are chosen to sanctification.

An uncertain election will do that -- people don't know who the president will be, what's ahead.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

appreciated if (Bush) would have done his fundraising after the Nov. 8 election because you know we need now all the money in the world.

Anything between today and the presidential election is going to be seen as a tug-of-war between these two.

Any incumbent running for re-election that needs our support will get it.

Any relief is welcome. However, this looks like election goodies and temporary solutions.

As far back as we go ... it's the lowest for any kind of election, and I think it's the lowest since 1920 when women got the vote.

Right now, we're just short of 160,000, ... That's sort of the baseline figure that we think we'll probably see all through the election period.

Rather than waste the taxpayers' dollars, I would rather wait till the regular elections in November.

Terry McAuliffe

The national Republican strategy of stealing elections through lawyers, loopholes and lies will backfire,

The municipal election can get lost in the shuffle.

The most important thing for them is to go to the polling stations to test their real power and to train their members in preparation for the parliamentary elections (later this year).

John Breaux

The most important speech of this election is ... going to be given by the loser when they concede because it will set the tone for the next four years,

Jim Bolger

So to that extent that was a very sharp reminder a few months out from the election that we weren't performing in the eyes of the public to the level that they wanted if they were going to re-elect us. So we went out and were much more upfront on issues.

Nowadays, with the electronic voting systems, you don't know what even looks suspicious if you're an elections official. You need people who understand software and software security to understand what the risks are.

Jennifer Dunn

As we have always seen here in the U.S. the universal truth about elections is that people vote their pocketbook.

Juan Vargas

A lot of our so-called Latino leaders are gutless. I talk to these cry-baby Latino leaders, and they say they can't win elections until Latinos are a majority.

A lot of that is because of lack of money and structure. In today's elections, it takes money to run.

A lot of students already have taken off, including the election commission.

Americans are not going to have the kind of insight into this election as they have had in the past.

They know that if they lose the presidential elections, they will lose the next legislative elections.

Mahmoud Abbas

This is sabotage and aimed at sabotaging the elections, not only the elections, but also the security of Palestinians. The culprits must be punished.

Charles Kennedy

This is really going to be the first modern three party UK election that we have all experienced.

This election was called by Schwarzenegger, and it is a referendum on Schwarzenegger.

This election was as free and fair as it would have been under Saddam or Hitler.

Olivia Chow

This election was about you, the people who live here the victory is yours. I will take your hopes to Ottawa. I will work with a strong and united team of New Democrats.

John Shadegg

This election shows that we are listening and did respond.

This election should not be about race, about language, about coups, about an Indian or Fijian prime minister.

Oskar Lafontaine

This election is special because for the first time in years I can say we have had no opposition in the German parliament.

Stephen Harper

This election is about choice: A government plagued by scandal, that is only in it for what it can take, or our new team, who want in to public office for what it can give.