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Election Quotes
Most Famous Election Quotes of All Time!
Elections bring out strong opinions in this collection, including a pointed critique of a campaign's core messaging measured against founding ideals. It's a reminder that election language is scrutinized closely, a theme also found in our Elections collection.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
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- Nov 07, 2020
Throughout the 2016 presidential election, I listened. At debates and rallies, I heard their voices clearly and felt compelled to do something more. Thousands and thousands of women spoke with confidence and conviction.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think there's a short-term legislative strategy. I think there's a longer-term legislative strategy in terms of enshrining net neutrality principles into law rather than a rule, and I think there's an election strategy.
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- Nov 07, 2020
The people we need to hear from most are the ones who make themselves heard least - except, of course, on Election Day.
- Expenditure
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- Nov 07, 2020
The usual test under the Federal Election Campaign Act for whether something counts as a campaign expenditure is whether the obligation would have existed but for the campaign. If so, it is not a campaign expenditure.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Yeah, I would not want a foreign entity to meddle in our election; you know, a government. Yeah, I mean, I wouldn't want that; I'm American.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I do not have any firsthand knowledge of foreign interference in the 2016 election.
- Democracy
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is a paradox that far too few Americans participate in the wonderful ritual of democracy that we call Election Day.
- Moment
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's not clear in the U.S. at the moment, either. We're going through another election.
- Opportunity
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most pundits regard an election year session as an opportunity for the two parties to frame issues and garner political advantage in advance of the approaching election.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have never analyzed a presidential election as much as I did the Trump-Clinton race of 2016.
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's time to review what damage the Supreme Court ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission has done to our political system.
- Inspiration
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- Nov 07, 2020
Certainly I think the election of John Kennedy and all he stood for was one that really was an inspiration.
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Democratic party of Florida has put a temperance plank in its platform and the Republican party of every state would nail that plank in their platform if they thought it would carry the election.
There's also a sober note that undoing an election requires meeting a real constitutional standard, not just dissatisfaction with the outcome, alongside a lighter jab at how a single evocative word can carry a whole campaign. See our Election Day quotes for more.