- Nov 07, 2020
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
- Impossible
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- Nov 07, 2020
Having an election with only one candidate running is impossible. This is not a democracy.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Would the Benjamin Netanyahu of the eve of the election want me to get hurt? Regretfully, I would say so.
- Something
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- Nov 07, 2020
All through the years of the Soviet empire, its Politburo held 'elections.' Of course, calling something an election and actually having it be an election are different things.
- Get
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- Nov 07, 2020
The fact that there were discreet channels of communication established with Iran in 2012 is something that we confirmed publicly. However, we did not have any serious prospect of reaching a nuclear deal until after the election of Hassan Rouhani in 2013. Yes, we had discussions with the Iranians before that, but they did not get anywhere.
- Information
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- Nov 07, 2020
American elections should be for Americans. And the idea that we would have foreign nation-states coming into the American electoral process, or the information surrounding an election, is really, really bad.
- Resistance
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- Nov 07, 2020
We saw a true wave election in 2010 for Republicans. There was no such repudiation offered by Resistance Democrats in 2018.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have never voted in any election - I usually have more important things to do, especially since I've had kids.
- Certain
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- Nov 07, 2020
The secession of the Southern States, individually or in the aggregate, was the certain consequence of Mr. Lincoln's election.
- Mistakes
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- Nov 07, 2020
Mistakes were made is something we heard back in '92, and that has sort of been the Clinton administration's mantra. I can't imagine that Al Gore is going to pick up that statement and carry it through the next election.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Donald Trump's election was a watershed moment. Even those like me, who had previously pulled levers for candidates of both parties, felt that Mr. Trump had not only violated all sense of common decency, but, alarmingly, that he seemed to have no idea that there even existed such an unspoken code of civility and dignity.
- Hope
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the end, that's what this election is about. Do we participate in a politics of cynicism or a politics of hope?
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
In any election, it's important that the public perceive that the election is held fairly.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
We have built a genuine level of enthusiasm and goodwill with people throughout this district. People are really excited about the possibilities this election holds, not just for this district, but because of the message Alabama sent to the rest of the country.
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.