It’s become an embarrassment of a sort. [Having elections] was not something the UAE wanted to be behind in. They see themselves as leaders. They also found out you can’t have a global city and...

And that’s what this bill is all about: assuring that each and every voter can have confidence in our elections and that when problems do arise, there can be a determination made about them —...

The sleep of reason encourages the elections.

The giver is the blessed! The receiver stands still.

Both groups [of pundits] were critics, and that is the heart of the problem. If you are a pundit, you seem so smart when you are telling the President what he did wrong… This [is]...

You have the army of mediocrities followed by the multitude of fools. As the mediocrities and the fools always form the immense majority, it is impossible for them to elect an intelligent government.

Politics: the art of using euphemisms, lies, emotionalism and fear-mongering to dupe average people into accepting–or even demanding–their own enslavement.

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

A vote is like a rifle: its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.

The only logical solution to solve the Palestinian issue is to hold free elections with the participation of Palestinians inside and outside the occupied territories and a recognition of the nation’s legitimacy,

It’s impossible to go to this election with two lists.

The Arab monarchies, especially Jordan and Morocco, are more legitimate than the false republics, with their stolen elections, regime-dominated courts and rubber-stamp parliaments.

Don`t turn around in circles for making circles do not equate making progress.

The legislation of Azerbaijan indicates that in the case of serious violations affecting the elections, certain measures must be taken. I think that one of the scenarios can be a recount.

We’re not a criminal court. We’re making decisions for the administration of elections.

Elections have been done in some places, and we deal with that in a positive way. For places which have not held their primaries, we will find a suitable solution.

We have to now ensure there are free and fair elections.

The people and the candidates want to have the elections and we are ready.

Public strengthens politics but politics weakens public.

This historic general election, which showed that the British are well able to distinguish between patriotism and Toryism, brought Clement Attlee to the prime ministership. In the succeeding five years, Labor inaugurated the National Health...

First of all, elections were held in Iraq and 8.5 million Iraqis participated in them.

Don`t descend to the lowest ebb.

The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge, natural to party dissension, which in different ages and countries has perpetrated the most horrid enormities, is itself a frightful despotism....

Ukraine that existed before the elections no longer exists. It has been split up into two sides with absolutely opposite opinions,

To the contrary, I think we bent over backwards to press for elections and for democratic reform.

In a democracy, someone who fails to get elected to office can always console himself with the thought that there was something not quite fair about it.

I think these two teams will go their own way. … Viktor Yushchenko and I will go to the elections on parallel paths,

Do not seek to find a reason why elections are not possible. Seek to make them possible, and they will be possible.

Bush is now a definite drag on Republican candidates in the November 2006 elections in New Hampshire.

It is difficult to imagine a more demoralizing prospect for the 2006 and 2008 elections.

Shine forth your light before all beings.

The changes that take place when liberal Democrats replace not so liberal or compassionate Republicans (or Democrats) are merely cosmetic.

Where annual elections end where slavery begins.

The elections took place in some areas and we will deal with the results of these areas in a positive way, … As for the areas in which elections did not take place, we will...

We can’t speculate about the result of the elections but the political programs (of the Israeli parties) are clear and most of them are not conducive to reaching a real peace.

We won the elections, but a huge job comes afterward.

Is not your insistence on holding the elections as scheduled anything but putting your seal of approval on the illegal actions of the Guardian Council?

As a Republic governed through the utilization of a democratic process, elections are necessary in order to give every United States citizen a voice in the governing of this great nation.

The elections in Iraq are a victory for freedom and the Iraqi people, and a blow to the transnational network of terrorists who have tried to prevent this day from happening.

Sow good seeds for a good yield.

It endorsed broader press freedom, released numerous political prisoners, and opened the door for genuine political pluralism and elections that are scheduled for this spring.

People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war, or before an election.

We all agree that Jerusalem should be included in the elections. If it is not included, all the factions agree there should be no elections.

Presidents are not elected anymore; they are hired.

If there is one threat to the holding of elections as scheduled, it is the security situation.

A single man is minority, a leader is the majority.

Pops added,”you know, they say if you don’t vote, you get the government you deserve.””And if you do, you never get the results you expected,” (Katherine) replied.

We can’t allow a group or a handful of armed groups or militias to threaten the holding of elections in a fair and free environment. We can’t allow them to hijack the electoral process.

Ride higher in life unto the higher life.

The challenge has always been that “good people” don’t know how to win elections