47 Quotes Tagged: elections

Showing quotes in randomized order to avoid selection bias. Click Popular for most popular quotes.

I mean what does a democracy depend on? A democracy depends on the individual voter making an intelligent and rational choice for what he regards as his enlightened self-interest, in any given circumstance.

The demagogue is one who preaches doctrines he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots.

When picking a leader, choose a peacemaker. One who unites, not divides. A cultured leader who supports the arts and true freedom of speech, not censorship.

For nearly four years you have had an Administration which instead of twirling its thumbs has rolled up its sleeves. We will keep our sleeves rolled up. We had to struggle with the old enemies of peace — business and financial monopoly, speculation, reckless banking, class antagonism, sectionalism, war profiteering. They had begun to consider the Government of the United States as a mere appendage to their own affairs. We know now that Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob.

I am not red or blue. I am red, white and blue. Those are the same colors in my body (my heart, blood and veins). I am only human, and the human race is the only race in which I am an active participant - mind, body and soul.

When politicians start talking about large groups of their fellow Americans as 'enemies,' it's time for a quiet stir of alertness. Polarizing people is a good way to win an election, and also a good way to wreck a country.

...the Conservative party found him an embarrassment because he was apt to criticize the party leader in public, the Liberals naturally wanted to defeat him, and the newspapers were out to get him. It was a dreadful campaign on his part, for he lost his head, bullied his electors when he should have wooed them, and got into a wrangle with a large newspaper, which he threatened to sue for libel. He was defeated on election day so decisively that it was obviously a personal rather than a political rejection.

It is accepted as democratic when public offices are allocated by lot; and as oligarchic when they are filled by election. — Aristotle, Politics, Book IV

To win the people, always cook them some savoury that pleases them.

It is perhaps a sign of the strength of our republic that so few people feel the need to participate. That must be the reason.

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

The ballot is stronger than the bullet.

Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States from 1861 to 1865

irony democracy elections

Full Quote Find Similar

[The American President] has to take all sorts of abuse from liars and demagogues.… The people can never understand why the President does not use his supposedly great power to make ’em behave. Well, all the President is, is a glorified public relations man who spends his time flattering, kissing and kicking people to get them to do what they are supposed to do anyway.

We have put together one of the most extensive and inclusive voter fraud organizations in the history of American politics.

Joe Biden, 46th President of the United States (2021–2025)

politics corruption fraud elections freudian-slip

Find Similar

[Stump speeches] are to oratory what a stump is to a tree.

47 Quotes Tagged: elections

Enhance Your Quote Experience

Works in ChatGPT, Claude, or Any AI