Elections Quotes

"One of the things I care about a lot is public financing in elections."

"Every election is a sort of advance auction sale of stolen goods."

H. L. Mencken

"The English people believes itself to be free; it is gravely mistaken; it is free only during election of members of parliament."

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

"Elections are won by men and women chiefly because most people vote against somebody rather than for somebody."

Franklin P. Adams

"Vote for the man who promises least; he'll be the least disappointing."

Bernard Baruch

“Winners make policy and losers go home.”

“Don't fall in love with the map. The map doesn't win elections.”

“Almost never does a candidate with high negatives have much of a coattail effect.”

“We're not gonna misread our mandate.”

"We'd all like to vote for the best man, but he's never a candidate."

Kin Hubbard