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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.

When a party loses a national election to someone such as President Trump, it's time to rethink everything.

Quotes by Bill de Blasio

In votes cast, Latinos have increased to five million in the 1996 Presidential election, up from two million in the 1976 election. The number of Hispanic elected officials has not risen so fast.

Quotes by Bill Dedman

Having an election with only one candidate running is impossible. This is not a democracy.

Quotes by Bhumibol Adulyadej

Would the Benjamin Netanyahu of the eve of the election want me to get hurt? Regretfully, I would say so.

Quotes by Benny Gantz

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.

Quotes by Benazir Bhutto

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...

Quotes by Ben Rhodes

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.

Quotes by Ben Sasse

We saw a true wave election in 2010 for Republicans. There was no such repudiation offered by Resistance Democrats in 2018.

Quotes by Ben Domenech

I have never voted in any election - I usually have more important things to do, especially since I've had kids.

Quotes by Ben Eine

The secession of the Southern States, individually or in the aggregate, was the certain consequence of Mr. Lincoln's election.

Quotes by Belle Boyd

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.

Quotes by Barbara Olson

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...

Quotes by Bari Weiss

In the end, that's what this election is about. Do we participate in a politics of cynicism or a politics of hope?

Quotes by Barack Obama

In any election, it's important that the public perceive that the election is held fairly.

Quotes by Avi Rubin

Election funding is one of the biggest fault lines in our electoral system.

Quotes by Atishi

If election is your goal, you're never going to engage in reform. Reform has to be your goal. Election is the means. You run for office in order to do something, not in order to perpetuate yourself.

Quotes by Ashraf Ghani

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...

Quotes by Artur Davis

No election is a single issue election.

Quotes by Arun Jaitley

I just was not going to subject my record to the bleak prospects of a primary election.

Quotes by Arlen Specter

I was at Facebook in 2012, during the previous presidential race. The fact that Facebook could easily throw the election by selectively showing a Get Out the Vote reminder in certain counties of a swing state, for example, was a...

Quotes by Antonio Garcia Martinez

Frequently Asked Questions

What kind of election quotes are gathered here?
A mix of viewpoints on U.S. elections — from sharp criticism of a specific campaign slogan and gun-policy debates around election season, to a more constitutional question about what it would take to legitimately "undo" an election result, plus a wry, older-style quip about the word "Americanism" being useful for winning votes.
Do these quotes represent the site's own opinion on any candidate or policy?
No — they're reported as attributed statements exactly as said, including quotes critical of a named president's campaign message and of gun-control advocacy; presenting a quote here isn't an endorsement of the view it expresses.
What does the quote about undoing an election mean?
It's making a narrow, constitutional point — that overturning an election result would require behavior that meets the legal standard for "subverting and threatening" the system of government, not a casual process.
Why would someone quote "I don't know much about Americanism"?
It's a dry, self-aware jab at how political buzzwords get used more for their rhetorical punch in a campaign than for any precise meaning — a comment on election-season language itself.
Is there a Hindi version of election-themed content on this site?
Yes, Shayari covers the same general subject in original Hindi verse; for related word-variant quote pages, see Elections or Election Day.

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.