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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.

We are extremely concerned that early voting totals may have been leaked in Bladen County as reported by 'The Charlotte Observer.' This action by election officials would be a fundamental violation of the sense of fair play, honesty, and integrity...

Quotes by Robin Hayes

I didn't really feel 100 percent comfortable until we started working on the 2004 election.

Quotes by Rob Corddry

I learned more about elections on election night 2000 than I ever did during my 16 years of schooling.

Quotes by Rob Corddry

It's almost a very rough rule of thumb: when Democrats are able to successfully frame the meaning of an election season around middle-class fears, Democrats win the election; when Republicans are able to successfully frame the meaning of an election...

Quotes by Rick Perlstein

In the past we couldn't talk to non-union workers. Now we can at least talk to non-union workers so we'll be mobilizing them and educating them not for just six or eight months before an election, but we'll be doing...

Quotes by Richard Trumka

The Reagan Administration, generally regarded as having conducted the most successful Transition of modern times, had managed during the election campaign to build bridges to the Democrats in some areas, notably foreign and national security policy.

Quotes by Richard V. Allen

Russia may very well be front and center again in 2020 as they were in 2016 regarding interference in America's presidential election. But the Trump administration is seeking to use its power of diplomacy to bring other countries into the...

Quotes by Richard Painter

I remember feeling proud as I cast my first vote in Chicago in the 1972 presidential election - President Richard Nixon versus Senator George McGovern. Finally, I could participate. There was so much at stake.

Quotes by Richard Edelman

While I do not believe Ford was wrong to pardon Nixon, the timing of the pardon was premature and may have cost Ford the margin of victory in the 1976 election.

Quotes by Richard Ben-Veniste

My election to the position of president is the symbol of the greatness of Indian democracy.

Quotes by Ram Nath Kovind

A funny thing happened on the way to the election - I got to the Senate first.

Quotes by Pierre Salinger

I suspect I'm the only politician in America who won an election in this last cycle with TV ads saying I was going to try to pass the first single-payer system in America.

Quotes by Peter Shumlin

Even though the Bush campaign ad tells you that Afghanistan is a new democracy at the Olympics because of Bush's efforts, Afghanistan hasn't actually had an election.

Quotes by Peter Schuyler

At every future election, there should be a slot, at the top of each ballot paper, in which we can put a cross against 'None of the below.'

Quotes by Peter Hitchens

I am not going to answer any questions as to my association, my philosophical or religious beliefs or my political beliefs, or how I voted in any election, or any of these private affairs.

Quotes by Pete Seeger

If you're going to try to win an election, you can't be 80 percent. You can't say, I'm for what my Democratic opponent is, for but not quite so much of it.

Quotes by Pete du Pont

Our original idea was to help three or four hundred candidates in the first election run for the Ohio State legislature and the California legislature around the country.

Quotes by Pete du Pont

The 2008 election settled nothing, not even for a while. Our national politics are reflecting what appears to be going on geologically, on the bottom of the oceans and beneath the crust of the Earth: the tectonic plates are moving.

Quotes by Peggy Noonan

I'm into politics - I'm interested in the election and how pissed off people get.

Quotes by Pauly Shore

How it is that within 60 days of a general election issue, groups can no longer tell voters that a Member of Congress votes pro-abortion, against guns, against the environment or whatever else is beyond me.

Quotes by Paul Weyrich

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.