Quotes of: Free-election Keyword

Our only real hope for democracy is that we get the money out of politics entirely and establish a system of publicly funded elections.

Noam Chomsky

I hope Obama gets scary in the next four years, 'cuz he ain't gotta worry about getting re-elected.

Samuel L. Jackson

Nixon's full term was one of the most successful in U.S. history, which is why he was re-elected by the largest plurality in the country's history.

Conrad Black

From tea parties to the election in Massachusetts, we are witnessing the single greatest political pushback in American history.

Marco Rubio

I joke with my kids, who love history, that I'll be the only governor to be elected twice in his first term.

Scott Walker

Ultimately, you change the culture in Washington only one way, and it's one election at a time, with the character of the people you send.

Paul Sadler

When I first came into parliament, there was, on average, a by-election every three months - due not to MPs bailing out, but because of the death rate.

David Blunkett

'Green' is likely to be a big issue in the 2008 U.S. presidential election - largely in response to George Bush's suicidal refusal to engage with environmental issues.

Zac Goldsmith

I will feel equality has arrived when we can elect to office women who are as incompetent as some of the men who are already there.

Maureen Reagan

Apparently, a democracy is a place where numerous elections are held at great cost without issues and with interchangeable candidates.

Gore Vidal

One of the great cliches of campaign journalism is the notion that American elections have long since ceased to be about issues and ideas.

Matt Taibbi

It would have been a very, very good thing if the next election after Margaret went we had lost.

Denis Thatcher

I don't think it's really good once you've lost an election to sit around, watch your former opponent, and swipe at them.

Kerry Healey

One thing Republicans understand: In American elections, you have to choose from among only two people - not between the perfect and the good.

Rick Perlstein

I was elected to come to an incredibly dysfunctional capital and make the government work better, and that's what I'm doing.

Andrew Cuomo

It's the details and the human element that makes 'Recount' entertaining. Even though we know how the election ends, it plays like a thriller. It's also funny.

Kevin Spacey

Well, I've been in the political arena all of my life, and 10 years of that as a candidate and elected official, and that's about enough.

Jim Hightower

The day that I was elected to the United States Senate remains among the most cherished of my life.

Robert Torricelli

While there continues to be differences, the important point is that all citizens and elected officials use democratic and legal avenues for solving those differences.

Boris Trajkovski

When religious leaders get involved in elections, it is usually with a reactionary social agenda.

Elizabeth Joan Smith

I'll be glad to reply to or dodge your questions, depending on what I think will help our election most.

George H. W. Bush