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An election is a formal decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual to hold public office. Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy since the 17th century. Elections may fill offices in the legislature, sometimes in the executive and...
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An election cannot give a country a firm sense of direction if it has two or more national parties which merely have different names, but are as alike in their principals and aims as two peas in the same pod.

An election cannot give a country a firm sense of direction if it has two or more national parties which merely have different names, but are as alike in their principals and aims as two peas in the same pod.

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Which one of the three candidates would you want your daughter to marry?

Which one of the three candidates would you want your daughter to marry?

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I always voted at my party's call, and I never thought of thinking for myself at all.

I always voted at my party's call, and I never thought of thinking for myself at all.

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I'm not an old, experienced hand at politics. But I am now seasoned enough to have learned that the hardest thing about any political campaign is how to win without proving that you are unworthy of winning.

I'm not an old, experienced hand at politics. But I am now seasoned enough to have learned that the hardest thing about any political campaign is how to win without proving that you are unworthy of winning.

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The idea that you can merchandise candidates for high office like breakfast cereal -- that you can gather votes like box tops -- is, I think, the ultimate indignity to the democratic process.

The idea that you can merchandise candidates for high office like breakfast cereal -- that you can gather votes like box tops -- is, I think, the ultimate indignity to the democratic process.

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anytime you see white men suppose to fight each other an you not white, well you know you got trouble, because they blah-blah loud about Democrat or Republican an they huffing an puff about democracy someplace else but relentless, see, the deal come down evil on somebody don have no shirt an tie, somebody don live in no whiteman house no whiteman country.

anytime you see white men suppose to fight each other an you not white, well you know you got trouble, because they blah-blah loud about Democrat or Republican an they huffing an puff about democracy someplace else but relentless, see, the deal come down evil on somebody don have no shirt an tie, somebody don live in no whiteman house no whiteman country.

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If elected I shall be thankful; if not, it will be all the same.

If elected I shall be thankful; if not, it will be all the same.

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The English people believes itself to be free; it is gravely mistaken; it is free only during election of members of parliament; as soon as the members are elected, the people is enslaved; it is nothing. In the brief moment of its freedom, the English people makes such a use of that freedom that it deserves to lose it.

The English people believes itself to be free; it is gravely mistaken; it is free only during election of members of parliament; as soon as the members are elected, the people is enslaved; it is nothing. In the brief moment of its freedom, the English people makes such a use of that freedom that it deserves to lose it.

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In politics women type the letters, lick the stamps, distribute the pamphlets and get out the vote. Men get elected.

In politics women type the letters, lick the stamps, distribute the pamphlets and get out the vote. Men get elected.

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I have just received the following wire from my generous Daddy. It says, Dear Jack: Don't buy a single vote more than is necessary. I'll be damned if I am going to pay for a landslide.

I have just received the following wire from my generous Daddy. It says, Dear Jack: Don't buy a single vote more than is necessary. I'll be damned if I am going to pay for a landslide.

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Maybe a nation that consumes as much booze and dope as we do and has our kind of divorce statistics should pipe down about character issues. Either that or just go ahead and determine the presidency with three-legged races and pie-eating contests. It would make better TV.

Maybe a nation that consumes as much booze and dope as we do and has our kind of divorce statistics should pipe down about character issues. Either that or just go ahead and determine the presidency with three-legged races and pie-eating contests. It would make better TV.

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Get the fools on your side and you can be elected to anything.

Get the fools on your side and you can be elected to anything.

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The only thing we learn from new elections is we learned nothing from the old.

The only thing we learn from new elections is we learned nothing from the old.

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The election is not very far off when a candidate can recognize you across the street.

The election is not very far off when a candidate can recognize you across the street.

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If you want to get elected, shake hands with 25, 000 people between and November 7.

If you want to get elected, shake hands with 25, 000 people between and November 7.

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Votes should be weighed not counted.

Votes should be weighed not counted.

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American youth attributes much more importance to arriving at driver's license age than at voting age.

American youth attributes much more importance to arriving at driver's license age than at voting age.

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I never vote for anyone. I always vote against.

I never vote for anyone. I always vote against.

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Football strategy does not originate in a scrimmage: it is useless to expect solutions in a political campaign.

Football strategy does not originate in a scrimmage: it is useless to expect solutions in a political campaign.

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When the leaders choose to make themselves bidders at an auction of popularity, their talents, in the construction of the state, will be of no service. They will become flatterers instead of legislators; the instruments, not the guides, of the people.

When the leaders choose to make themselves bidders at an auction of popularity, their talents, in the construction of the state, will be of no service. They will become flatterers instead of legislators; the instruments, not the guides, of the people.

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An election is a moral horror, as bad as a battle except for the blood; a mud bath for every soul concerned in it.

An election is a moral horror, as bad as a battle except for the blood; a mud bath for every soul concerned in it.

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Finishing second in the Olympics gets you silver. Finishing second in politics gets you oblivion.

Finishing second in the Olympics gets you silver. Finishing second in politics gets you oblivion.

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The Republicans have their splits right after election and Democrats have theirs just before an election.

The Republicans have their splits right after election and Democrats have theirs just before an election.

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There isn't any finer folks living than a Republican that votes the Democratic ticket.

There isn't any finer folks living than a Republican that votes the Democratic ticket.

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Clever and attractive women do not want to vote; they are willing to let men govern as long as they govern men.

Clever and attractive women do not want to vote; they are willing to let men govern as long as they govern men.

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