#elect

The Democrats are the party that says government will make you smarter, taller, richer, and remove the crabgrass on your lawn. The Republicans are the party that says government doesn't work and then they get elected and prove it. ↗

— P. J. O'Rourke

#crabgrass #democrats #elected #get #government

In our brief national history we have shot four of our presidents, worried five of them to death, impeached one and hounded another out of office. And when all else fails, we hold an election and assassinate their character. ↗

— P. J. O'Rourke

#assassinate #brief #character #death #election

I will not say the fact that there are no European Union observers at an election means that it will not be fair and free. ↗

— Olusegun Obasanjo

#european #european union #fact #fair #free

I think of it as a good opportunity to let, in particular, school kids know that this job and other interesting jobs in science and engineering are open to anyone who works hard in school and gets a good education and studies math and science. And that it's not just for a select group of people. ↗

— Ellen Ochoa

#education #engineering #gets #good #good education

Like I said in my election manifesto - why don't they legalise the whole thing and let people like me work? ↗

— Cynthia Payne

#i #like #manifesto #me #people

I think it is very difficult today to have a reasoned public discourse on any controversial subject. Certainly, election years present a complicating factor. ↗

— John Poindexter

#certainly #controversial #difficult #discourse #election

I'm so unhappy with electoral politics that I switched to sports radio. ↗

— Bernadine Dohrn

#i #politics #radio #sports #switched

We need to ask our policy makers and those we elect to office who are supposed to make decisions to give us the evidence of the facts that are behind the decisions that we make. We should be skeptical. ↗

— Dixie Lee Ray

#behind #decisions #elect #evidence #facts

Yeah, I'm a giver. I've learned to be selective of the people in my world, because if I love someone, I will give them my blood, whatever they need. In doing so, one can end up with little left for themselves. ↗

— Brittany Murphy

#blood #doing #end #give #giver

My belief is the majority of people in politics are just interested in pursuing this career in politics, and doing what's necessary to get themselves re-elected. And if that happens to coincide with the public good, great. But if it doesn't, the public good loses out. ↗

— Dick Murphy

#career #coincide #doing #get #good