#elect

Everyone says Francois Mitterrand had huge charisma. But before he was president they used to call him badly dressed, old, archaic and say he knew nothing about the economy... until the day he was elected. It's called universal suffrage. When you're elected, you become the person that embodies France. ↗

— Francois Hollande

#archaic #badly #become #before #call

There are days when any electrical appliance in the house, including the vacuum cleaner, seems to offer more entertainment possibilities than the television set. ↗

— Harriet Van Horne

#appliance #cleaner #days #electrical #entertainment

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

— Samuel L. Jackson

#cuz #four #gets #getting #gotta

The great disadvantage of our present electoral system is that it freezes the pattern of politics, and holds together the incompatible because everyone assumes that if a party splits it will be electorally slaughtered. ↗

— Roy Jenkins

#because #disadvantage #electoral #everyone #freezes

We must not expect a full-scale peaceful revolution every time a Labour Government is elected. ↗

— Roy Jenkins

#every #every time #expect #full-scale #government

In 1980, a nation in need of change selected Ronald Reagan to restore the shine to a tarnished America. ↗

— William L. Jenkins

#change #nation #need #reagan #restore

Do we elect a man because of what he stands for, because of where he stands on the issues, because how he makes the nation feel? ↗

— Peter Jennings

#elect #feel #how #issues #makes

I remember right after Carter got elected, I was sitting in my apartment in Albany, CA, on a Saturday listening to people call Carter and ask stupid questions while I designed the screen editor. ↗

— Bill Joy

#albany #apartment #ask #call #carter

I have to say that elections, even in the most peaceful region, always make the hardest time for regional state institutions, including security structures. ↗

— Akhmad Kadyrov

#elections #even #hardest #i #including

In 2001-2002, I told the president that the election was supposed to take place when the war was over, at a time when we could return to peaceful life. We agreed upon that. However, I can see now that the election cannot be delayed any longer. ↗

— Akhmad Kadyrov

#any #cannot #could #delayed #election