#elect

Though I may deny poets their monopoly on inspiration, I still place them in a select group of Fortune's darlings. ↗

— Wislawa Szymborska

#deny #fortune #group #i #inspiration

This is not an election where we hand out gifts. It is an election where we ask everyone to contribute more. ↗

— Helle Thorning-Schmidt

#contribute #election #everyone #gifts #hand

As co-chair of the Iraqi Women's Caucus in the House, I've enjoyed the opportunity to collaborate with and hear from Iraqi women elected to serve in the new National Assembly. ↗

— Ellen Tauscher

#caucus #co-chair #collaborate #elected #enjoyed

One of the reasons people hate politics is that truth is rarely a politician's objective. Election and power are. ↗

— Cal Thomas

#election #hate #objective #people #politician

Animals have genes for altruism, and those genes have been selected in the evolution of many creatures because of the advantage they confer for the continuing survival of the species. ↗

— Lewis Thomas

#altruism #because #been #confer #continuing

The federal government has failed us, so we, the elected officials of small-town America, are getting tough with illegal immigration. ↗

— Lou Barletta

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I believe if a private citizen is able to affect public opinion in a constructive way he doesn't have to be an elected public servant to perform a public service. ↗

— Warren Beatty

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None of the modes by which a magistrate is appointed, popular election, the accident of the lot, or the accident of birth, affords, as far as we can perceive, much security for his being wiser than any of his neighbours. ↗

— Thomas Babington Macaulay

#affords #any #appointed #as far as #being

Income tax filing and payment day should be moved from April 15th to November 1st so it can be close to election day. People ought to have their tax bills fresh in mind as they go to vote. ↗

— Steven G. Calabresi

#bills #close #day #election #election day

I'm more selective now I've got a family. I don't want to work all the time. My daughter's 12; I don't want to miss out on her life. Soon she'll be a teenager; she won't want me around. ↗

— Julie Walters

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