#elected

I am elected by the people of Bucharest, not the dogs. ↗

— Traian Basescu

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These are the woes of Slaves;/They glare from the abyss;/They cry, from unknown graves,/"We are the Witnesses! ↗

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

#henry #henry-wadsworth-longfellow #inspirational #longfellow #poems

From early on, everything I did was calculated to being elected to Congress. ↗

— Carl Albert

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When I was first elected I was puzzled why they were holding events in my honor as a mere freshman. I asked myself, why is a federal entity so involved in political activity? ↗

— Brian Baird

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Joe Biden was first elected to the Senate in 1972 at age 30. Somewhere around 1992, he should have had to go out and get a real job. ↗

— Howie Carr

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I think it's a tremendous opportunity, particularly given the complexion of the overall voter structure in California. It's very hard for a Republican to get elected. ↗

— Mike Curb

#complexion #elected #get #given #hard

I owed it to my father that I was elected to Parliament in the first place, but I owed it to my mother that I stuck it out once I got there. ↗

— Agnes Macphail

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Once there were two brothers: one ran away to sea, the other was elected Vice-President-and nothing was ever heard from either of them again. ↗

— Thomas R. Marshall

#away #brothers #either #elected #ever

My goal was never to get re-elected. ↗

— Scott McCallum

#goal #never #re-elected

If a catastrophic event wipes out a large portion of House members, America needs to know this body, elected by the people, will be quickly and legally reconstituted and will continue to function. ↗

— Charles W. Pickering

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