#election

If the United States of America or Britain is having elections, they don't ask for observers from Africa or from Asia. But when we have elections, they want observers. ↗

— Nelson Mandela

#africa #america #asia #ask #britain

Some of the immediate causes of Jack Abramoff's troubles were some Indian elections that went bad for him. ↗

— Joshua Micah Marshall

#bad #causes #elections #him #immediate

Ending racial discrimination in jury selection can be accomplished only by eliminating peremptory challenges entirely. ↗

— Thurgood Marshall

#challenges #discrimination #eliminating #ending #entirely

Anytime you have a reelection campaign against an incumbent president and you're the party out of power - on the one hand it's wide open because there's not an heir apparent - but people are also gauging how strong is that incumbent president and what are my chances. ↗

— Bob McDonnell

#also #anytime #apparent #because #campaign

The Liberal Party of Canada, heading into an election, at the last minute they always stand up and they say: We know there's people out there that want to vote NDP and God love you. But if you vote for them you're throwing your vote away. ↗

— Rick Mercer

#away #canada #election #god #god love

This is very interesting because the Liberal Party of Canada, heading into an election, at the last minute they always stand up and they say: We know there's people out there that want to vote NDP and God love you. ↗

— Rick Mercer

#because #canada #election #god #god love

I don't always vote in general elections, but I think I've always voted Labour. ↗

— Paul Merton

#elections #general #i #i think #labour

Things on the whole are much faster in America; people don't 'stand for election', they 'run for office.' ↗

— Jessica Mitford

#election #faster #much #office #people

Democracy in China is like Viagra; no such thing as free elections. ↗

— George Montgomery

#democracy #elections #free #like #such

By the same token, I think news has more and more of a pro bono aspect to all the networks. When we do our election coverages throughout this coming year, it's not a money-maker for us. It is more of a public service situation. ↗

— Leslie Moonves

#coming #election #i #i think #more