“ Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few. ”
- George Bernard Shaw- Copy
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“ The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages is preserved into perpetuity by a nation's proverbs, fables, folk sayings and quotations. ”
- William Feather- Copy
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“ Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for the appointment by the corrupt few. ”
- Harry Shearer- Copy
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“ The only thing we learn from history is that we learn nothing from history. ”
- Friedrich Hegel- Copy
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“ Our elections are free — it's in the results where eventually we pay. ”
- Bill Stern- Copy
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“ Given that Mr. Kerry is clearly exaggerating what happened to minority voters in the 2000 election in Florida, maybe we should wait for him to provide evidence of what he is alleging in 2004. ”
- John Fund- Copy
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“ I don't know for sure if he'll go on a mission. But it's something he has said he wants to do, and he wants to have that option when it's time to decide. ”
- Tom Jones- Copy
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“ I am not at all a politician. I don't think I'm cut out for politics. I am certainly not going to stand for election. ”
- Pervez Musharraf- Copy
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“ At election time, we see politicians posturing as if they were in the center, because the center really determines the outcome of American elections,... Washington Unwrapped. ”
- Richard Darman- Copy
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“ I don't care who does the electing, as long as I get to do the nominating. ”
- Boss Tweed- Copy
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“ I pick my favorite quotation and store them in my mind as ready armor, offensive or defensive, amid the struggle of this turbulent existence. ”
- Robert Burns- Copy
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“ The Tories, every election, must have a bogy man. If you haven't got a programme, a bogy man will do. ”
- Aneurin Bevan- Copy
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“ This is particularly important now that the adoption of a new Iraqi constitution and the organization of elections under Resolution 1546 of the UN Security Council are on the agenda. ”
- Vladimir Putin- Copy
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“ To the contrary, I think we bent over backwards to press for elections and for democratic reform. ”
- John Negroponte- Copy
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“ I hadn't given much thought to the prospect of a Hugo nomination at the time it happened, but obviously once you're nominated, winning one seems a bit less far-fetched than before. ”
- Greg Egan- Copy
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“ But I was amazed at how organized the Palestinian election authority was, how competent they were in setting up their polling places and the poll workers they had. ”
- Joe Biden- Copy
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“ This sport is the sport to see what you are made of, so use those expert's advice, but be free to be your own champion runner, picking and choosing advice you enjoy and that works best for you. ”
- Bill Rodgers- Copy
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“ If ever there was a doubt about the importance of exercising the most fundamental right of citizenship, it was clearly answered by the first presidential election of the 21st century. ”
- Bill Clinton- Copy
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“ Anyone who thinks that this nomination is a foregone conclusion is sadly mistaken. ”
- Charles Schumer- Copy
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“ Each person must decide for himself what he wants each day. As a leader, I will expose you to the options and the likely consequences of those options. I'll even share my opinion if asked, but I'll never confuse it with the opinion, which simply doesn't exist. ”
- Wayne Dyer- Copy
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“ Neither "property" nor the value of property is a physical thing. Property is a set of defined options...It is that set of options which has economic value...It is the options, and not the physical things, which are the "property" - economically as well as legally… ”
- Thomas Sowell- Copy
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“ I think the tribal council should make it the highest priority. That would mean the election results would be a true representation of what tribal members want. As it stands, the election process is tainted. ”
- Kim Campbell- Copy
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“ I would like to see a vaudeville world of three-a-day. Five-a-day is too many. Managers who are trying to profit at that rate will gorge themselves right out of business. You can't put entertainment on a production line basis. ”
- Edgar Bergen- Copy
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“ Between ourselves and our real natures we interpose that wax figure of idealizations and selections which we call our character. ”
- Walter Lippmann- Copy
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