“2014 Lok Sabha Elections is a battle between good governance agenda of the NDA versus the misgovernance and corruption of the UPA.” DemocracyBattleIndiaElectionCorruptionAgendasVersusGovernanceGood Governance Author:Narendra Modi
“We conservatives can win the ideological battles on a level playing field. Our ideas are better. Given fair elections based on contributions from regular voters, instead of $100,000 checks from business-as-usual special interests, we will prevail.” IdeasWinningGivenInterestLevelsSpecialFieldsBattleFairsElectionChecksContributionVotersUsualIdeologicalSpecial InterestsPlaying FieldsLevel Playing Field Author:John McCain
“Losing the PR battles, particularly about healthcare, translated into losing his Democratic majorities in Congress, beginning with a Republican landslide in the midterm election of 2010.” RepublicanBattleLosingElectionMajorityDemocraticCongressHealthcareLandslidesMidtermsMidterm Elections Author:Barack Obama
“Democrats are just as divided as Republicans these days. Embarrassed by their election losses, they are fighting over everything from their diagnosis of why Trump beat them in 2016 to how much to stake themselves on an oust-him-at-all-costs strategy now. Their internal battles may not be as sexy as the unprecedented hostile takeover of the GOP by an outsider president not beholden to it - yet they are just as consequential.” FightingPresidentLossRepublicanBattleElectionStrategyDemocratSexyOutsidersEmbarrassedGop Author:Susan Glasser
“Media does not get everything they want all the time. The Democrats certainly don't. They don't win every election, and they don't win every battle.” WantDoeWinningMediaBattleElectionDemocrat Author:Rush Limbaugh
“An election is a moral horror, as bad as a battle except for the blood; a mud bath for every soul concerned in it.” SoulMoralCourageBloodHorrorBattleConcernedElectionMudBathsElections And Voting Book:Back to Methuselah Source: Back to Methuselah
“The battle, Sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, Sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat but in submission and slavery! Our chains are forged! Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is inevitable; and let it come! I repeat, Sir, let it come!” IfsMayWarEnoughDesireStrongPresidentHeardRevolutionBattleLateElectionSlaveryBraveActiveChainsInevitableRepeatsToo LateRetiringRetreatContestsSubmissionBostonAmerican RevolutionVigilantForged Author:Patrick Henry
“Elections only happen in two ways," Reyna said. "Either the legion raises someone on a shield after a major success on the battlefield-and we haven't had any major battles-or we hold a ballot on the evening of June 24, at the Feast of Fortuna. That's in five days." Percy frowned. "You have a feast for tuna?” WaySaidTwoHappensFiveHavensBattleMajorsRaisesElectionEveningJuneShieldsTwo WaysBattlefieldsBallotsLegionTunaNeptuneFortunaReynaSon Of Neptune Author:Rick Riordan
“Without general elections, without freedom of the press, freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, without the free battle of opinions, life in every public institution withers away, becomes a caricature of itself, and bureaucracy rises as the only deciding factor.” FreedomOpinionBattleSpeechElectionInstitutionsPressesFactorsFreedom Of SpeechBureaucracyAssemblyCaricaturesFreedom Of The PressGeneral ElectionsFreedom Of Assembly Author:Rosa Luxemburg