“That the legislative and executive powers of the State should be separate and distinct from the judiciary; and that the members of the two first may be restrained from oppression, by feeling and participating the burdens of the people, they should, at fixed periods, be reduced to a private station, return into that body from which they were originally taken, and the vacancies be supplied by frequent, certain, and regular elections, in which all, or any part of the former members, to be again eligible, or ineligible, as the laws shall direct.” PeopleShouldFirstsMayTwoStatesFeelingsBodyLawCertainPoliticsTakenReturnPeriodsMembersDirectElectionBurdenOppressionFormerFixedExecutivesStationsParticipatingJudiciaryVacancyExecutive Power Author:George Mason
“They have not always elected the best leaders, particularly after a long period in which they have not used this facility of free election. You tend to lose the habit.” LongUsedLosesLeaderHabitPeriodsElectionFacilityBest LeaderFree Elections Author:Chinua Achebe
“I`m not sure that Enrique Pena expected Donald Trump to take him up on his offer to come to Mexico and meet with him in the short period of time that there is between now and the elections.” TrumpPeriodsOffersElectionExpectedNot SureMexico Author:Jose Diaz-Balart
“Everything has been for the [President] election for the last couple of months. Since the Democratic National Convention, it's been a dead run to get out as much content as possible and do as much as possible. Then, I go back to writing the screenplay I was working on, which is an original piece - a period piece that I will hopefully finish a couple of months after that, and hopefully I can convince some unsuspecting fool studio to buy.” WritingHas BeensI CanRunningLastsPresidentPiecesFoolMonthsCouplePeriodsOriginalsElectionDemocraticStudiosHopefullyConvinceConventionsScreenplaysUnsuspecting Author:Joss Whedon
“The struggle hasn't ended. It's only just begun in our view. In the sense that if all goes well during the elections and we emerge as the government there will still be another form of struggle. But there's going to be lots of work in reconstruction, resettling people. In the initial period we will expect all the support groups we have here in Britain and elsewhere to concentrate their efforts in enabling us to resettle our people.” PeopleIfsWellsStillsGovernmentFormViewsEffortSupportStruggleGroupsPeriodsElectionBritainElsewhereInitialsEnablingReconstructionSupport Groups Author:Robert Mugabe
“If anybody attacks us we will readjust and mobilise ourselves for action immediately. That will be the end of the ceasefire if it happens during the ceasefire period. If it happens after we have won the elections, naturally we will put up a resistance.” IfsEndsHappensActionPeriodsElectionResistanceCeasefire Author:Robert Mugabe
“If I may, to underline first of all that I am very much impressed that in spite of the very tough election campaign, this transition period in the United States of America follows democratic principles and is all about the American people. It's about the destiny of the American people.” PeopleIfsFirstsMayStatesAmericaUnitedPrinciplesDestinyUnited StatesPeriodsToughElectionDemocraticCampaignsSpiteTransitionImpressedUnited States Of America Author:Angela Merkel