“Politics, it seems to me, for years, or all too long, has been concerned with right or left instead of right or wrong.” YearsLongHas BeensSeemsPoliticalPoliticsLeftDemocracyPoliticianConcernedGreedCorruptionVotingNerdElection DayArmourPoliticians And PoliticsFunny PoliticianI Hate PoliticsBad Politics Author:Richard Armour
“Voting is a meaningless exercise. I'm not going to waste my time with it. These parties, these politicians are given to us as a way of making us feel we have freedom of choice. But we don't. Everything is done to you in this country.” WayFeelsCountryDoneChoicesGivenPartyPoliticianExerciseWasteMy TimeVotingMeaninglessFreedom Of ChoiceWasting My Time Author:George Carlin
“Unpleasant questions are being raised about Mother's Day. Is this day necessary? . . . Isn't it bad public policy? . . . No politician with half his senses, which a majority of politicians have, is likely to vote for its abolition, however. As a class, mothers are tender and loving, but as a voting bloc they would not hesitate for an instant to pull the seat out from under any Congressman who suggests that Mother is not entitled to a box of chocolates each year in the middle of May.” YearsMayMotherHalfClassMiddlePolicyPoliticianVoteMajorityRaisedBoxesSensesInstantSeatsVotingChocolateThis DayEntitledMothers DayAbolitionCongressmanPublic PolicyBox Of Chocolates Author:Russell Baker
“One of our biggest problems in terms of effectiveness is that we have hopes, but our opposition has interests. We measure everything against our hopes, including politicians that we are voting for or choosing amongst. We don't measure up to our hopes ourselves.” ProblemTermInterestPoliticianIncludingOppositionVotingEffectivenessHaving Hope Author:Gloria Steinem
“The woman, in a battle of fists or guns, may not be as great a power as a man; but a woman behind a vote is every bit as useful as a man.” MenMayBitsWomenBehindsPoliticianBattleGunMen And WomenVoteVotingFistsLegislatorsSmart Women Author:Irene Parlby
“More frightening to me than any policy or politician is the ease with which the public is played for fools with words. The latest example is the 'Employee Freedom of Choice Act,' a bill that will do away with secret ballot elections among workers voting on whether to be represented by a union. It is an open invitation to intimidation - which is to say, loss of freedom of choice.” ChoicesLossSecretPolicyExampleFoolPoliticianElectionBillsUnionsWorkersEaseEmployeeVotingFrighteningInvitationsBallotsFreedom Of ChoiceIntimidation Author:Thomas Sowell
“When Congress votes for all sorts of benefits, without voting for enough taxes to pay for them, they get the support of those who have been promised the benefits, without getting grief from the taxpayers. It's strictly win-win as far as the welfare-state politicians are concerned. But it is strictly lose-lose, big-time, for the country, as deficits skyrocket.” Has BeensCountryStatesEnoughBigsWinningLosesGriefPaySupportPoliticianTaxesBenefitsConcernedVoteCongressWelfareVotingDeficitTaxpayersWelfare StateWin Win Author:Thomas Sowell
“Don't listen to me. I'm not a politician. I know nothing about politics. But people are cheering when something very bad happens to him [Donald Trump]. So that's got to make you think before voting for him.” PeopleThinkingKnowsHappensTrumpPoliticianVotingCheerMake You ThinkListen To Me Author:Sacha Baron Cohen
“I say that now we see a lot of hateful rhetoric against Mexicans and the Latino community, but we have a very powerful weapon. And that is our vote. This is the way we can get even with all of the politicians who are insulting us and saying terrible things about our community - by voting them out. And get the good ones. Vote them in.” WayCommunityPowerfulPoliticianTerribleWeaponsVoteVotingRhetoricTerrible ThingsHatefulLatinoVery PowerfulInsultingOur CommunityPowerful Weapons Author:Dolores Huerta
“One of our biggest problems in terms of effectiveness is that we have hopes, but our opposition has interests. We measure everything against our hopes, including politicians that we are voting for or choosing amongst. We don't measure up to our hopes ourselves. How can we expect anybody else to?” ProblemTermInterestPoliticianIncludingOppositionVotingEffectivenessHaving Hope Author:Gloria Steinem
“I'd like to think that in a generation or two we'll have politicians whose life experience reflects that of the people who are voting for them.” PeopleThinkingPoliticianVotingLife Experience Author:Billy Bragg
“If God had wanted us to vote, he would have given us candidates.” IfsWantedFunnyPoliticsGivenPoliticianVoteCandidatesVotingElection DayElections And VotingPolitical WisdomPolitical Candidates Author:Jay Leno
“The ballot is stronger than the bullet.” PoliticalPoliticsFreedomDemocracyPoliticianVoteStrongerElectionPresidentialVotingBulletsBallotsDemocracies HaveElection DayVoting And DemocracyDemocracy In AmericaElections And VotingPolitics FunnyDodging BulletsInspirational VotingVoting Day Author:Abraham Lincoln
“Bad officials are the ones elected by good citizens who do not vote.” PoliticalPoliticsFreedomDemocracyCitizensPoliticianVoteOfficialsVotingCitizenshipDemocracies HaveRight To VoteGood CitizenElection DayElected OfficialsWorld CitizenVoting And DemocracyPublic AffairsElections And VotingNot VotingGood CitizenshipFunny PoliticianPolitical JokesGood PoliticiansInspirational VotingVoting DayGood PoliticalBad PoliticsPoliticians Promises Author:George Jean Nathan
“Whether we and our politicians know it or not, Nature is party to all our deals and decisions, and she has more votes, a longer memory, and a sterner sense of justice than we do.” KnowsNatureMemoriesJusticeDecisionDealsPartyPoliticianVoteVoting Author:Wendell Berry
“Bad politicians are sent to Washington by good people who don't vote.” PeoplePoliticalPoliticsPoliticianVoteVotingGood PeopleInspirational Voting Author:William E. Simon