“A lot of people in 2008 voted for Obama. I did not vote for him. I voted for a third party. But I believed in Obama's promises.” PeoplePartyPromiseVoteThirdsThird Parties Author:Edward Snowden
“Andrew Jackson was the first one to think up the idea to promise everybody that if they will vote for you, you will give them an office when you get it, and the more times they vote for you, the bigger the office.” IfsThinkingGivingFirstsIdeasPromiseOfficeVoteBiggerVotingMore TimeAndrew Author:Will Rogers
“I was well on the way to forming my present attitude toward politics as it is practiced in the United States; it is a beautiful fraud that has been imposed on the people for years, whose practitioners exchange gelded promises for the most valuable thing their victims own: their votes. And who benefits the most? The lawyers.” PeopleWayYearsWellsHas BeensStatesBeautifulUnitedAttitudeUnited StatesPromiseBenefitsVoteVictimValuableLawyerFraudValuable Things Author:Shirley Chisholm
“I promise that as a president elected in a direct popular vote, I will try to be the voice of all citizens.” TryingPresidentVoiceCitizensPromiseDirectVoteI PromisePopular Vote Author:Milos Zeman
“Many people expect, just as they did then, "those at the top" to make all their decisions for them: Please get us work, and take care of our rent. These people vote for those who shout the loudest and deliver promises that are ultimately impossible to fulfill.” PeopleCareDecisionImpossiblePleasePromiseVoteTake Care Author:Wladyslaw Bartoszewski
“Its important for people to know that I will make many promises to get their votes.” PeopleKnowsImportantPromiseVote Author:Barack Obama
“If, even as the price to be paid for a fifth vote, I ever joined an opinion for the Court that began: 'The Constitution promises liberty to all within its reach, a liberty that includes certain specific rights that allow persons, within a lawful realm, to define and express their identity,' I would hide my head in a bag. The Supreme Court of the United States has descended from the disciplined legal reasoning of John Marshall and Joseph Story to the mystical aphorisms of the fortune cookie.” IfsPersonsStatesStoriesCertainUnitedLibertyOpinionUnited StatesRightsIdentityPromiseVoteConstitutionPaidCourtFortuneSupremeRealmsReasoningBagsAphorismMysticalSupreme CourtFifthCookiesGay MarriageDissentMeltingFortune CookieSupreme Court JusticeCourt JusticeCourt Decision Author:Antonin Scalia
“Our modern world of old story is completely failing humanity. This is the reason that increasing numbers of people have become and are becoming disillusioned from politics. People don't like voting. Whoever you vote, government gets in. Whatever they promise, they never fulfill.” PeopleWorldReasonStoriesGovernmentHumanityNumbersFailingModernBecomingPromiseVoteVotingModern WorldDisillusioned Author:Satish Kumar
“I was pleased to see that Chief Justice [John] Roberts refused to prejudge issues or make promises in exchange for confirmation votes. We're all better off because of his principled stand.” JusticeIssuesPromiseVoteChiefsBetter OffConfirmationPrincipledChief Justice Author:Jon Kyl
“Khomeini obviously had many problems, but he had one clever side to him. He never made economic promises to people and as a result, he never led to dissatisfaction in this perspective. Because they need to get votes, they use misleading slogans. And this leads to rising expectations. I had a personal experience.” PeopleNeedsMadeUseProblemSidesResultsEconomicPerspectivePromiseExpectationsVoteCleverRisingSlogansMisleadPersonal ExperiencesDissatisfactionKhomeini Author:Akbar Ganji
“A lot of people in 2008 voted for Obama. I did not vote for him. I voted for a third party. But I believed in Obama's promises. He continued with the policies of his predecessor.” PeoplePartyPolicyPromiseVoteThirdsPredecessorsThird Parties Author:Edward Snowden
“It is crucial to have inspiring leaders who deliver on their promises. Cynicism has run deep, because many people think their vote does not matter or do vote and nothing happens.” PeopleThinkingDoeMatterHappensRunningLeaderPromiseVoteThings HappenCrucialCynicismInspiring Leader Author:Jesse Jackson
“All of these promises and all of these votes to repeal Obamacare since 2010, now when senators have the power to actually do it, they don't do it, they can't do it. After all these promises, after all these times being elected on the basis of that promise, and yet they obviously don't fear the voters in their states nearly as much as they fear something else.” PromiseVote Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Vote for the man who promises least; he'll be the least disappointing.” MenPoliticalPoliticsFreedomLibertyPromiseVoteDisappointmentLibertarianVotingDisappointingBreaking PromisesKeeping PromisesKept PromisesElections And VotingPromises That Are Broken Author:Bernard Baruch
“After a century of striving, after a year of debate, after a historic vote, health care reform is no longer an unmet promise. It is the law of the land.” YearsCareLawPowerfulLandCenturyPromiseVoteStriveDebateReformHealth CareHistoricHealth Care Reform Author:Barack Obama
“All non-incumbent campaigns promise hope and change, but Obama took the promise to a new level of absurdity. He suggested that a vote for him would literally transform the Earth.” EarthLevelsPromiseVoteCampaignsAbsurdityIncumbentsHope And Change Author:John Podhoretz
“I think there are some in the Democratic Party - not all - but I think there are some people in the Democratic Party that think that the immigration issue is more valuable to them unsolved. That it gives them something to talk about, that they can go back to Hispanic communities and make unrealistic promises every two years and win votes.” PeopleThinkingGivingYearsTwoWinningCommunityPartyIssuesPromiseVoteDemocraticValuableImmigrationTwo YearsDemocratic PartyHispanic Author:Marco Rubio
“Politics in a democracy is transactional: Politicians seek votes by promising to do things for voters, who seek promises in exchange for their votes.” DemocracyPoliticianPromiseVoteVoters Author:George Will
“In the world at large we seldom vote for a principle or a given state of affairs. We vote for a man who pretends to believe in that principle or promises to achieve that state. We don't want a man, we want a condition of peace and plenty-- or, it may be, war and want-- but we must vote for a man.” MenWorldWantBelieveMayWarStatesGivenPrinciplesAchieveConditionsPromiseVoteAffairPlenty Book:WALDEN TWO Source: WALDEN TWO