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Election Time Quotes

As societies grow decadent, the language grows decadent, too. Words are used to disguise, not to illuminate, action.

As societies grow decadent, the language grows decadent, too. Words are used to disguise, not to illuminate, action.

Gore Vidal
Election Time, Action, Language
Gore Vidal (2004). “Imperial America: Reflections on the United States of Amnesia”, p.52, CLAIRVIEW BOOKS

Democracy is not something that happens, you know, just at election time, and it's not something that happens just with one event. It's an ongoing building process. But it also ought to be a part of our culture, a part of our lives.

Jim Hightower
Democracy, Election Time, Events

Everything a politician promises at election time has to be paid for either by higher taxation or by borrowing.

Margaret Thatcher
Promise, Taxation, Election Time
Margaret Thatcher, Iain Dale (1997). “As I said to Denis--: the Margaret Thatcher book of quotations”, Robson Book Ltd

Principles aren't of much account anyway, except at election time. After that you hang them up to let them season.

Mark Twain
Principles, Election Time, Accounts
Mark Twain (2008). “Mark Twain's Speeches: Easyread Comfort Edition”, p.123, ReadHowYouWant.com

Most libels, and I have taken about 30 actions, take place at election time. It has not stuck because I am prepared to go before a court, stand in the witness box and face the most aggressive of lawyers who can cross-examine me on my personal history.

Lee Kuan Yew
Taken, Faces, Election Time

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