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Election Quotes - Page 2

Votes should be weighed not counted.

Friedrich Schiller (1962). “The Bride of Messina: Or, The Enemy Brothers, a Tragedy with Choruses. William Tell. Demetrius; Or, The Blood Wedding in Moscow, a Fragment”

The trouble with free elections is that you never know how they are going to turn out.

Remark at the Berlin Conference (1954) according to an eyewitness writing in "International Affairs" Vol. 36, (p. 4), 1960.

If you've got a business - you didn't build that.

Remarks by the President at a Campaign Event in Roanoke, Virginia, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. July 13, 2012.

I'm not familiar precisely with what I said, but I'll stand by what I said, whatever it was.

"Mitt Romney stands by invocation of Rev. Wright". www.washingtonpost.com. May 17, 2012.

You who have read the history of nations, from Moses down to our last election, where have you ever seen one class looking after the interests of another?

Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan Brownell Anthony, Matilda Joslyn Gage, Ida Husted Harper (1889). “History of woman suffrage”

I'm not concerned about the very poor. We have a safety net there. If it needs a repair, I'll fix it.

"“So Rich, So Poor”: Peter Edelman on Ending U.S. Poverty & Why He Left Clinton Admin over Welfare Law". "Democracy now" with Amy Goodman, www.democracynow.org. May 23, 2012.

These days many politicians are demanding change. Just like homeless people.

George Carlin (2002). “Napalm & Silly Putty”, Hyperion