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Election Quotes - Page 3

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

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

Maintain democracy or go to dictatorship: that is what is at stake in these elections.

"Another angry neighbour for Bush" by Simon Tisdall, www.theguardian.com. April 3, 2006.

Dictators are not in the business of allowing elections that could remove them from their thrones.

Gene Sharp (2010). “From Dictatorship to Democracy: A Conceptual Framework for Liberation”, p.6, Albert Einstein Institution

You know, back in my days they used Bayer aspirin for contraception. The gals put it between their knees and it wasn't that costly.

"Contraception Hearing Gets Heated in Congress". "NBC Nightly News" with Kelly O'Donnell, archives.nbclearn.com. February 16, 2012.

Reelection ought not to be the primary preoccupation of any politician. It ought to be standing up for truth and justice.

"Dr. Cornel West’s Prognosis for the Country’s Prospects". Interview with Kam Williams, www.pittsburghurbanmedia.com.

A man may be so bold of his predestination, that he forget his conversation.

Thomas Adams, James Sherman (1848). “An Exposition Upon the Second Epistle General of St. Peter”, p.123

How do we get from electrons to elections and from protons to presidents?

John Searle (2010). “Making the Social World: The Structure of Human Civilization”, p.12, Oxford University Press