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Elected presidents are for countries. -- William Hague
Elected on anti-corruption platform in 1978. -- Newt Gingrich
Elected office holds more perks than Elvis' nightstand. -- Dennis Miller
Elected leaders who forget how they got there won't the next time. -- Malcolm Forbes
Elected officials shouldn't get to choose who gets to choose elected officials. -- Lewis Black
If nominated, I will not run; if elected, I will not serve. -- William Tecumseh Sherman
I'd never get elected if people in North Carolina realized how liberal I am. -- Dean Smith
What is the use of being elected or re-elected, unless you stand for something? -- Grover Cleveland
The President's post should not be politicised. Once a president is elected, he is above politics. -- A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
A very powerful mechanism to get elected is to play on anger and pick those wedge issues. -- Justin Trudeau
I would rather be beaten, and be a man, than to be elected and be a little puppy dog. -- Davy Crockett
When leaders are no longer beholden to the people who elected them, corruption results and the recruitment of extremists becomes easier. -- Iqbal Quadir
America was magnificently characterized in November of 2008 when we elected, for the first time, an African-American President of the United States. -- David Scott
Ninety eight percent of the adults in this country are decent, hardworking, honest Americans. It's the other lousy two percent that get all the publicity. But then, we elected them. -- Lily Tomlin
Some people just don't want to see change, but thankfully there are a lot of people more optimistic for something new in music, even with the bigger picture like with Obama getting elected. -- Kid Cudi
No one likes the Electoral College, expect perhaps those who were elected because of it. No one likes gerrymandering, except those doing the gerrymandering. No one likes the filibuster, except those doing the filibustering. -- Kevin Bleyer
In addition to removing our democratically elected government, Israel wants to sow dissent among Palestinians by claiming that there is a serious leadership rivalry among us. I am compelled to dispel this notion definitively. -- Ismail Haniyeh
All things being equal, if we could simulate the same scenario, he has a lot more difficult task. He's elected to swim six individual events, as opposed to what I elected to do, which was four. -- Mark Spitz
In Europe first and now in America, elected men have taken it upon themselves to indebt their people to create an atmosphere of dependency. And why? For their own selfish need to increase their own personal power. -- Pope Francis
I knew that my staying up would not change the election result if I were defeated, while if elected I had a hard day ahead of me. So I thought a night's rest was best in any event. -- Benjamin Harrison
Now we have black and white elected officials working together. Today, we have gone beyond just passing laws. Now we have to create a sense that we are one community, one family. Really, we are the American family. -- John Lewis
It is true that power corrupts. The hope at the polling stations and the actions of the elected representatives, unfortunately, often turn to be opposite. The power of ballot turns into the power of wallet. Some law-makers become law-breakers. -- Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj
I really think that elected officials should be focused on how you create sustained economic growth, how do you create jobs and all of these issues that made people - segments of our society believe are really important are diversions politically. -- Jeb Bush
Climate change was a point of division between Obama and Republican rival Mitt Romney. The president declared climate change a global threat, acknowledged that the actions of humanity were deepening the crisis, and pledged to do something about it if elected. -- Ron Fournier
When elected officials abandon our environment and ruin our natural resources, public health is endangered. I know the importance of providing a clean environment for our children; I have attended more than one funeral for a child who has died from an asthma attack. -- Gwen Moore
The real difference between the United States and other nations lies not in the words of the preamble to the Constitution, but in the fact that the substantive clauses of that Constitution are enforced by individuals independent of and not beholden to the elected branches. -- Harold H. Greene
Do the elected officials in Washington stand with ordinary Americans - working families, children, the elderly, the poor - or will the extraordinary power of billionaire campaign contributors and Big Money prevail? The American people, by the millions, must send Congress the answer to that question. -- Bernie Sanders
To the families of special needs children all across this country I have a message for you: for years you have sought to make America a more welcoming place for your sons and daughters, and I pledge to you that if we're elected, you will have a friend, an advocate, in The White House. -- Sarah Palin
No work-family balance will ever fully take hold if the social conditions that might make it possible - men who are willing to share parenting and housework, communities that value work in the home as highly as work on the job, and policymakers and elected officials who are prepared to demand family-friendly reforms - remain out of reach. -- Arlie Russell Hochschild
You have two choices with Obama. You either believe that he is a man of Christ... or you think he's a liar. And I'm surprised by the number of atheist free thinkers that support Obama, and their argument is essentially, 'He's lying about being religious 'cause you have to do that to get elected.' It's a horrible reason to like somebody. -- Penn Jillette
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I'm afraid I'm elected. -- Ulysses S. Grant
Presidents are selected, not elected. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt
I've elected to age gracefully. -- Alana Stewart
If elected, I will win. -- Pat Paulsen
I love Karl Rove. He elected Bush. -- Dick Morris
We elected a President, not a Pope. -- Barbra Streisand
My goal was never to get re-elected. -- Scott McCallum
I don't think Obama will get re-elected. -- Jim DeMint
I would rather be respected than elected. -- Charles Edison
The popular choice is not elected as president. -- Lawrence Lessig
I don't think Bush was legitimately elected President. -- Roger Ebert
I'm not taking votes based on getting re-elected. -- Jaime Herrera Beutler
Hillary Clinton will be elected to be impeached. -- Ruqaiyyah Waris Maqsood
Hillary Clinton will be elected to be impeached. -- Ruqaiyyah Waris Maqsood
I was elected to lead not to read. -- Arnold Schwarzenegger
I was not elected to serve one party. -- George W. Bush
It was amazing that I was ever elected. -- Ian Paisley
A fool and his money are soon elected. -- Will Rogers
I was the first Blunt ever elected to anything. -- Roy Blunt
You're not a leader if you haven't been elected. -- Hillary Clinton
I would be surprised if Donald Trump got elected. -- Joe Biden
To be a statesman, you must first get elected. -- J. William Fulbright
Mr. Lincoln is already defeated. He cannot be re-elected. -- Horace Greeley
No president has ever been elected with unemployment over 8 percent. -- Bob McDonnell
Depression, if it's an unconsciously elected experience, is a luxury. -- Jesse Eisenberg
I'm offended by political jokes. Too often they get elected. -- Henny Youngman
The day Obama got elected, the gangsta became less relevant. -- Jay-Z
We get what we deserve. They are our elected officials. -- George Carlin
I was not elected to produce a pile of vetoes. -- William J. Clinton
If nominated, I won't run; If elected, I won't serve. -- William Tecumseh Sherman
In 1995, I was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. -- John E. Walker
I am still the only elected president of the country. -- Jean-Bertrand Aristide
If we only elected good men, we'd never have leaders. -- Enoch L. Johnson
My change in party will enable me to be re-elected. -- Arlen Specter
I got elected to run the government more efficiently, lower taxes. -- Phil Roe
When George Washington was elected president, there was no national vote. -- Ben Nelson
If George W. Bush is elected president, I'm leaving for France. -- Robert Altman
I was a trial lawyer when I was elected to Congress. -- Geraldine Ferraro
I am elected by the people of Bucharest, not the dogs. -- Traian Basescu
We all say things when we are trying to get elected. -- Christy Clark
The Democratic Party: Con-men elected by the ignorant and the arrogant. -- John Ray
The first thing I'll do if elected is demand a recount. -- Kinky Friedman
We talk of choosing our friends, but our friends are self-elected. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Rarely have elected leaders been so intent on defying the public will. -- Scott Brown
The trouble with practical jokes is that very often they get elected. -- Will Rogers
The only difference between Hitler and Bush is that Hitler was elected. -- Kurt Vonnegut
The seas will continue to rise no matter who gets elected president. -- Dale Jamieson
The fundamental goal of Republicans and Democrats is to get themselves re-elected. -- Mallory Factor
Young people are being elected for School Boards all over the country. -- Birch Bayh
It is a high honour to be elected Prime Minister of Australia. -- Kevin Rudd
I voted for Obama and I was delighted that he's been elected. -- Bill Ayers
The people elected us to end the talk and to act decisively. -- Chris Christie
The citizen parties, by an absolute majority, elected a National Socialist Government. -- Fritz Sauckel
What was I elected for? ... This is a matter of core principle. -- John Culberson
Don't get mad. Don't get even. Just get elected, then get even. -- James Carville
If Barack Obama is elected, I'll be moving out of the country. -- Stephen Baldwin
Ignorance allowed politicians to fool people and bad administrators to be re-elected. -- Malala Yousafzai
I think no one has ever been re-elected with unemployment over 7.6 percent. -- Lindsey Graham
If I was going to lie to you, I'd already be elected. -- Gatewood Galbraith
Ronald Reagan would have a hard time getting elected as a Republican today. -- Lindsey Graham
If nominated, I shall run to Mexico. If elected, I shall fight extradition. -- Mo Udall
If you want to get elected, shake hands with 25, 000 people between and November 7. -- Harry S. Truman
From early on, everything I did was calculated to being elected to Congress. -- Carl Albert
Donald Trump was elected by people who believe Washington has too much power. -- Newt Gingrich
A religious person answers to God, not to the elected or non-elected official. -- Elie Wiesel
They just elected me Mis Phonograph Record of 1966. They discovered my measurements were 33 1/2, 45, 78! -- Phyllis Diller
I think I was identified as a failed president because I wasn't re-elected. -- Jimmy Carter
Donald Trump's being authentic to what he ran on and what got elected. -- David Brooks
I don't do a lot of political jokes. Too many are getting elected. -- Bob Hope
Bad officials are the ones elected by good citizens who do not vote. -- George Jean Nathan
You don't have to be an elected official to be a public servant. -- William J. Clinton
Nothing is the matter with Mr. Gore except that he can't be elected. -- Dan Patrick
The forest fires are the worst disaster in California since I was elected. -- Arnold Schwarzenegger
No Republican has ever been elected president of the United States without winning Ohio. -- Wolf Blitzer
Would it not be simpler If the Government Dissolved the people And elected another? -- Bertolt Brecht
Dirksen's Three Laws of Politics: 1. Get elected. 2. Get re-elected. 3. Don't get mad, get even. -- Everett Dirksen
If elected I shall be thankful; if not, it will be all the same. -- Abraham Lincoln
Venezuela is a democratically elected government. These people who keep protesting are sore losers, -- Oliver Stone
Politicians generally respond to who is going to help them get elected and re-elected. -- Michael Bloomberg
I'm your top prime cut of meat, I'm your choice, I wanna be elected. -- Alice Cooper
Get all the fools on your side and you can be elected to anything. -- Frank Dane
What is the use of being elected or re-elected unless you stand for something? -- Grover Cleveland
Nowadays, politically, everybody is promising everything. That's the only way you can get elected. -- Clint Eastwood
Any politician who's ever been re-elected knows that friends come and go; enemies accumulate. -- Jim Cooper
I've never sought elected office since I was a senior class president in high school. -- Jeffrey Chiesa
We must not expect a full-scale peaceful revolution every time a Labour Government is elected. -- Roy Jenkins
Culinary science? You elected culinary science? That's the most brainless class ever. -Rose to Christian -- Richelle Mead
Presidents are elected not by direct popular vote but by 538 members of the Electoral College. -- Thomas E. Mann
Hillary Clinton's negatives are higher than any Democrat who has ever been elected, ever run. -- Ruqaiyyah Waris Maqsood

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