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In the past, the Republican Party has depended on unified support at election time from Evangelical Christians. But times are changing! -- Tony Campolo
Everything a politician promises at election time has to be paid for either by higher taxation or by borrowing. -- Margaret Thatcher
Communism is a form of government under which every citizen at election time enjoys the privilege of voting Yes. -- Evan Esar
Principles aren't of much account anyway, except at election time. After that you hang them up to let them season. -- Mark Twain
The effort of Reince Priebus and the RNC to reach out to movement conservatives has been impressive and will, I believe pay great dividends come election time -- Ken Blackwell
The African-American community has been let down by our politicians. They talk good around election time, and after the election, they say, see ya later, I'll see you in four years. -- Donald Trump
President Obama decided to prematurely withdraw from Iraq for no other reason than politics. The artificial deadline for withdrawal was not determined for strategic goals but rather for a political one - his reelection timetable. -- Michael Ramirez
You know what? I think the American people are a little pissed, and I think they're pissed at both parties - I think they're really pissed at both parties - and it will be reflected during election time... -- Whoopi Goldberg
I can't think of any decision where the entire Congress immediately rushes to condemn a decision by the court. It's getting to be election time and this gives everyone in Congress a chance to prove they are patriotic. -- Stephen Reinhardt
As societies grow decadent, the language grows decadent, too. Words are used to disguise, not to illuminate, action: you liberate a city by destroying it. Words are to confuse, so that at election time people will solemnly vote against their own interests. -- Gore Vidal
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
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
There's all this talk about Arnold Schwarzenegger. Well, you know where he is now? Visiting Mexico, which I think means that he is definitely going to run for governor. Arnold is smart. He's in Mexico campaigning with the very people who'll be living here by election time. -- Jay Leno
Election night is the easiest time to act like a grownup. -- Ron Fournier
Regardless of who wins, an election should be a time for optimism and fresh approaches. -- Gary Johnson
The first time Haiti had free and fair democratic elections was 1990, when I was elected. -- Jean-Bertrand Aristide
It's time we stopped ignoring the environment. Let's not let another election go by without making this a high priority. -- David Suzuki
As I get close to my election, I want to spend more time in my district and focus on my reelection. -- Henry Cuellar
The 2004 Election marks the first time in modern political history that Republican voter turnout matched Democratic turnout in a presidential election year. -- Jeff Miller
It just seemed the timing of it was a little bit of pandering to the public at a time of an election. -- Matt Gonzalez
I have to say that elections, even in the most peaceful region, always make the hardest time for regional state institutions, including security structures. -- Akhmad Kadyrov
Ultimately, you change the culture in Washington only one way, and it's one election at a time, with the character of the people you send. -- Paul Sadler
Media does not get everything they want all the time. The Democrats certainly don't. They don't win every election, and they don't win every battle. -- Rush Limbaugh
In view of our public pledges, we public officials can never again go before the public merely promising election reform. The time for promises is past. -- Charles Edison
Any time you have loose ballots, you have to worry about shenanigans. It's a shame such a hard-fought election has to come down to something like this. -- David Axelrod
This is what happens, when, for the first time in modern history, a candidate resorts to lawsuits to try to overturn the outcome of an election for president. -- James Baker
We live in a time when fictitious election results elect a fictitious president. We live in a time where we have a man sending us to war for fictitious reasons. -- Michael Moore
We live in the time where we have fictitious election results that elects a fictitious president. We live in a time where we have a man sending us to war for fictitious reasons. -- Michael Moore
As recent as the year 2000 we won elections by saying we shouldn't be the policemen of the world, and that we should not be nation building. And its time we got those values back into this country. -- Ron Paul
I believe the American people spoke loud and clear to the Bush Administration in yesterday's election that they disapprove of the current direction in the war in Iraq. As a result, the President wasted no time in dumping Secretary Rumsfeld. -- Jim Clyburn
In 2001-2002, I told the president that the election was supposed to take place when the war was over, at a time when we could return to peaceful life. We agreed upon that. However, I can see now that the election cannot be delayed any longer. -- Akhmad Kadyrov
I think about my parents all the time, especially on Sunday when I'm at Mass. My mother always said, 'We do not pray to win elections. We pray for people's health, we pray that God's will be done, we pray that we do our best. But we do not pray to win elections.' -- Nancy Pelosi
I don't have time. Come back after the election. -- Jan Eliasson
The election is not a time to discuss serious issues. -- Kim Campbell
What a glorious time they must have in that wilderness, far from mankind and election day! -- Henry David Thoreau
It's time to put country ahead of party. It's time to put the next generation ahead of the next election. -- Barack Obama
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If I would do another 'Terminator' movie I would have Terminator travel back in time and tell Arnold not to have a special election. -- Arnold Schwarzenegger
I would love us to bring back our Juedo-Christian values and begin to teach those things, at a time other than a political election. -- Benjamin Carson
What was this big sound bite, though, at the time? It was, "Will Donald Trump and his supporters accept the election results." He won. -- Kellyanne Conway
Always beware of people offering you one-time money. That only works in an election year. How are you going to permanently pay for education? -- Kinky Friedman
The next time they give you all that civic bullshit about voting, keep in mind that Hitler was elected in a full, free democratic election -- George Carlin
A time-tested political tactic guaranteed to raise a president's popularity rating by at least 30 points. It is especially useful during election years and economic downturns. -- Chaz Bufe
I think it is its time for the leaders of Africa to say to President Mugabe that the people of Zimbabwe deserve a free and fair election. -- Raila Odinga
On 'Meet the Press' yesterday President Bush was asked what he would do if he lost the election and Bush said, ''Phhh, you mean like last time?' -- Jay Leno
This is what happens, when, for the first time in modern history, a candidate resorts to lawsuits to try to overturn the outcome of an election for president -- James Baker
I even believe [Donald Trump] won a little after - after the election rethinking, I think if we'd spent a little more time in Minnesota, we would've won Minnesota. -- Rudy Giuliani

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