Terry Sanford Quotes

I never ever paid attention to any election.

To get elected in Mexico today, you have to compete like any democracy, and you don't do that by being manipulated.

You know I think the president has to really focus on getting elected to a second term in 2012. And I need to focus on making sure I'm accountable to the people of Missouri.

Senators will do what they think they need to do to represent their constituents.

In an election, one needs both hope and audacity.

People are what this election is all about.

Political elections are not life and death.

We never go against a candidate for one or two votes. You can’t.

Elections are about choices.

I'm an elected politician. If you don't agree with me, vote for somebody else.

I can't influence how other parties choose to vote.

The ballot box and the voters and how they pay attention and the decisions they make are really what should define term limits.

We work really hard to get elected.

The machinery of the democratic process is really no different today from what it was 150 years ago.

Elections have consequences.

You should go to the polls, organize yourself. But once lawmakers are chosen, they must be respected.

When politics is interesting, people go vote.

I've been in a lot of elections.

If we go by the National Popular Vote, we'll get more people voting.

You know, we're taught that in a democracy power comes from being elected.

I love election day, and I love to vote.

A stranger would think that the people of the United States had no other occupation than electioneering.

General [Thomas] Metcalfe, member of the House from Kentucky ... is the Administration candidate for Governor of the State, and according to the usage of that part of the country, must before the election travel round the State and offer himself to the people and solicit their votes. His competitor has already made his canvassing tour.

There are few things we will do in America as important as pulling the lever for President of the United States of America.

The only test of electability is getting elected.