Vote Seeking Quotes

The politician in my country seeks votes, affection and respect, in that order.

First, he demands votes; second, he asks for votes; third, he begs for them; fourth, he weeps for them.

On Islam, it is true that I am tough. Perhaps tougher than I should be if my only aim was to get votes.

We will stand by Punjab, Punjabis and Punjabiat, unlike Parkash Singh Badal, who makes Chandigarh, river waters and other emotive issues his bread and butter during the elections.

I don't think generally politician come from democratic country. I think not that thinking. But sometimes little bit short-sighted. They are mainly looking for their next vote.

Painfully often the legislation our politicians pass is designed less to solve problems than to protect the politicians from defeat in our never-ending election campaigns. They are … too frightened of us to govern.

It just seemed the timing of it was a little bit of pandering to the public at a time of an election.

There is so much partisan and tribal politics, from not just those seeking office but potential voters as well, that we never get real attempts at solutions to problems.

In our anxiety to get votes, we sometimes put in our platform things that are not orthodox.

Faith is not a political strategy and should not be a political strategy. If it is being used as a tool to garner votes, to convince people they should support one political party or the other, I think that is a huge mistake.

The opportunism of electoral politics makes people lie to each other.

I hate to rain on anyone's parade or burst the enthusiasm bubble, but talk is especially cheap during an election season.

Politicians trim and tack in their quest for power, but they do so in order to get the wind of votes in their sails.

The truth is that politicians are basically tied to trying to get reelected, so they can't really make landmark changes.

Politicians are always realistically maneuvering for the next election. They are obsolete as fundamental problem-solvers.

But as we shall see, Roosevelt, through a combination of events and influences, fell deeper and deeper into the toils of various revolutionary operators, not because he was interested in revolution but because he was interested in votes.

Nowadays, politically, everybody is promising everything. That's the only way you can get elected.

The trouble for lots of politicians is they worry so much about everybody liking every single thing that they do.

You cannot take any statement very seriously when it is made in an election context.

The iron need to get reelected will always take priority over a relative abstraction like a budget deficit.

I no longer wish to take part in this circus of populism ...

Timid and interested politicians think much more about the security of their seats than about the security of their country.

We elect people who are good at getting elected rather than good at representing.

When people campaign for positions, they promise people all kinds of things.

The public is looking for free lunches, and the political competition for votes makes the politicians offer them free lunches.