Votes Quotes

The right to vote is an important guarantee by itself, but it is what those votes add up to that matters even more. These votes shape the government under which we live.

We shall have to fight the politician who remembers only that the unborn have no votes and that since posterity has done nothing for us we need do nothing for posterity.

Negotiating deals among members of Congress is an exercise in wearing masks, scaring up votes, and, oftentimes, bluffing.

When you're looking for votes, you are looking for votes from everybody, particularly the powerful.

I am acutely aware that I have received the votes of none of you.

In a democracy, if you don't get the votes, nothing else is possible, no matter how wonderful your dreams.

Our supple tribes repress their patriot throats, And ask no questions but the price of votes..

At the end of the day, money is just a proxy for votes. That is what makes politics so vulnerable to social media.

We understand that we're going to be outspent. But we still think we can win decisively because there's some things money can't buy. Among these are votes.

Politicians should talk about sportspersons and sports, and it should surely be in the agenda when they go out asking for votes.

The judiciary is not supposed to be the dominant branch of the federal government. It is supposed to be one of three equal branches. For now, Republicans have the upper hand because Democrats don’t have the votes in Congress to change the law. But the harsh recent [Democrat] criticism is intended to be an early step in a long campaign to constrain the court.

Reparations, I believe, are talked about for political reasons, trying to cater for the purpose of getting votes. If Congress was serious about reparations - in '93 and '94 the Democrats controlled the House, the Senate and the White House, and not one single Republican vote was needed for reparations.

Yesterday our city's votes have been divided. But today our city will be reunited. I expect nothing less and hope for even more.

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

I got all the applause, but McKinley got the votes.

In politics, you have to understand that there are some cases where you'll never be able to get votes.

Never expect the votes to come.

In my constituency, everyone loves Modiji, and it will convert into votes.

Politics in a democracy is transactional: Politicians seek votes by promising to do things for voters, who seek promises in exchange for their votes.

From the fact of general well-being came the new position of the poor. They were now in most communities a minority. The voice of the people was now the voice of relative affluence. Politicians in pursuit of votes could be expected to have a diminishing concern for the very poor. Compassion would have to serve instead - an uncertain substitute.

Let's not be overconfident, we still have to count the votes.

Remember, success for a politician is 50% plus one. You don't have to have everybody on board.

On your principles, you should never yield; you should be prepared to be defeated. Nobody likes to be defeated, but you should let everybody know in the most articulate and thoughtful and civil way you can (you don't go out and pick fights with people) that in certain matters that you define as matters of principle you will not budge, you cannot yield, you will not compromise. If you don't have the votes or the winning argument, then you stand to be defeated and rolled over, and you'll just have to come back another day.

When you have the most votes of anybody that tells you where the party is. I think the party got lost to a certain extent.

You can’t get away from your votes. You can’t get away from your statements.