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Political speech4 quotes
Yet in all our rejoicing let us neither express, nor cherish, any harsh feeling towards any citizen who, by his vote, has differed with us. Let us at all times remember that all American citizens are brothers of a common country, and should dwell together in the bonds of fraternal feeling. — Abraham Lincoln · 1860We should be unfaithful to ourselves if we should ever lose sight of the danger to our liberties if anything partial or extraneous should infect the purity of our free, fair, virtuous, and independent elections. — John Adams · 1797Upon one point there is entire unanimity in public sentiment—that conflicting claims to the Presidency must be amicably and peaceably adjusted, and that when so adjusted the general acquiescence of the nation ought surely to follow. — Rutherford B. Hayes · 1877We are not the masters. The people are the masters. We are the servants of the people... What the electorate gives, the electorate can take away. — Tony Blair · 1997Political literature2 quotes
Free election of masters does not abolish the masters or the slaves. — Herbert Marcuse · 1964The natural cure for an ill-administration, in a popular or representative constitution, is a change of men. — Alexander Hamilton · 1787Biography1 quote
Elections of any kind are fucking bourgeois affectation. — Cleve Jones · 2008Biography (film)1 quote
Elections of any kind are fucking bourgeois affectation. — Cleve Jones · 2008Black comedy1 quote
You see, I believe in the voters. They understand that elections aren't just popularity contests. They know this country was built by people just like me who work very hard and don't have everything handed to them on a silver spoon. — Tracy Flick · 1999Comedy1 quote
You see, I believe in the voters. They understand that elections aren't just popularity contests. They know this country was built by people just like me who work very hard and don't have everything handed to them on a silver spoon. — Tracy Flick · 1999Drama (film)1 quote
You see, I believe in the voters. They understand that elections aren't just popularity contests. They know this country was built by people just like me who work very hard and don't have everything handed to them on a silver spoon. — Tracy Flick · 1999