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People vote their resentment, not their appreciation. The average man does not vote for anything, but against something.


William Bennet Munro

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JAMES PAYNE It's not fair; we don't want people to give up their right to vote for local officials. We're tellin...
BRAD MCCLELLAN Women risked their lives for the right to vote. When I hear people say, 'Oh, I'm not gonna v...
JUDY GOLD Alabama and other states had a terrible record in terms of depriving people of their right to vote, ...
LUTHER STRANGE The people elected Preval. I respect their will. I recognize they did not vote for me.
DANY TOUSSAINT I think if people value democracy, they had damn well better get out and exercise their right to vot...
BOB WEIR Your vote is not going to bring Mr. Byrd back. I wish it could. ... Regardless of whether you vote l...
BRACK JONES Passionate people are always ready to stand for their dreams even if no one stand with them. They vo...
ISRAELMORE AYIVOR If their constituents think ideology is a good reason to vote against a nominee, ... they're going t...
LEE EPSTEIN Nowhere in the letter does it say, 'Vote against the budget reconciliation package,' ... We're askin...
ZOE LOFGREN The union's refusal to put our offer out for a vote blocks better benefits for our people and robs t...
GINA ELLRICH Young Latinos have been telling me that they want to register to vote because of Donald Trump. Not b...
JORGE RAMOS People who vote against this today are voting against me and I will not forget.
TED STEVENS Anything important is never left to the vote of the people. We only get to vote on some man; we neve...
WILL ROGERS To maintain your integrity, be a person who does not violate the principles of the truth. Vote for t...
ISRAELMORE AYIVOR I think people understand the difference between capital improvements and operating money. It's a co...
DAVE MARTIN I never vote for anyone. I always vote against.
W. C. FIELDS I never vote for anyone; I always vote against.
I never vote for anyone; I always vote against.
W. C. FIELDS The board vote for this particular variance does not set a precedent,
STAN MARSHALL Whoever that is in the middle of there, I'm not going to vote for him.
JOHN MCCAIN The ad hoc committee has not been opposed to the amendment change being on the ballot at all, ... We...
JEFF ANDERSON A vote for this issue is a vote against democracy.
CARLOS RAMOS Hell, I never vote for anybody, I always vote against.
W. C. FIELDS Once I saw how bad it was, ... I had three options -- vote for it, vote against it, or come up with ...
DOUG PRICE I haven't seen anything that would cause me to vote against John Roberts. We have a couple more days...
BEN NELSON The failure in Ohio to have adequate voting capacity for the people who were registered and eligible...
CAROL MOSELEY BRAUN He's not going to win, but my vote is a vote for having more voices heard in the country.
LARRY BELL A fraud is being committed beyond the voting booths, obliging people to vote against their will. An ...
HORACIO SERPA People who want to vote against Tony Blair for a variety of reasons can and should vote Liberal Demo...
BRIAN SEDGEMORE If I had to vote now for immediate action against Iraq, I'd vote no,
LARRY CRAIG I will develop the areas that vote for me, but if you don't vote for me, don't expect anythi...
YAHYA JAMMEH I will not vote for - and no senator should vote for - anyone who will not render justice impartiall...
JEFF SESSIONS They vote with their vaginas
RUSH LIMBAUGH The way out is to vote 'guilty' or 'not guilty' and live with it,
PHIL GRAMM Every vote here indicates that this is not bipartisan.
J. LOWELL STOLTZFUS And their pals vote for their stuff when they're not on the panel, and it just keeps going that ...
CHARLTON HESTON If I were to vote, I would intentionally vote for the goofiest candidate. It is my theory that when ...
CRISS JAMI Every citizen of this country should be guaranteed that their vote matters, that their vote is count...
BARBARA BOXER We are not a legislative branch where we vote on items but rather a forum where students can voice t...
EMILY WILLIAMS It dawned on me the first day somebody told me that the vote was by secret ballot, ... that people v...
BILLY PAYNE Advocacy is not only a direct appeal to someone to vote in favor or against, but also includes campa...
ARI ROSENTHAL Today is a sad day for Maryland. Fifteen people decided to make a decision for 5 million people by n...
GREG MASSONI This is not a triumph for Chirac. People didn't go to vote.
DOMINIQUE MOISI If you're not dealing with district issues, they won't vote for you again. You are not the only vote...
JANICE MONDAVI For some reason, voters can be brainwashed, and they vote sometimes against their own best interests...
JOYCE CAROL OATES Everybody is saying if they do not get a chance to vote on Saturday or Sunday something must be done...
JEFF KOINANGE This whole notion that all African-Americans are not going to vote for Obama is not necessarily true...
HERMAN CAIN But I know that the vote of 9 out of 10 black Americans for the Democratic Party or for leftist kind...
CLARENCE THOMAS Registering people to vote is not partisan activity.
SUSAN BYSIEWICZ If people of colour do not exercise their democratic right to vote, they will remain an invisible, v...
DAVID HAREWOOD You're not going to get a chance to vote for me on the ballot, but you can actually vote for wha...
CARL LEWIS The superior man...does not set his mind either for anything, or against anything; what is right he ...
CONFUCIUS As they say around the Texas Legislature, if you can't drink their whiskey, screw their women, take ...
MOLLY IVINS People are ethical and are going to vote the way they want to, the way that's best for their constit...
DANNY MARSHALL People tend to vote the present tense -- not the subjective.
DIANE SAWYER People tend to vote the present tense - not the subjective.
DIANE SAWYER There are a lot of reasons owners vote the way they vote. They have their reasons, usually very legi...
ARTHUR BLANK What's the horrible American expression? He's a dead man walking. People are not going to vote for a...
CHRIS DAVIES Does it have to go to a vote of the people?
PATRICIA COX People who bowl vote. Bowlers are not the cultural elite.
DAN QUAYLE We just did a survey that showed.... something like 65 percent of the American people couldn't vote ...
PETER PRICHARD We just did a survey that showed.... something like 65 percent of the [American] people couldn't vot...
PETER PRICHARD For years the students disenfranchised themselves because they didn't vote for people who would look...
DONALD WINTERSGILL The universe is not rich enough to buy the vote of an honest man.
ST. GREGORY THE GREAT What is the use of fighting for a vote if we have not got a country to vote in?
EMMELINE PANKHURST People have actually stood in line at the supermarkets to vote and sign to vote. We now know we are ...
CAROLYN WRIGHT I would never vote for anything like that,
DAVID PIPER To me, it's not necessarily about whom you vote for, it's more about the fact that you go ou...
ROBERT GRIFFIN III That certainly is not much of a consensus as when you have a 7-1 or 6-1 vote. And I know the board v...
DEBBIE RATCLIFFE In fact at the outset he had said 'I'm not going to tell you who to vote for,' ... He spoke in terms...
ROBERT LONG I vote for President Mubarak because I could not find any candidate more handsome than Hosni Mubarak...
MOHANY ZIAD The situation is very fluid, ... We're not sure which way to vote right now.
DAVID LIU I assume he is going to try and convince me not to cast my vote.
COLETTE NEUVILLE That crossover vote shrank ... fewer Democrats and independents bothered to vote for McCain because ...
BILL SCHNEIDER We're certainly not taking the Hispanic vote for granted.
HOWARD DEAN If you are perceived as hostile to the immigrant community, you will not only lose their vote for th...
GROVER NORQUIST The argument that people should give up their convictions and put their vote behind the majority is ...
ANITA AVRAMIDES America is the greatest country on Earth - and when people vote with their feet, they come here.
MICHAEL BLOOMBERG We'd all like to vote for the best man, but he's never a candidate.
KIN HUBBARD The voter does not vote only on one issue, the voter votes on a multiplicity of issues.
P. CHIDAMBARAM If people can't vote for you, then I doubt they can vote for any Republican nominee.
ORRIN HATCH I don't think generally politician come from democratic country. I think not that thinking. But ...
DALAI LAMA Good hearts are always first to cast their vote in support for right cause.
ANUJ SOMANY Voters vote for a future-oriented concept, not for the past.
MICHAEL SPRENG We've submitted our resignation due to the insistence of the prime minister's office that members of...
HANNA NASSER A vote for Eric Cantor is a vote for open borders. A vote for Eric Cantor is a vote for amnesty.
DAVE BRAT Most people do not take care of their lives, because they don’t value life.
SUNDAY ADELAJA I don't think that a vote for Barack Obama is a symbolic thing. I think it's much more than ...
AUNJANUE ELLIS I think they can vote, but I think their hands are tied a little bit.
LEE HARRIS As they say around the Texas Legislature, if you can't drink their whiskey, screw their women, t...
MOLLY IVINS As societies grow decadent, the language grows decadent, too. Words are used to disguise, not to ill...
GORE VIDAL As societies grow decadent, the language grows decadent, too. Words are used to disguise, not to ill...
GORE VIDAL If candidates do not support testing for HIV or Aids, don't vote for them. If candidates don't suppo...
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JOHN MUNRO WOOLSEY But my considered opinion, after long reflection, is that, whilst in many places the effect of "Ulys...
JOHN MUNRO WOOLSEY Children are given to us to discourage our better emotions.
SAKI [HECTOR HUGH MUNRO] The young have aspirations that never come to pass, the old have reminiscences of what never happene...
SAKI [HECTOR HUGH MUNRO] Think how many blameless lives are brightened by the blazing indiscretions of other people.
SAKI [HECTOR HUGH MUNRO] A little inaccuracy sometimes saves tons of explanations.
SAKI [HECTOR HUGH MUNRO] Untold love is like falling stars , always fall but never reach
WILLIAM The more you stab , the more i step
WILLIAM Time moves in one direction, memory in another.
WILLIAM GIBSON We'll sort of get over the marriage first and then maybe look at the kids. But obviously we want...
PRINCE WILLIAM One challenge to the arts in America is the need to make the arts, especially the classic masterpiec...
WILLIAM SAFIRE You never know what is enough unless you know what is more than enough.
WILLIAM BLAKE Why should we think upon things that are lovely? Because thinking determines life. It is a common ha...
WILLIAM JAMES Sex is a natural function. You can't make it happen, but you can teach people to let it happen.
WILLIAM MASTERS The empty vessel makes the loudest sound.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE To be, or not to be, that is the question.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE We need Hawaii just as much and a good deal more than we did California. It is Manifest Destiny.
WILLIAM MCKINLEY I don't remember being taught to read, and by the time I was seven years old, I had read a very ...
WILLIAM MORRIS I can't enter into politico-social subjects with any interest, for on the whole, I see that thin...
WILLIAM MORRIS