The voter does not vote only on one issue, the voter votes on a multiplicity of issues.

The average man votes below himself; he votes with half a mind. A man ought to vote with the whole of himself. The question is not so much whether only a minority of the electorate votes. The point is that only a minority of the voter votes.

[But he pledged to bring the issue to a vote.] I don't know that we'll have the votes on the day we get back, no, ... But I think we'll have the votes next week as the chairmen work with their members.

All wisdom does not reside in Delhi.

Police can only act on intelligence.

A government can do only what is feasible given the political and economic context.