An election is coming. Universal peace is declared, and the foxes have a sincere interest in prolonging the lives of the poultry. – George Eliot, Felix Holt, Chapter5
The politicians were talking themselves red, white and blue in the face. – Clare Boothe Luce
Democracy is the only system that persists in asking the powers that be whether they are the powers that ought to be. – Sydney J. Harris
Politicians and diapers should be changed frequently and all for the same reason. – José Maria de Eça de Queiroz, translated from Portuguese
Hell, I never vote for anybody, I always vote against. – W.C. Fields
Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote. – George Jean Nathan
How come we choose from just two people to run for president and 50 for Miss America? – Author Unknown
There are always too many Democratic congressmen, too many Republican congressmen, and never enough U.S. congressmen. – Author Unknown
Do you ever get the feeling that the only reason we have elections is to find out if the polls were right? – Robert Orben
Why pay money to have your family tree traced; go into politics and your opponents will do it for you. – Author Unknown
Democracy is being allowed to vote for the candidate you dislike least. – Robert Byrne
Our political institutions work remarkably well. They are designed to clang against each other. The noise is democracy at work. – Michael Novak
A politician should have three hats. One for throwing into the ring, one for talking through, and one for pulling rabbits out of if elected. – Carl Sandburg
I like the smell of a dunged field, and the tumult of a popular election. – Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare, Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers
People often say that, in a democracy, decisions are made by a majority of the people. Of course, that is not true. Decisions are made by a majority of those who make themselves heard and who vote – a very different thing. – Walter H. Judd
If God wanted us to vote, he would have given us candidates. – Jay Leno
The problem with political jokes is they get elected. – Henry Cate, VII
The most important political office is that of the private citizen. – Louis Brandeis
Politics, it seems to me, for years, or all too long, has been concerned with right or left instead of right or wrong. – Richard Armour
Politics is the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich, by promising to protect each from the other. – Oscar Ameringer
