Elections Quotes

He who casts a vote decides nothing. He who counts the vote decides everything.

Under Communism, voting was mandatory. One of the first freedoms that people from my country wanted to exercise was the freedom not to vote.

Elections are won by men and women chiefly because most people vote against somebody rather than for somebody.

When the political columnists say ‘Every thinking man’ they mean themselves, and when candidates appeal to ‘Every intelligent voter’ they mean everybody who is going to vote for them.

A friend of mine was condemned to years on Belfast city council when his election campaign went horribly wrong. He topped the poll.

I had an uncle who was a Democrat in Chicago. He received a silver cup from the party for never having missed voting in 14 elections. He'd been dead for 15 of them.