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Top 10 Election Quotes

Compiled by Noel Agnew

The Brownbag presents the Top Ten Quotable Quotations about Elections…

"Fifty percent of people won't vote, and fifty percent don't read newspapers. I hope it's the same fifty percent." — Gore Vidal, American Essayist

"Hell, I never vote for anybody. I always vote against." — W.C. Fields, comedian

“I have just received the following wire from my generous Daddy. It says, ''Dear Jack: Don't buy a single vote more than is necessary. I'll be damned if I am going to pay for a landslide.'' —John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the USA

“We always want the best man to win an election. Unfortunately, he never runs”. —Will Rogers, American entertainer

"We pick politicians by how they look on TV and Miss America on where she stands on the issues. Isn't that a little backwards?"— Jay Leno, comedian

“I'll be glad to reply to or dodge your questions, depending on what I think will help our election most.” —George Bush, 41st President of the USA

“If pigs could vote, the man with the slop bucket would be elected swineherd every time, no matter how much slaughtering he did on the side” — Orson Scott Card, novelist

A citizen of America will cross the ocean to fight for democracy, but won't cross the street to vote in a national election. — Bill Vaughan, author

When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President; I'm beginning to believe it. — Clarence Darrow, civil liberties lawyer

“The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.” — Winston Churchill, British PM, 1940 - 1945, 1951 - 1955