Quotes About Electing

U]nder a presidential government a nation has, except at the electing moment, no influence; it has not the ballot-box before it; its virtue is gone, and it must wait till its instant of despotism again returns.

Real change from the status quo will never come from electing a politician—especially not one who leads a political party dedicated to upholding that status quo.

The sovereign electing grace of God chooses us to repentance, to faith, and afterwards to holiness of living, to Christian service, to zeal, and to devotion.

I don't think that a vote for Barack Obama is a symbolic thing. I think it's much more than that. It's not just a black man. It's not just a feel-good vote. It's the idea of electing someone who really does want to make a difference.

We must put an end to the corruption and systemic racism in our justice system, and that starts by electing progressive district attorneys who will fight for real justice across the country.

I don't care who does the electing, so long as I get to do the nominating.

Making Congress into a less crisis-driven institution starts with electing members of Congress who can take the long view.

We are selected, but I grew up in California and in San Francisco and there was a system of electing judges.

Obama sees himself as such a huge change that he can be cautious about other societal changes. But what he doesn't realize is that legalizing gay marriage is like electing a black president. Before you do it, it seems inconceivable. Once it's done, you can't remember what all the fuss was about.

I am very grateful to the MLAs for unanimously electing me as the BJD legislature party leader.