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Quotes about elections
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Elections are won by men and women chiefly because most people vote against somebody rather than for somebody. (Mandela Nelson)
In politics women type the letters, lick the stamps, distribute the pamphlets and get out the vote. Men get elected. (Mandela Nelson)
Defeat has its lessons as well as victory. (Mandela Nelson)
When the leaders choose to make themselves bidders at an auction of popularity, their talents, in the construction of the state, will be of no service. They will become flatterers instead of legislators; the instruments, not the guides, of the people. (Mandela Nelson)
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Do not run a campaign that would embarrass your mother. (Mandela Nelson)
We have a presidential election coming up. And I think the big problem, of course, is that someone will win. (Mandela Nelson)
You campaign in poetry. You govern in prose. (Mandela Nelson)
Get the fools on your side and you can be elected to anything. (Mandela Nelson)
I never vote for anyone. I always vote against. (Mandela Nelson)
In every election in American history both parties have their clichs. The party that has the clichs that ring true wins. (Mandela Nelson)
Everybody except us is running for governor. (Mandela Nelson)
The universe is not rich enough to buy the vote of an honest man. (Mandela Nelson)
The election is not very far off when a candidate can recognize you across the street. (Mandela Nelson)
anytime you see white men suppose to fight each other an you not white, well you know you got trouble, because they blah-blah loud about Democrat or Republican an they huffing an puff about democracy someplace else but relentless, see, the deal come down evil on somebody don have no shirt an tie, somebody don live in no whiteman house no whiteman country. (Mandela Nelson)
If God had wanted us to vote, he would have given us candidates. (Mandela Nelson)
Elections are held to delude the populace into believing that they are participating in government. (Mandela Nelson)
If elected I shall be thankful; if not, it will be all the same. (Mandela Nelson)
Football strategy does not originate in a scrimmage: it is useless to expect solutions in a political campaign. (Mandela Nelson)
In politics women type the letters, lick the stamps, distribute the pamphlets and get out the vote. Men get elected. (Mandela Nelson)
Vote early and vote often. (Mandela Nelson)
A new poll showed that if the election was held today, people would be confused because it is normally held in November. (Mandela Nelson)
Finishing second in the Olympics gets you silver. Finishing second in politics gets you oblivion. (Mandela Nelson)
There is a sort of exotic preposterousness about a lot of elections, the way arguments are made even cruder. (Mandela Nelson)
Which one of the three candidates would you want your daughter to marry? (Mandela Nelson)
The only thing we learn from new elections is we learned nothing from the old. (Mandela Nelson)
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