If you immediately condemn .....can you still consider a brother" - Martin Bucer

"If you immediately condemn anyone who doesn't quite believe the same as you do ... pray tell, [who] can you still consider a brother"

- Martin Bucer

Several amendments should be made to the primary . . . . . . Arthur Capper

Several amendments should be made to the primary and general election laws to improve them, but such changes must in no way interfere with a full and free expression of the people's choice in naming the candidates to be voted on at general elections. Arthur Capper

- Arthur Capper, elections, change,

In the end, that's what this election is about. . . . .Barack Obama

In the end, that's what's this election is about. Do we participate in a politics of cynicism or a politics of hope? Barack Obama

election . . . auction . . . . H. L. Mencken

Every election is a sort of advance auction sale of stolen goods. H. L. Mencken

- Politics, politicians, campaigns, elections, corruption,

As societies grow decadent . . . . . Gore Vidal

As societies grow decadent, the language grows decadent, too. Words are used to disguise, not to illuminate, action: you liberate a city by destroying it. Words are to confuse, so that at election time people will solemnly vote against their own interests. Gore Vidal

- Language, campaigns, hopes, dreams, elections, democracy,

You call my candidate a horse thief, and I call yours ...... Stephen Vincent Benet

You call my candidate a horse thief, and I call yours a lunatic, and we both of us know it's just till election day. It's an American custom, like eating corn on the cob. And, afterwards, we settle down quite peaceably and agree we've got a pretty good country - until next election. Stephen Vincent Benet

- election, campaigns, peace, Politics, hopes, politicians,

One of the reasons people hate politics . . . . Cal Thomas

One of the reasons people hate politics is that truth is rarely a politician's objective. Election and power are. Cal Thomas

- Honesty, Politics, Truth, Integrity