Vote for the man who promises least. He’ll be the least disappointing. Bernard Baruch
The British electors will not vote for a man who doesn’t wear a hat. Lord Beaverbrook
The trouble with free elections is, you never know who is going to win. Leonid Brezhnev
I never vote for anyone; I always vote against. W. C. Fields
People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war or before an election. Otto von Bismarck
No part of the education of a politician is more indispensable than the fighting of elections. Winston Churchill.
Apparently, a democracy is a place where numerous elections are held at great cost without issues and with interchangeable candidates. Gore Vidal
I’ll be glad to reply to or dodge your questions, depending on what I think will help our election most. George H W Bush
Free election of masters does not abolish the masters or the slaves. Herbert Marcuse
There is no excitement anywhere in the world, short of war, to match the excitement of an American presidential campaign. Theodore H White
You win some, you lose some, and then there’s that little-known third category. Al Gore (on 2000 election, quoted in Guardian 5/2/06)
Elections are won by men and women chiefly because most people vote against somebody rather than for somebody. Franklin P Adams
A whore’s vote is just as good as a debutante’s. Sam Rayburn
The one pervading evil of democracy is the tyranny of the majority, or rather of that party, not always the majority, that succeeds, by force or fraud, in carrying elections. Lord Acton
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. Franklin P Adams
Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost. John Adams