Some quotes about US Elections

“[America has] the best democracy money can buy.” Greg Palast

“A billion here, a billion there and pretty soon you are talking about real money.” Everett Dirksen

“A striking visual context can overwhelm the intended verbal message entirely.” Frank Luntz

“Campaign spending is driven by the same logic that governs a military arms race.” Robert H. Frank

“Each election [in the US] is an occasion to promise to reverse whatever small steps the preceding government has taken.” Jeffrey Sachs

“Elections ensure that the elected might never form to themselves an interest separate from the electors.” Thomas Paine

“I am an imperfect vessel for your hopes and dreams.” Barack Obama

“I know nothing grander … than a well-contested American national election.” Walt Whitman

“It must be so sick and so depressing in Washington, where a man’s word no longer counts.” George W. Bush

“It takes three things to win [an election in America]: the first is money, the second is money and the third is money.” Joseph Kane

“The buck stops here!” Harry Truman

“The Electoral College is a political wisdom tooth – a historical relic that stays largely out of sight yet causes no small pain when it pops up.” Matthew Daneman

“The United States is the only democracy that organizes its national election campaign around the news media.” Thomas Patterson

“There are no white suits in a mud fight.” Samuel Popkin

“There are two winners in every presidential election campaign: the inevitable winner when it begins and the inevitable victor after it ends.” Samuel Popkin

“You can’t do nothing if you ain’t got nothing to do nothing with!” Franklin Delano Roosevelt

“You can’t get rich in politics unless you’re a crook.” Harry Truman