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I became the prime minister of Pakistan through votes, whereas five honourable judges sent me home.
Politicians often say to me, 'Articles in the 'Observer' don't get me votes, but you get me money.'
Politics isn't my cup of tea. I can't lie all the time, beg for votes or put down other politicians.
In politics, you have to understand that there are some cases where you'll never be able to get votes.
Leaders cling to power in a socialist state like Venezuela by buying votes and manipulating elections.
The forgotten man... He works, he votes, generally he prays, but his chief business in life is to pay.
On Islam, it is true that I am tough. Perhaps tougher than I should be if my only aim was to get votes.
The House has repeatedly had overwhelming votes in support of continuing the Yucca Mountain repository.
The man who can make others laugh secures more votes for a measure than the man who forces them to think.
The Conservative caucus votes far more freely and independently than any other caucus on Parliament Hill.
Anyone who votes for McGowan is 100 percent right. He was a great umpire. He belongs in the Hall of Fame.
In a democracy, if you don't get the votes, nothing else is possible, no matter how wonderful your dreams.
The only poll obviously that matters is the last one, the one that's counted after all the votes are cast.
As a legislator, I saw how effective I could be by being transparent, posting and explaining all of my votes.
What people fail to appreciate is that the currency of corruption in elective office is, not money, but votes.
Jon Tester continues to tell Montanans one thing and then votes the other way when he's back in Washington D.C.
Every citizen's vote should count in America, not just the votes of partisan insiders in the Electoral College.
Congress votes for things the military doesn't want, and planes and other weaponry that cost a lot but don't work.
I can't see where there is anywhere left to move. If you don't have a recount it's hard to receive any more votes.
At the end of the day, money is just a proxy for votes. That is what makes politics so vulnerable to social media.
The Ram Mandir should be built, but it should not be used as an election plank to divide the society and win votes.
It has become impossible to forget 'votes for women,' just as it was impossible to forget the reformation of Luther.
It doesn't matter what the early votes look like. It doesn't matter what the polls look like. We can lose everything.
One, with God, is always a majority, but many a martyr has been burned at the stake while the votes were being counted.
The political satirist usually votes against their own interests, but the bottom line is that it doesn't really matter.
I am very confident that in 2008, people's votes will count. I don't think they did in 2004. I think in 2008, they will.
When controversy calls, corporations can be far more responsive than politicians. The market votes every day, after all.
Trump won 44.4 percent of votes in Virginia in 2016. At press time, Ed Gillespie had won 45 percent of the vote in 2017.
Voting is a right that has been given to every American; however, as Christ followers, our votes should reflect our God.
Negotiating deals among members of Congress is an exercise in wearing masks, scaring up votes, and, oftentimes, bluffing.
The E.U. referendum was promised by a Conservative Prime Minister fearful of losing votes and of mass defections to UKIP.
Big corporations have money and power to make sure every rule breaks their way; people have voices and votes to push back.
I think we are elected with a responsibility to take tough votes, tackle tough challenges today. There's too much punting.
The democratic process is supposed to be one person one vote, but it turns out that money is talking louder than the votes.
Chicago is my biggest base for U.S. readership. If I ask my readers where should I come, Chicago always has the most votes.
I was Al Gore's campaign chairman in 2000, when he won a half-million more votes than George W. Bush but lost the presidency.
Democrats are so enraged by President Trump that they have shown their willingness to undo the votes of 63 million Americans.
A lot of men in politics suddenly woke up to the issue of women in politics when they realised: hey, there are votes in this!
I hope the EPA will listen to the many votes over the years in Congress opposing cap-and-trade and rescind that proposed rule.
The public is looking for free lunches, and the political competition for votes makes the politicians offer them free lunches.
I don't doubt a number of those ballots, of those votes that were cast for me, probably were intended for Vice President Gore.
No matter what your decisions are, no matter what your votes are, if you're not playing by the rules, you're taking a big risk.
I got 220,000 votes from people who also voted for Donald Trump. I did not do that by pretending to be a conservative Democrat.
I think a fair amount of my votes were 'not-for-Ortiz,' votes and I'm going to have to work hard to earn the 'for Blake' votes.
If we really mean that people's votes are to be counted, the timelines ought to exist around what it takes to count every vote.
Politicians should talk about sportspersons and sports, and it should surely be in the agenda when they go out asking for votes.
Even if you only counted the votes that actually made it through the hoops in order to be cast, the president was really Al Gore.
Akhilesh Yadav played a clever game by joining hands with BSP so that he can save his skin and use Dalit votes to win a few seats.
We have a Scottish Parliament and National Assembly for Wales, both elected by fairer votes - involving proportional representation.
The more people who are dependent on government handouts, the more votes the left can depend on for an ever-expanding welfare state.