Votes Quotes
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Votes should be weighed not counted.
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I think it behooves them to find the votes, ... To have a small number of people dictate to this nation what they can do and can't do is just not acceptable.
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The Senate needs 60 votes to pass anything. They have to compromise with liberal Democrats to spend more money. Even though arguably we have control of the Senate, we really don't.
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“Democracy is the power of equal votes for unequal minds”
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This isn't about more power for the president. It's about more votes for Newt Gingrich, and that's the last thing America needs.
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It's really an open issue. I feel at the moment, it's 10 to 10 votes.
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Political power does not rest with those who cast votes; political power rests with those who count votes.
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I am the President of the United States of America, clothed in immense power! You will procure me these votes.
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As long as I count the votes, what are you going to do about it?
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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!
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If we can find approaches that meet the needs of the poor in ways that generate profits for business and votes for politicians, we will have found a sustainable way to reduce inequity in the world. This task is open-ended. It can never be finished. But a conscious effort to answer this challenge will change the world.
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Most often the electorate votes for change.
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If we have an honest discussion on whether the war on poverty should be fought with welfare or with economic growth in the private sector, Democrats will lose black votes.
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As a legislator, I saw how effective I could be by being transparent, posting and explaining all of my votes.
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The people who cast the votes decide nothing; the people who count the votes decide everything.
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While we're talking about votes, Bernie Sanders is one who voted to deregulate swaps and derivatives in 2000, which contributed to the over-leveraging of Lehman Brothers, which was one of the culprits that brought down the economy.
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When someone is running for reelection in Texas, they're not looking for votes in California or New York.
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I know everybody thinks I've got the final veto and/or approval of somebody, and I guess I do, ... But he and linebacker Clint Ingram by far and away had all the votes. That tells you that guys who are working with him every day believe in him, too.
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I follow a set of principles; I follow the Constitution. And that's what I base my votes on. Limited government, economic freedom, and individual liberty.
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It's not the people who vote that count. It's the people who count the votes.
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People in the rich countries who have done very well, who are at the top of the income pyramid, try to steamroll over the opposition of the middle without changing anything in social programs, or any redistribution. And they take their votes for a given. They have rich people that bankroll them. And the globalization would continue, but it would continue with permanent dissatisfaction among large segments of the people.
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The truth is, the liberal policies of the elite class have done little to improve the lot of those who depend so much on them. In America's black communities, where the goodies have been flowing for decades, rather than seeing improvements in terms of upward mobility, we are seeing deteriorating family structure, increases in violent crimes, growing poverty, and growing dependence. Even with such a blatant record of failure, there is slavish devotion to the elite class who continue to promise more goodies in exchange for votes.
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I believe to my core that there’s only one right way to do this job, and that is with strict independence. By the book. Playing it straight. Faithful to the Constitution. Chris Wray VOWS' STRICT INDEPENDENCE' IN CONFIRMATION HEARING During Tuesday's vote before the full Senate Judiciary Committee, all five nay votes came from liberal Democrats : Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York, Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, Ed Markey of Massachusetts, Ron Wyden of Oregon and Jeff Merkley of Oregon.
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The bottom line is that the deal has improved for the city's side. I remain confident we have struck a deal that will get the seven votes we need.
