"A politician thinks of the next election. A statesman, of the next generation."
James Freeman Clarke 1810-1888, American Minister, Theologian
"A new poll showed that if the election was held today, people would be confused because it is normally held in November."
Kevin Nealon
"All Presidents start out to run a crusade but after a couple of years they find they are running something less heroic and much more intractable: namely the presidency. The people are well cured by then of election fever, during which they think they are choosing Moses. In the third year, they look on the man as a sinner and a bumble and begin to poke around for rumors of another Messiah."
Alistair Cooke 1908-, British Broadcaster, Journalist
"Even though this is late in an election year, there is no way we can go forward except together and no way anybody can win except by serving the people's urgent needs. We cannot stand still or slip backwards. We must go forward now together."
Gerald R. Ford 1913-, Thirty-eighth President of the USA
"Where annual elections end where slavery begins."
John Quincy Adams 1767-1848, Sixth President of the USA
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