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If only Queen Elizabeth II had the intellectual, political and linguistic skills of Queen Elizabeth I, many people would support giving her some of the powers of an elected president.

~A. N. Wilson

Topics: Elected Elizabeth Giving Had Her Intellectual Linguistic Many Only People Political Powers President Queen Skills Some Support Would

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The President's post should not be politicised. Once a president is elected, he is above politics.

~A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Topics: Above Elected He Once Politics Post President Should

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The government, whether state or central, is elected. That means we have a responsibility to elect the right kind of leaders.

~A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Topics: Central Elect Elected Government Kind Leaders Means Responsibility Right Right Kind State Whether

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I believe the House of Representatives is exactly the place where immigration reform should take place. Our entire House is elected every two years. We're the people closest to the people.

~Aaron Schock

Topics: Believe Closest Elected Entire Every Exactly House House Of Representatives Immigration Immigration Reform Our People Place Reform Representatives Should Take Two Where Years I Believe I Believe The

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I do not diminish the incredible symbolic importance of a black man getting elected president. But my euphoria was a smart guy getting elected president. Maybe for the first time in my lifetime we had elected one of the thousand smartest Americans president.

~Aaron Sorkin

Topics: American Black Diminish Elected Euphoria First First Time Getting Guy Had Importance Incredible Lifetime Man Maybe President Smart Smartest Symbolic Thousand Time

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If you have a government that is elected, they need to do the hard work - because if they don't, they won't be around the next time the ballot box is open.

~Abdullah Ii Of Jordan

Topics: Around Ballot Because Box Elected Government Hard Hard Work Need Next Next Time Open Time Work You

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Being elected to Congress, though I am very grateful to our friends for having done it, has not pleased me as much as I expected.

~Abraham Lincoln

Topics: Am Being Congress Done Elected Expected Friends Grateful Having Me Much Our Pleased Though Very I Am

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Republicans and blacks had an unlikely alliance around 'max black' after the 1990 census. By concentrating black voters in some districts, the strategy elected a record number of black congressmen in 1992. But the remaining 'bleached' districts were more likely to elect white Republicans.

~Adam Cohen

Topics: After Alliance Around Black Blacks Census Concentrating Districts Elect Elected Had Likely Max More Number Record Remaining Republicans Some Strategy Unlikely Voters Were White

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The Supreme Court's most conservative Justices have presented themselves as great respecters of precedent and opponents of 'judicial activism' - of judges using the Constitution to strike down laws passed by the elected branches of government. If they are true to those principles, they should uphold rent control.

~Adam Cohen

Topics: Activism Branches Conservative Constitution Control Court Down Elected Government Great Judges Judicial Justices Laws Most Opponents Passed Precedent Presented Principles Rent Should Strike Supreme Themselves Those True Uphold Using

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Every time a pundit or elected official is on any TV news program, it should be a polite formality to mention that GE has made such and such billions off the war in Iraq by selling arms or that Murdoch is a right-wing activist with a clear stake in who wins and who taxes his profits the least.

~Adam Mckay

Topics: Activist Any Arms Billions Clear Elected Every Every Time Formality Ge His Iraq Least Made Mention News Off Official Polite Profits Program Right-Wing Selling Should Stake Taxes Time Tv War Who Wins

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