I would rather be beaton and be a man than to be elected and be a little puppy dog.
Davy Crockett

I would rather be respected than elected.
Charles Edison

I wouldn't even get elected. I'd probably deck a couple of people, too which would not play very well with the national media.
Tim Robbins

I'm convinced that unless you have some public financing of elections, you are never going to remove the power of wealthy interests over elected officials.
Dick Murphy

I'm not the one who was elected. I would never do anything to undermine my husband's point of view.
Laura Bush

I've often been asked to run for office. I have no desire to do that, I would not want my time with the family or the company restricted because of the demands of an elected position.
Carl Karcher

If a catastrophic event wipes out a large portion of House members, America needs to know this body, elected by the people, will be quickly and legally reconstituted and will continue to function.
Charles W. Pickering

If elected, I will win.
Pat Paulsen

If George W. Bush is elected president, I'm leaving for France.
Robert Altman

If I had been elected president in 1948, history would be vastly different. I believe we would have stemmed the growth of Big Government, which had begun with the New Deal and culminated with the Great Society.
Strom Thurmond

If members of the security apparatus could, with impunity, keep from those elected by the people that which they're entitled to know - or worse, feed false information - those who could control the classified data could be the real decision makers.
Harold H. Greene

If nominated, I will not run; if elected, I will not serve.
William Tecumseh Sherman

If Obama has his way, the change that is coming is a new America: "fair," leveled and social democratic. Obama didn't get elected to warranty your muffler. He's here to warranty your life.
Charles Krauthammer

If Ted Williams just tip his cap once he could be elected Mayor of Boston in five minutes.
Eddie Collins

If you begin to give people hope that there is a brighter future, there is a new tomorrow, then the people who were yesterday's terrorists become tomorrow's elected officials and they're part of the system.
John Shelby Spong

In 1948 I was appointed to a Lectureship in Physics and in 1949 elected to a Fellowship at Trinity College.
Martin Ryle

In 1995, I was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society.
John E. Walker

In my opinion, we've elected a Marxist [Barack Obama] to be president of the United States.
Paul Broun

In politics women type the letters, lick the stamps, distribute the pamphlets and get out the vote. Men get elected.
Clare Boothe Luce

In the span of three years, the Iraqi people participated in three elections, drafted a constitution, and elected a new government. While more work remains, this is remarkable progress.
Tim Murphy