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An election is coming. Universal peace is declared, and the foxes have a sincere interest in prolonging the lives of the poultry.

George Eliot

Felix Holt, the Radical

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Topic

Campaign promises Politics and lies Political campaigns Elections Politics

Speaker

Felix Holt

Author

George Eliot

Source

Felix Holt, the Radical

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1866 1860s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Eliot, George. Felix Holt, the Radical. Edinburgh: William Blackwood & Sons, 1866, ch. 5.

Current Citation

Eliot, George. Felix Holt, the Radical, edited by Lynda Mugglestone. Penguin Classics, 1995, ch. 5.

It's the economy, stupid.

James Carville

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Topic

Political strategy Political campaigns American politics

Author

James Carville

Language

English

Time

1992 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Carville, James. Political campaign slogan. 1992.

Current Citation

The War Room. Directed by Chris Hegedus and D. A. Pennebaker. Pennebaker Associates, 1993.

I will offer a choice, not an echo.

Barry Goldwater

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Topic

Political campaigns American politics

Speaker

Barry Goldwater

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1964 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Goldwater, Barry. Remarks announcing candidacy for the republican presidential nomination. 3 Jan. 1964, Paradise City, AZ, USA. News conference.

The only way I can lose this election is if I'm caught in bed with either a dead girl or a live boy.

Edwin Edwards

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Topic

Political campaigns Political scandals

Speaker

Edwin Edwards

Medium

Speech

Statement Type

Political joke Prophecies and predictions

Language

English

Time

1983 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Edwards, Edwin. Spoken while campaigning for governor of Louisiana. 1983, LA, USA.

Campaign promises are-by long democratic tradition-the least binding form of human commitment.

Antonin Scalia

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Topic

Campaign promises Political campaigns Democracy Politics

Author

Antonin Scalia

Medium

Supreme Court opinion

Genre

Legal writing

Language

English

Time

2002 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Scalia, Antonin. United States, Supreme Court. Republican Party of Minnesota v. White. United States Reports, vol. 534, 17 June 2002, pp. 765-821. Justia, supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/536/765/.

We campaign in poetry. But when we're elected we're forced to govern in prose.

Mario Cuomo

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Topic

Campaign promises Political campaigns Politics

Speaker

Mario Cuomo

Medium

Lecture

Language

English

Time

1985 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Cuomo, Mario. "E Pur Si Muove." Chubb Fellowship lecture. 1 Feb. 1985, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.

Anyone who campaigns for public office becomes disqualified for holding any office at all.

Thomas More

Utopia

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Topic

Political campaigns Political theory Politics

Author

Thomas More

Source

Utopia

Genre

Satire Political literature

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

Latin

Time

1516 1510s 16th century

Authentication Score 1

Original Citation

More, Thomas. Libellus vere aureus, nec minus salutaris quam festivus, de optimo rei publicae statu deque nova insula Utopia. Leuven: Self-published, 1516, bk. 2.

Current Citation

More, Thomas. Utopia, edited and translated by Paul Turner. Penguin Classics, 2003, bk. 2.

You think I have time to ask a man why he givin' me money or where he gets his money from? I'll take any motherfucker's money if he givin' it away!

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Topic

Money in politics Political campaigns Politics

Speaker

Clay Davis

Actor

Isiah Whitlock Jr.

Source

The Wire

Medium

TV program

Genre

Crime (TV) Drama (TV) Crime Drama

Language

English

Time

2006 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

"Soft Eyes." The Wire, written David Simon and David Mills and Ed Burns, directed by Christine Moore, season 4, episode 2, Blown Deadline Productions and Home Box Office, 2006.

I will not make age an issue of this campaign. I am not going to exploit, for political purposes, my opponent's youth and inexperience.

Ronald Reagan

1984 Presidential Debates

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Topic

American politics Political campaigns Politics

Speaker

Ronald Reagan

Source

1984 Presidential Debates Presidential debates

Medium

Political debate

Statement Type

Political joke Joke

Language

English

Time

1984 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 0

Citation

Reagan, Ronald. "The Second Reagan-Mondale Presidential Debate." 21 Oct. 1984, Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, MO, USA. Presidential debate.