Abstention Quotes

We know that abstention will be high. That is a characteristic of local elections. - Hugo Chavez

War will disappear only when men shall take no part whatever in violence and shall be ready to suffer every persecution that their abstention will bring them. It is the only way to abolish war. - Anatole France

VIRTUES, n.pl. Certain abstentions. - Ambrose Bierce

Under term limits, people know their next race for office is in two or four or six years, and they're looking over their shoulder to see who they need to avoid offending... I think that's part of where the abstentions come from. - Paul Koretz

The vote is a foregone conclusion, given the clause allowing abstentions to be counted as approvals. It is irrelevant. It's all about what comes next. - Umberto Mosetti

The government has a problem it cannot ignore -- a single-colored parliament elected amid a gigantic abstention. - Teodoro Petkoff

Russia is looking after its economic interests. They have a lot at stake, ... China is so ideologically opposed that the most you can get out of them is an abstention. - David Albright

It's very disappointing to lose by one vote, especially when there's an abstention... I wonder who the 52 are who voted against us. That's my concern. - Don Porter

In Tokyo, Japanese officials are calling ambassadors of countries which voted against or in abstention the resolution on Nov. 17 and persuade them to vote yes this time. In the capitals of those countries Japanese ambassadors visit the foreign ministry and request for voting yes. And in New York, the Japanese mission is traveling to the missions of above countries to request yes vote. - Choe Myong Nam

In some countries, even rain can cause abstentions. But the Iraqis have shown they can vote under gunfire and under attack. - Ibrahim Jaafari