QUOTA of QUOTES
“A fundamental principle of American democracy is that when we lose an election, we accept the results. That principle, as much as any other, distinguishes democracy from monarchy or tyranny, and anyone who seeks public trust must honor it.”—Vice President Kamala Harris, conceding the 2024 presidential race to Donald Trump, who declined to do the same in 2020.
“I am honored and humbled that the people of Virginia’s 10th District put their trust in me to take on the toughest fights and deliver results in Congress. This district is my home. I got married here, my wife Miranda and I are raising our daughters here, and the issues our community faces are personal to our family.”— Suhas Subramanyam, Virginia State Senator who was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, joining five other Indian Americans in Congress.
“The Democratic Party needs to be rebuilt. We have become a party of elites, whether we abandoned working-class people, whether they abandoned us, whether it’s some combination of all of the above.”—Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal, chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus. (Politico)
“We’ve always believed it was our manifest destiny to be exceptional, to be the greatest nation on Earth, to show the world what’s possible for humanity to achieve, even when other countries doubted us. Some still do today. But they’re wrong. Trump’s comeback is the American comeback.”—Former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, sharing his excitement on X following Donald Trump’s victory
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Compiled and partly written by Indian humorist MELVIN DURAI, author of the novel Bala Takes the Plunge.
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