# Today's Greatest Quote Ever

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-greatest-quote-ever/352197>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [April 11, 2006, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-greatest-quote-ever/352197 "2006-04-11T05:26:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2006, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-greatest-quote-ever/352197/21 "2006-04-12T21:24:59Z")

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> [@MrSquishy](#):
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> Is that an actual quote? I can’t find a reference. God, that’s awful.

I can’t swear to it but it really stuck with me because of the inadvertant really bad pun.

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**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2006, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-greatest-quote-ever/352197/22 "2006-04-13T19:49:11Z")

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The first part of the quote reminded me of the more famous Boss Tweed quote.

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> It’s not the voters that decide elections but the people that count the votes.

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**Author:** ![Mtgman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Mtgman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mtgman)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2006, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-greatest-quote-ever/352197/23 "2006-04-13T20:27:14Z")

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Since we’re talking about an election race between politicians, wouldn’t the proper analogue be a “Whores Race”?

Enjoy,  
Steven

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