Quotes About Democracy

The people of Mississippi overwhelmingly voted to keep our flag in 2001. I oppose unilateral action by the governor or the Legislature or any other backroom deal by politicians in Jackson to change it.

The first time I voted I was 53-years-old. I never got involved in it before the 2015 general election. I voted Labour.

I can't remember the last time, if ever, I voted for a Republican, you know.

Why do the people in Massachusetts need to have a superdelegate speak on their behalf when they've already voted?

Every four years since 1988, I have voted for the Republican presidential candidate.

The English, being the most practical people in the world, came up with parliamentary democracy and codified football and Cadbury's Creme Egg. And yet they voted for Brexit.

I have said this before: I'm an Independent, I have voted for both parties.

I voted for Hillary Clinton.

The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.

We must never stop fighting for a vision of American democracy in which we strive for and encourage the highest levels of voter turnout and participation.

I'm a bit of a floating voter actually - I've voted for all parties.

Part of the reason voter suppression works is we've created this culture that says you don't challenge the outcome of elections unless the act is so egregious as to be absolutely clear on its face.

In the political world, the only position I have is voter. I'm not a spokesman for anything.

We forget that the main constitutional responsibility of the MLAs and MPs that we vote for is law making, and oversight of the executive to implement those laws. During my husband's 2014 election campaign, I did not hear a single voter mention this aspect of the legislator's role.

Supporters of tough voter ID laws are not afraid of vote fraud - they are afraid of democracy.

With super PACs, we've seen voter turnout go up; interest in elections rise; and the number of competitive races increase. The campaigns of 2010 and 2012 have been more issue-oriented than their predecessors, not less.

They appear to have had a higher voter turnout in Iraq than we did in our recent federal elections, and we didn't have terrorists threatening to kill our families if we voted.

We've got 50 percent voter turnout for presidential elections. That's appalling. We can do so much better.

To me, it's a different kind of voter suppression to constantly try to make people feel like the election is over before it's even begun.

I still have a great deal of faith in our political system and a great deal of faith in the American people and voter.

No U.S. citizen is being kicked off any voter rolls.

Voter suppression laws, overzealous filibuster use, you name it - the Republicans use every tactic they can to stop our democracy from actually selecting the person with the most support.

The Republican playbook is voter suppression.

I believe there should be political consequences for politicians who commit voter suppression.