Quotes About Democracy

While the United States is a prime example of fair elections, there is room for improvement, starting with passing voter identification laws across the country.

Sadly, voter suppression is not a thing of the past.

Every voter has a right to criticise a government and comment on its functioning.

The inability or unwillingness of citizens to differentiate between fake and authentic news is undermining a fundamental assumption of democracy: the informed voter.

Voter suppression anywhere hurts our democracy everywhere.

Voter suppression is at the very core of the Trump re-election strategy.

Politics is a conversation between the contestant and the voter.

Voter suppression takes different forms.

It is a travesty for anyone who is elected to office, who serves in an elective office, to engage in voter suppression.

I've been a Labour voter all my life.

The ability for every legal, registered voter to participate in our democratic process should not be a partisan issue.

Every voter in Ukraine should have their say on the future they want for their country.

Voter confidence depends on the clean elections.

The Fair Elections Act in its final form will require every single voter to produce ID showing who they are before they vote. Away from the noise in political Ottawa, everyone understands that this is common sense.

In order to maintain American democracy we need to tackle the problematic influence of big money donors, corporate political action committees and dark money contributions. We must put an end to partisan gerrymandering and the blatant attempts at voter suppression being pushed in Republican-led states across the country.

Our strength as a democracy relies on voter confidence.

The greatest threat to the constitutional right to vote is voter fraud.

Voter fraud is almost non-existent. People don't just show up on election day, trying to impersonate other people.

Voter fraud happens on both sides of the aisle. And if nothing else, I'm glad Democrats are acknowledging that it exists.

There is just no evidence of rampant voter fraud when it comes to mail-in ballots.

Voter fraud especially matters when elections are close.

I do believe that voter fraud has taken place.

Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and senators and congressmen and government officials, but the voters of this country.

Without the persistence of voters in America getting up to every election, democracy will not flourish.