Quotes About Democracy

The voters who chose to cast their vote for another candidate, I want them to know that I respect their choice. I will be president for every Haitian.

Voters want to know that elections will be conducted fairly and accurately.

At least the politicians are accountable to the voters.

Because so many voters happen to be illiterate, India invented the party symbol, so that voters who could not read the name of their candidate could vote for him or her anyway by recognizing the symbol under which they campaigned.

It's difficult for democracy to function properly under the most favorable circumstances, but it has no chance at all when millions of voters are divorced from objective reality and incapable of understanding what is going on in Washington.

I think we should have the majority of the party's voters decide who they want as their nominee.

It is the ultimate conceit of conservatives: that more than half of American voters don't make up more than half of our country.

You have to be ready for anything. It's a good reminder about democracy. Voters can tell you to carry on, or chuck you out. You've got to be ready for both.

I do think you need to listen to the voters.

Donors don't win elections; voters win elections.

I'm never going to become an expert on how you get delegates. I think what you've got to do is follow the will of voters.

Ohio chose the president in 2000 and 2004. The independent voters, the so-called swing voters, are the ones who make the difference.

Particularly in the South, efforts continue to be made to deny blacks access to the polls, even where blacks constitute the majority of the voters.

I'm going to support the candidate that the voters chose. The voters get to choose who's best to represent them.

I will go on doing what voters tell me to do, which is working with others, working out solutions, and getting results.

Selma helped make it possible for hundreds and thousands of people in the South to become registered voters and encouraged people all across America to become participants in a democratic process.

I believe in the rule of law, and I respect the will of Colorado voters.

It's so deeply disturbing to me that half of the eligible voters don't vote in this country. We talk about how divided the country is. The truth is, we don't even know. We just know what the half that voted thought.

If an election doesn't go your way, you don't get to call a do-over. Part of respecting our democracy is respecting the will of the voters.

There are states with photo ID requirements that don't disenfranchise eligible voters.

As the state's chief elections officer, it is my job to make sure that only eligible voters vote, but also that every eligible voter has the opportunity to vote.

If you know something damaging about a major political figure, then, in a democracy, it is surely your duty to tell the voters before they go to the polls.

Having a representative democracy requires the confidence of the voters in the system. And if voters lose confidence in the system they can make some very bad decisions.

Elections are about the voters who vote in them.