Mr. Speaker, democracy works best when the American electorate is engaged and informed. — Melissa Bean Copy Share Image
My own electorate, which I represented for 36 years as an anti-apartheid politician, had a considerable number of Jewish voters supporting me… — Helen Suzman Copy Share Image
The same electorate that is unhappy with [Pennsylvania's] GOP Sen. Rick Santorum appears to have some qualms with Rendell. — Stuart Rothenberg Copy Share Image
We have a First Amendment for good reasons. We need a free press because without an educated electorate we cannot have a… — Jill Stein Copy Share Image
I think dealing with the U.S. Senate is very different from dealing with the electorate. — David Remnick Copy Share Image
Insulting the electorate and accusing it of spiritual weakness and sinfulness are not the ways to get yourself the job of president. — John Podhoretz Copy Share Image
Back then, before it became clear that democracy was best served by a drunken electorate, the bars in New York City were… — Lawrence Block Copy Share Image
Goodness knows the Republican electorate is a pretty narrow slice of the population. — David Price Copy Share Image
I ran on the platform of moderation and won the election by a large margin. By virtue of the strong mandate that… — Hassan Rouhani Copy Share Image
Perhaps the best known, and certainly the most vaunted, "discovery" of modern public opinion research is the indifference and ignorance of a… — Moses Finley Copy Share Image
A Harris poll I've seen says only 12 percent of the electorate names taxes as one of the most important issues facing… — Lane Evans Copy Share Image
Romney and Democratic rival President Obama have led their partisan backers down a trail of lies, negativity and vacuous policies that seem… — Ron Fournier Copy Share Image
In 2012, Hispanics were 10 percent of the electorate, underperforming their share of the voting-age population. Mitt Romney got 21 percent of… — Mara Liasson Copy Share Image
The American creationist movement has entirely bypassed the scientific forum and has concentrated instead on political lobbying and on taking its case… — Kenneth R. Miller Copy Share Image
I know it's - this is this insane analysis. Hillary Clinton lost the election because her ideas were bad. She didn't fit… — Reince Priebus Copy Share Image
I think that is what the electorate is looking for - they are not looking for a pretty face to lead the… — Nicole Seah Copy Share Image
My generation didn't face the kind of urgent, pressing issues that my parents did, who fought through a war and a Depression… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
Representative democracy frequently manifests a disconnect between parliamentarians and the people, so that parliamentarians have agendas that do not correspond with the… — Alfred-Maurice de Zayas Copy Share Image
Democracy is susceptible to being led astray by having scapegoats paraded in front of the electorate. — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
“She knew—it was her job as a teacher of history to know—how many horrors are legitimated in public daylight, against the will… — Leni Zumas Copy Share Image
I sort of feel we have to owe some respect to the process and owe some respect to the electorate and the… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
You can only get really unpopular decisions through if the electorate is convinced of the value of the environment. That's what natural… — David Attenborough Copy Share Image
My guess is that most Australians today would vote for Babe. A piglet who dreams of being a statesmanlike sheepdog. Who merely… — Wendy Harmer Copy Share Image
Not for nothing that [Donald] Trump, who himself has had some high unfavorable ratings, distrusted by a significant amount of the population… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
When it came to the 2000 election, 84 percent of Ivy League faculty voted for Al Gore, 6 percent for Ralph Nader… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
The moment is ripe for an experienced businessman to talk practical, prudent economics to the electorate - which is why Mitt Romney's… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
The weakness in a model in which one assumes that the electorate gets what it needs from Bill Clinton is that our… — Kathleen Hall Jamieson Copy Share Image
We have an electorate that doesn't always pay that much attention to what's going on so people are influenced by a simple… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
The president is under 50 percent approval ratings in all the battleground states. So, you could say that President Obama is defying… — Mara Liasson Copy Share Image
What happened with Hurricane Katrina was the American electorate was forced to look at what lay behind the veneer of chest-beating. We… — Susan Faludi Copy Share Image
One difficulty in making the Senate work the way it was intended is that America's electorate is increasingly divided into red and… — Olympia Snowe Copy Share Image
Denis Healey refused to contribute an article to the 'Guardian' about his intentions, and was punished by the electorate - and then… — Simon Hoggart Copy Share Image
What do you call an electorate that seems prone to acting out irrationally, is full of inchoate rage, and is constantly throwing… — Graydon Carter Copy Share Image
Democracy is a daring concept - a hope that we'll be best governed if all of us participate in the act of… — Brian Eno Copy Share Image
I think a good MP is someone who cares for their community and becomes their champion, which is why I will make… — Adam Rickitt Copy Share Image
I think people get so frustrated with Washington, D.C.That's why they're so angry with the - the electorate is so angry with… — Chris Christie Copy Share Image
I don't believe we shall ever again have any form of society in which men will be free. One should not hope… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The organization of American society is an interlocking system of semi-monopolies notoriously venal, an electorate notoriously unenlightened, misled by mass media notoriously… — Paul Goodman Copy Share Image
There is no one right now in my judgment that can unite the Black electorate in such a way to present our… — Louis Farrakhan Copy Share Image
Europe and the euro zone have no reason, rationally, to push Greece out of the euro. But this is a system in… — Evangelos Venizelos Copy Share Image