I don't believe an Alliance government should sponsor legislation on abortion or a referendum on abortion. — Stephen Harper Copy Share Image
A defensive referendum is for avoiding war and to help keep the Taiwanese people free of fear. — Chen Shui-bian Copy Share Image
On principle, I always support the opinion of a population who express themselves through a referendum. — Matteo Salvini Copy Share Image
A referendum is almost always a device by which governments get the voters to endorse what they wanted to do all along. — Peter Hitchens Copy Share Image
REFERENDUM, n. A law for submission of proposed legislation to a popular vote to learn the nonsensus of public opinion. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
I am logically in favour of a referendum. It would be the only legitimate way. — Jacques Chirac Copy Share Image
The referendum was clear: the British people voted to leave the single market and to take back control of our borders. — Nigel Farage Copy Share Image
No treaty should be ratified without consulting the British people in a referendum — David Cameron Copy Share Image
My constituents in Leeds West voted to leave the E.U. in the 2016 referendum. I respect their decision and want to make… — Rachel Reeves Copy Share Image
I actually don't believe in governance by referendum. I believe that we have a democracy, that we elect people to make decisions. — Betsy Hodges Copy Share Image
No two countries are identical, and obviously, there's a difference between a referendum on a very complex relationship between Great Britain and… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If you are a Scot living outside of Scotland but still in the UK, you are not allowed to vote in the… — Damian Barr Copy Share Image
Speaking to people in all parts of the country, it has become clear to me that there is a definite appetite for… — Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis Copy Share Image
If you want a referendum, vote for the others. Or, in certain cases, you can stay at home, you don't vote and… — Jean Charest Copy Share Image
It is a necessary precondition for the success of a referendum that there should be broad community consensus and bipartisan support for… — George Brandis Copy Share Image
Douglas Carswell accused all political parties of "deliberately cultivating the impression" that there would be a referendum. — Douglas Carswell Copy Share Image
Although I voted Remain and was bitterly disappointed when we lost, early the morning after the referendum I sent a tweet saying,… — Nick Boles Copy Share Image
Remember the referendum on the Charlottetown constitutional accord? The more Canada's political and business elites threatened Canadians that the country would disappear… — Preston Manning Copy Share Image
Some MPs, some very senior civil servants and others, are basically conspiring - and I use the word deliberately - in order… — Mark Francois Copy Share Image
The key to stopping the hard-right nationalist forces poised to pounce on Brexit isn't going to be finessing a reprieve for the… — Ash Sarkar Copy Share Image
Did we get anything like the sort of reform that would make the EU work better? No. Not even close. And worse,… — Andrea Leadsom Copy Share Image
After Brexit referendum, our country faces major challenges. Risks to the economy and living standards are growing. The public is split.The government… — Wes Streeting Copy Share Image
One might have thought that Brexit would be a wake-up call for the American media. Yet, just as in the U.K. referendum,… — Margarita Simonyan Copy Share Image
You see it with Brexit, you see it in Donald Trump's election, you see it with the fact that neither of the… — Steve Hilton Copy Share Image
“Opinion polls suggested the Scottish referendum on independence on September 18th was now too close to call. The three leaders of Britain’s… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I know it feels like two steps forward and one step back, but we are making progress. In my lifetime, I have… — Patrick Stewart Copy Share Image
“If the surprise outcome of the recent UK referendum - on whether to leave or remain in the European Union - teaches… — Alex Morritt Copy Share Image
“remedy. The issue of Europe, he suggested, should be taken out of the hands of governments and parties, and put directly to… — Ben Pimlott Copy Share Image
The E.U. Referendum clearly divided us, and little has been done by those that lead us to bring us back together. — Anna Soubry Copy Share Image
The good thing about not calling it a Constitution is that no one can ask for a referendum on it. — Giuliano Amato Copy Share Image
The decision on whether there is another referendum is down to the Scottish people. — Nicola Sturgeon Copy Share Image
Every re-election campaign is a referendum on the incumbent. Every. Single. One. — Rick Wilson Copy Share Image
Actually, I never wanted an E.U. referendum, and I think those who called for it will one day wish they hadn't. — Peter Hitchens Copy Share Image
The E.U. referendum was promised by a Conservative Prime Minister fearful of losing votes and of mass defections to UKIP. — Nigel Farage Copy Share Image
I'm going to devote myself full time to securing and then winning a referendum on leaving the E.U. — Daniel Hannan Copy Share Image
I don't want to go to prison... but there is nothing they can do to me that will make me stop this… — Carles Puigdemont Copy Share Image
As president, I have the right to call a referendum based on a law that the Catalan parliament has approved. — Carles Puigdemont Copy Share Image
