If there are further steps to European integration, the people should have their say at a general election or in a referendum. — Tony Blair Copy Share Image
The Government have made it clear that the constitutional treaty will be ratified in the UK only after a referendum. — Geoff Hoon Copy Share Image
Boycotting the referendum is a possible option ... because we believe that participating in the voting might be a useless act. — Saleh al-Mutlaq Copy Share Image
No, a euro referendum will not be part of a government programme if we get the chance to form one, — Helle Thorning-Schmidt Copy Share Image
Boris [Johnson] and Dave [Cameron] gnawed each other's testicles [during the Tory civil war which blighted the EU referendum]. — Ken Livingstone Copy Share Image
Maybe this will be the beginning of a trend? Flat taxes, cutting foreign aid, a referendum on Europe, grammar schools. Who knows? — Nigel Farage Copy Share Image
There were a number of referendums in '98 that most of the things I voted for passed. That's very satisfying when you… — David Cross Copy Share Image
My goal is always to keep support for Israel a bi-partisan issue and never make a national election any kind of referendum… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
My hope is that my personal testimony can help in some way to not only advance the dialogue and approve Referendum 74,… — Macklemore Copy Share Image
We want all the Palestinians back in their homeland, and then there can be a fair referendum for people to choose the… — Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani Copy Share Image
Referendums have always posed a threat when it comes to EU policy, because EU policy is complicated. They're an opportunity for those… — Martin Schulz Copy Share Image
We recently had a referendum in New York about extending the forest preserve. The city voted for it by a large majority;… — Learned Hand Copy Share Image
Referendums are a democratic instrument, but so are decisions reached in a parliamentary democracy. I advise extreme caution when it comes to… — Martin Schulz Copy Share Image
There's much more we can be doing in Parliament, we could be giving more power back to people at local government level,… — Theresa May Copy Share Image
Policies are designed to undermine working class organization and the reason is not only the unions fight for workers' rights, but they… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I think that the real tragedy of Greece - aside of the savagery of European bureaucracy, Brussels bureaucracy and northern banks, which… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Look at Ukraine. Its currency, the hernia, is plunging. The euro is really in a problem. Greece is problematic as to whether… — Michael Hudson Copy Share Image
I have been told by people close to Trump that "Brexit Britain" is the only foreign policy issue that interests him, because… — Anne Applebaum Copy Share Image
I have been clear in my position for quite a while, but the Chinese have not responded. Therefore, we are now in… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
The outcome of the referendum does not affect those of my officials who have British nationality, since they work for Europe and… — Jean-Claude Juncker Copy Share Image
Much as I would have liked to respond factually and truthfully to each and every piece of misinformation spread by the Brexit… — Jean-Claude Juncker Copy Share Image
The Government have consistently made it clear that the mechanism in the United Kingdom whereby the European draft constitutional treaty could be… — Douglas Alexander 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
No treaty should be ratified without consulting the British people in a referendum — David Cameron 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
I am logically in favour of a referendum. It would be the only legitimate way. — Jacques Chirac 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
A defensive referendum is for avoiding war and to help keep the Taiwanese people free of fear. — Chen Shui-bian 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
This constitution is full of mines that are going to explode. The articles stipulated in this constitution will have grave consequences if… — Saleh al-Mutlaq Copy Share Image
I thought this election was an adult discussion on how best to protect ourselves in the face of terrorism, but apparently it… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
However, I must say that I am very happy to see that we have such a positive result for our first referendum… — Chen Shui-bian Copy Share Image
My preoccupation has been from the very beginning that I believe that the "Brexit" referendum result is the most disastrous peacetime result… — Michael Heseltine Copy Share Image
I know there's an online petition to have another referendum [like Brexit] but I think honestly I think if people want to… — Nigel Farage Copy Share Image
We must put behind us the tribalism and divisions seen in the referendum between Leave and Remain and focus on defining our… — Priti Patel Copy Share Image
The people have already determined Chechnya's status at the referendum - it is a unit of the Russian Federation. Its political status… — Akhmad Kadyrov Copy Share Image
I find it surprising, however, that many German politicians generally oppose referendums, but then when it's an EU matter, they immediately scream… — Martin Schulz Copy Share Image
Referendums are designed to get round parliamentary government, and people only demand referendums when they think they can't get a majority in… — Kenneth Clarke Copy Share Image
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