Councillors Quote by Annamie Paul

When you ask someone for their vote, you are asking them to place their confidence in you as the steward of the community, so…

— Kane

When you're a leader, you cannot ignore parts of your constituency, even if you know they're not going to vote for you.

— Keith Ellison

Those members of the executive council who voted against my candidacy in the absence of a cogent reason they could publicly present and having…

— Crispin Blunt

As a former Hill staffer, I understand the incentives to announce the possibility that you will vote no. When you do that, the leadership…

— Neera Tanden

In the midst of conflict, I was pushed to step forward. There were groups who wanted to change our leadership immediately. Some tried to…

— Suharto

If you can't force or are unwilling to force your people to follow you, with or without threats, you are not a leader.

— Lee Kuan Yew

During my campaign, people of my age and younger said consistently that they would not vote because their votes simply no longer matter and…

— Charles Kennedy

Efficiency in an assembly requires a solid mass of steady votes; and these are collected by a deferential attachment to particular men, or by…

— Walter Bagehot

People who don't vote have no call on political leaders!

— Marian Wright Edelman

With regard to the ballot, it is worthy of remark that no meeting has been held in favour of Reform at which the ballot…

— John Bright

People will not follow a leader who does not have confidence in himself.

— John C. Maxwell

I have never met a villager who does not want a vote.

— Rory Stewart