Believe Quote by Betsy Hodges

Referendums are a democratic instrument, but so are decisions reached in a parliamentary democracy. I advise extreme caution when it comes to referendums. In…

— Martin Schulz

A referendum is almost always a device by which governments get the voters to endorse what they wanted to do all along.

— Peter Hitchens

I am logically in favour of a referendum. It would be the only legitimate way.

— Jacques Chirac

I voted Remain, but I also believe in democracy. The 2016 referendum was the largest popular vote in the U.K.'s history and it cannot…

— Nicky Morgan

If we had a consensus we wouldn't have to go to a referendum.

— George Papandreou

My main worry about referendums is that you are taking a very complicated political question that requires knowledge of a bunch of background facts…

— Jason Brennan

I believe that people have a right to decide their own destinies; people own themselves. I also believe that, in a democracy, government exists…

— Frank Zappa

On principle, I always support the opinion of a population who express themselves through a referendum.

— Matteo Salvini

Democracy is a government where you can say what you think even if you don't think.

— Walt Whitman

If you want a referendum, vote for the others. Or, in certain cases, you can stay at home, you don't vote and you could…

— Jean Charest

I think referendums are fantastic as long as the question is phrased in a way which is not meant to deliberately confuse or confound…

— Cate Blanchett

Remember, I'm the guy who didn't want the referendum - I wouldn't have had it if I'd been prime minister. But you have to…

— Ed Miliband