Democracy Quote by Georges Pompidou

The current constitutional law places the president of the republic in an embarrassing situation.

— Jose Eduardo Dos Santos

I submit to you, Mr. President of Congress, my formal resignation as president of the republic.

— Alberto Fujimori

I would like to tell you as the president of the republic, I am not embarrassed to listen to the Youth of my country…

— Hosni Mubarak

Australians can trust me to get the job done. They can have the confidence that in the heart of the circumstances I will win…

— Julia Gillard

Lord Cranborne told the leader of the opposition to 'back me or sack me' - he succeeded in doing both.

— Tony Blair

The Leader of the Opposition's constitutional obligation - the obligation to Parliament - it's the reason we did the merger! - is to make…

— Stephen Harper

Behind the big names of twentieth-century literature there stands a shadow cabinet of writers waiting to take over once the Wind of Change has…

— Hugh Kingsmill

Francois Hollande is the president of the republic, he must be respected. I want to wish him good luck in the midst of these…

— Nicolas Sarkozy

I will go to the next election saying to Australians, vote for me, vote for the Liberal Party, and I will become your PM.…

— Malcolm Turnbull

Elected president of the Republic, I would immediately, and with no hesitation, carry out the battle plan against Islamist terrorism and against judicial laxity.

— Marine Le Pen

I assure you, it would be much more pleasant for me to be an ordinary voter in peaceful Chechnya than the president of a…

— Aslan Maskhadov

The Conservative Party isn't electing a leader in opposition after losing a general election who can build up over five years and gain experience.…

— Chris Grayling

I was leader of the Opposition when Vajpayee was PM. We attacked policies, not personalities, neither inside or outside the House.

— Sharad Pawar

I'm not holding fast to my position, but to respect the will of the people that decided to choose Saddam Hussein as the leader…

— Saddam Hussein

First of all, I can't forget my first responsibility - which is to be the Leader of the Opposition and that's to provide an…

— Stephen Harper