Binding Quote by Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero

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

— Jacques Chirac

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

— George Papandreou

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

— Peter Hitchens

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

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

Boycotting the referendum is a possible option ... because we believe that participating in the voting might be a useless act.

— Saleh al-Mutlaq

I know there's an online petition to have another referendum [like Brexit] but I think honestly I think if people want to go for…

— Nigel Farage

Any reform of that fundamental nature, potentially constitutional, it has to go to the people. It has to be a be a referendum, and…

— Rona Ambrose

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

Speaking to people in all parts of the country, it has become clear to me that there is a definite appetite for the option…

— Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis

No treaty should be ratified without consulting the British people in a referendum

— David Cameron

As far as I am concerned this referendum should settle the matter. I believe it will one way or another be decisive. Britain will…

— David Cameron