Country Quote by Perry Christie

You know why I got involved in politics? The government is now a majority partner in my life. I am now a minority partner…

— Anthony Scaramucci

We must be open to creating alliances of progressive and socialist organisations on a local level, particularly given the undemocratic electoral system face.

— Clive Lewis

To lead a country, you must periodically hold a national consultation in which people representing different programmes can make a bid for power.

— Tahar Ben Jelloun

I will do my best to try to unite the country. To invite people from the south and east to the government. This is…

— Petro Poroshenko

Connecting with people is an important part of my role [as a politician].

— Helen Zille

I have - I have more than an interesting task in piloting Wales into our new democracy, without wanting to exercise draconian powers on…

— Ron Davies

I felt when I was elected that the most important task on this island [Ireland] was to extend the hand of friendship right across…

— Mary Robinson

I actually don't believe in governance by referendum. I believe that we have a democracy, that we elect people to make decisions.

— Betsy Hodges

I think people see me as someone very much associated with political agreement and, probably more than anything else, being able to build a…

— Martin McGuinness

As citizens, we have to co-create good governance, we cannot outsource it and hope to be passively happy consumers. Like everything worth its while,…

— Rohini Nilekani

We've got to be moving together, working together, leading the country together, and ensuring that we achieve the objectives that our alliance has set…

— Cyril Ramaphosa

Political life is like this - elections go back and forth. Representative democracy can only be successful if one sits down and says, 'That's…

— Helmut Kohl