Beyond Quote by Stephen Breyer

ELECTOR, n. One who enjoys the sacred privilege of voting for the man of another man's choice.

— Ambrose Bierce

It is basically a strategy to destroy the essence of democracy, which is the competitiveness and choices of candidates on the ballot.

— Ralph Nader

The whole point of constitutional democracy is the peaceful transfer of power; of Al Gore passing the baton to George W. Bush, even though…

— James Fallows

Democracy is about electoral competition.

— Mehbooba Mufti

What in fact takes place in an election is that two hand picked candidates are propped up before the citizenry, each candidate having been…

— Robert Ringer

Every democracy is constructed day-to-day. And the electoral process reduces and minimalizes every single aspect of human complexity. We're putting it into pamphlets. We're…

— Gael Garcia Bernal

Democracy demands that elected members be able to realize fully the role for which they have been chosen.

— Pierre Trudeau

Let's not give the electoral process so much importance. We have to be cynical about it. Let's give importance to the real democracy that's…

— Gael Garcia Bernal

If you say in advance there is going to be a main candidate and then that doesn't count later, then that's going to be…

— Martin Schulz

This is America. We pick our leaders through democratic politics - ballot boxes, campaign stops, and good old-fashioned retail electioneering. It's a system that…

— Lara Trump

Election is an act of God before creation in which He chooses some people to be saved, not on account of any foreseen merit…

— Wayne Grudem

What is the purpose of the electoral college? It has a few purposes. One, it's to restrain pure democracy. Very good, very important, that's…

— Michael J. Knowles