“The deaths of these servicemen are especially poignant on a day when Iraqis were able to enjoy the freedom of democratic elections for the first time in many years.”
Geoff Hoon
“Without general elections, without unrestricted freedom of press and assembly, without a free struggle of opinion, life dies out in every public institution, becomes a mere semblance of life, in which only the bureaucracy remains as the active element. Public life gradually falls asleep, a few dozen party leaders of inexhaustible energy and boundless experience direct and rule. Such conditions must inevitably cause a brutalization of public life: attempted assassinations, shootings of hostages, etc.”
Rosa Luxemburg
“They have not always elected the best leaders, particularly after a long period in which they have not used this facility of free election. You tend to lose the habit.”
Chinua Achebe
“I will feel equality has arrived when we can elect to office women who are as incompetent as some of the men who are already there”
Maureen Reagan
“Elections without any opposition and with low turnout aren't good for anyone, not least the government, which should evaluate the anti-democratic impact.”
Teodoro Petkoff
“I have been thinking that I would make a proposition to my Republican friends... that if they will stop telling lies about the Democrats, we will stop telling the truth about them.”
Adlai E. Stevenson
“Where annual elections end, there slavery begins”
John Adams
