(45 quotes found)
“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
“But in an American election, there are no losers, because whether or not our candidates are successful, the next morning we all wake up as Americans. And that -- that is the greatest privilege and the most remarkable good fortune that can come to us on earth.”
Senator John Kerry
“Whenever the people are well-informed, they can be trusted with their own government.”
Thomas Jefferson
“Whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute new government...”
“America is a land where a citizen will cross the ocean to fight for democracy -- and won't cross the street to vote in a national election.”
William E Bill Vaughan
