#elections

Dictators are not in the business of allowing elections that could remove them from their thrones. ↗

— Gene Sharp

#elections #business

It is certainly not unrealistic to think we could have elections by mid-year 2004 and when a sovereign government is installed - my job here will be done. ↗

— Paul Bremer

#could #done #elections #government #here

I went through two pretty dark years being fed up with the system and frustrated with my own party after two disastrous elections in 2006 and 2008. ↗

— Jim DeMint

#being #dark #disastrous #elections #fed

Federal elections happen every two years in this country. Presidential elections every four years. And four years just isn't long enough to dismantle all the environmental laws we've got in this country. ↗

— Jared Diamond

#dismantle #elections #enough #environmental #every

Saddam's ouster will not necessarily lead to the same result, since Iraq lacks democratic traditions. Democracy doesn't just consist of holding elections. ↗

— Brent Scowcroft

#democracy #democratic #elections #holding #iraq

We think that democracy can change a lot of things, but we're being fooled, because democracy is not the election. We've been taught that democracy is having elections. And it isn't. Elections are the most horrendous aspect of democracy. It's the most mundane, trivial, disappointing, dirty aspect. ↗

— Gael Garcia Bernal

#because #been #being #change #democracy

While not widely reported, our victories in Iraq are plentiful. National elections, a democratic parliament and the drafting of a constitution are just some of the victories throughout this embattled country. ↗

— Paul Gillmor

#country #democratic #drafting #elections #iraq

As we have always seen here in the U.S. the universal truth about elections is that people vote their pocketbook. ↗

— Jennifer Dunn

#always #elections #here #people #pocketbook

Somehow politicians have become convinced that negative campaigning pays off in elections. ↗

— George McGovern

#campaigning #convinced #elections #negative #off

The 'democracy gap' in our politics and elections spells a deep sense of powerlessness by people who drop out, do not vote, or listlessly vote for the 'least worst' every four years and then wonder why after every cycle the 'least worst' gets worse. ↗

— Ralph Nader

#cycle #deep #democracy #drop #elections