Rick Mercer Quotes

We pride ourselves on our democracy, but when you see the way it actually works, I think it is worthy of contempt.

Apparently, a democracy is a place where numerous elections are held at great cost without issues and with interchangeable candidates.

If God had wanted us to vote, he would have given us candidates.

I still have a great deal of faith in our political system and a great deal of faith in the American people and voter.

Although elections are not perfect tools for democracy, they reinforce the relationship between the people and their leaders, empowering citizens to remove and replace their governments in a peaceful and orderly manner. The only basis for a peaceful society is providing people with the opportunity to express their opinions and their will, and elections are instrumental in doing so.

This is one of the finest expressions of U. S. democracy at work.

I didn’t understand. In a democracy, the people have to be entertained.

Voting is the only way to make change in a democracy.

I don't think we should be undermining our democracy.

Look, the people will elect the government they think best.

I would say that every political party must remain in some form in a state or the Centre for the sake of democracy.

Take it from me: Elections matter.

If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal.

I believe that everyone should participate in democracy and enjoy doing it.

I kinda halfway paid attention to politics during my early years, but the older you get, the more you realize it's very important to pay attention to who gets elected. They can ruin the country.

When push comes to shove, people vote alone.

I came into American politics and into this political system proud of politics and the way we make decisions.

As an American citizen, one has to vote. If we don't vote, we're not doing our part. We'll become some sort of oligarchy.

The way people in democracies think of the government as something different from themselves is a real handicap. And, of course, sometimes the government confirms their opinion.

Democracy is about voting and it's about a majority vote. And it's time that we started exercising the Democratic process.

Politics is not perfect but it's the best available nonviolent means of changing how we live.

I'm the one who initiated the democratic process.

The democratic process is only as great as the people who participate in it.

Voters will decide how they want to be governed.

I'm tired of hearing it said that democracy doesn't work. Of course it doesn't work. We are supposed to work it.