Anatoly Chubais Quotes

I like to bring my kids to the voting booth to show them how it works. I'll let them draw their own conclusions as to how worthwhile it is.

It's not the voting that's democracy, it's the counting.

When we get a chance to take part in elections, I am ready to fight for leading positions, including in the presidential vote.

If we go by the National Popular Vote, we'll get more people voting.

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

In each and every election, it's your rights, it's your freedoms, it's your interests that are on the ballot.

If you believe in democracy, than you can't trash it by being cynical about the people who do democracy: the politicians.

I don't want to tell anybody who to vote for; I'd rather people just do their homework and make sure they vote for the person that they feel like is best to run our country.

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 doesn't work without thousands of volunteers and ordinary supporters getting out in public and making the case for their preferred candidates.

Nigeria shed the last of a succession of brutal military dictatorships in 1997 and adopted a democratic form of government only in 1999. Our elections of 2003, 2007, and 2011 were complicated and fraught with tension, but each one has shown remarkable progress.

Our job is to help people take ownership of the process of electing their government. As leaders, our job is to inspire others and not discourage them.

Democracy's ceremonial, its feast, it's great function, is the election.

We got rid of a terrible dictator. We gave the Iraqi people an opportunity for a new life under a representative form of government.

Voting is fundamental in our democracy. It has yielded enormous returns.

I can make them voting machines sing Home Sweet Home.

Growing up, when we would get dragged to these events, I didn't want to be there. Over time, as we got older, I developed a real appreciation of the importance of being involved in the democratic process.

If an election is simply a one-day snapshot of transient mass delusions, then this is not a very noble form of government.

I have always voted for who I believed was the best person.

If you don't vote, you don't count.

I have this to say to the people: go the polls and vote for the candidate of your choice... This is your responsibility; do not neglect it.

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

It is a paradox that far too few Americans participate in the wonderful ritual of democracy that we call Election Day.

Elections are an enduring spectacle of free India, and have provided foreign journalists with the opportunity to remind the world that India remains the world's largest democracy.

We have a complex system of government. You have to teach it to every generation.

You need a certain standard of literacy, moral and ethical values, to be able to run a one man, one vote system.