Richard Painter Quotes

Without the confidence to know our democracy is functioning properly, we risk more disillusionment, more cynicism, and even more public apathy toward the entire system.

Voters must have faith in the electoral process for our democracy to succeed.

Too many people are voting.

The Electoral College was necessary when communications were poor, literacy was low, and voters lacked information about out-of-state figures, which is clearly no longer the case.

A lot of politicians say they want to get people out to vote; sometimes you can't totally believe they really want that.

All the blood is drained out of democracy - it dies - when only half the population votes.

Young voters are crucial. The trend over recent years has been for them to drift away. So anything that gets young voters interested in the electoral process not only has an immediate effect, but has an effect for years and years.

Getting people to vote is the only way to break this tragic coalition in Congress.

The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.

We asked voters who'd never voted before... who don't believe that their vote makes a difference, to turn out in races like mine, and they did. What they deserve back is a leader who puts democracy first.

This election result has increased people's faith in democracy.

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

Improved turnout will give parliament and government the appearance of being more legitimate.

Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American people themselves and the only way they could do this is by not voting.

It seems that elections today are more popularity than they are substantial issues.

In democracy, every election is a learning process. You learn from every election, the one that you win and the one that you lose. And then you prepare for the next one.

Our only hope is to control the vote.

Bad politicians are sent to Washington by good people who don't vote.

The more that voting is glorified as a panacea, the more lackadaisical people become about preserving their constitutional rights.

Once you don't vote your ideals... that has serious undermining affects. It erodes the moral basis of our democracy.

Pretty much all I say politically is I encourage people to register to vote.

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

We're doing exactly what the Republicans don't want: getting more people involved in our democracy. Giving more Americans a voice in their future.

Every election is a matter of definition.

Elections alone will never be enough to ensure good governance.