Kevin Rudd Quotes

I never believed that surrendering the executive power should be a condition of getting the second term. The second term should stand on its own feet.

Well, usually when you talk about a mandate, you're talking about an overwhelming win. I don't think by any measurement the 2004 election was an overwhelming win.

I have popular support.

Pinochet and Barack Obama both have the same primary goal, and that's to be president and stay president as long as allowed.

Here's a little newsflash for those reporters and commentators: I'm not going to Washington to seek their good opinion. I'm going to Washington to serve this great country.

I want to be the candidate placed on the ballot by the people, not the party.

If the people of the United States can be trusted to elect a President for one term, or two terms, they also can be trusted to determine whether he should be considered in office for a third term.

Party leaders must have not only the confidence of the party, but the confidence of the people.

You have come here by the sovereign will of the people to cooperate with me in carrying out the mandate recently pronounced at the polls.

… a permanent Council of the ablest men chosen by the people

I think I would just want to say that I do view serving in government as an honor, and I do view it as a responsibility.

It turned out that all socio-political forces - namely the United Development Party, Indonesian Democratic Party, Functional Group, and ABRI factions - said the majority of people still wanted me to accept the renomination for the 1998-2003 term. Well, that being the case, I was ready to accept their renomination with a sense of responsibility.

I will serve as long as the people want me to serve.

The Lok Sabha election is not a contest between political parties. It is a fight between Modi-Shah, and the country. Only when these two people are removed, will it be a proper contest between parties.

When a new government comes, even the detractors want to give them a chance because they have been voted in by the people of the country.

It ought to be done by the elected officials themselves because they have the credibility. And it's not like we aren't willing to help.

[The Democrats] are sitting there thinking they really won. They won the popular vote. "We're only talking about this election Kellyanne [Conway]. You don't have a mandate, you don't have a mandate."

Whether it was in the 1980s under Margaret Thatcher, the 1950s under Churchill and Macmillan or in the early days of the Cameron administration, when our party has spoken for the people we have won.

Only the public that elected me can dismiss me.

You don't get to recall a senator just because you don't like her or just because you want the seat for your own party.

I won't allow any party to evade the question of which leader they support for prime minister.

Any person should have enough sense to know that a PM should have public support. Numbers should be with them.

I actually don't believe in governance by referendum. I believe that we have a democracy, that we elect people to make decisions.

Here in Brazil, the president and the vice president are elected together.

My election to the position of president is the symbol of the greatness of Indian democracy.