Rick Scott Quotes

You may elect whatever candidates you please to office, if you will allow me to select the candidates.

A lot of people criticize the primaries, but I think they are absolutely essential to the education of the President of the United States.

My problem anywhere is the damn Republicans closed out the independents from being able to vote in the primary.

The way to lessen the grip of the Tea Party on the electoral process would be to do what a handful have done and have a primary where all voters, members of every party, can vote, and the top two vote-getters then enter a runoff.

Elections matter, but how much they matter depends entirely on how free, open and fair they are.

Every vote counts and every vote must be counted.

You have had presidential candidates over the last 30 years who would have had a very hard time getting nominated under the old system. One example is John Kennedy.

The right to vote should be considered sacred in our democracy.

No voters will be left behind.

The people who vote in the primaries are at the ideological edge of their party.

[Presidential] nominations are won consistently by the front-runners.

Conventions don't nominate people anymore. Primaries do.

The political parties have no role except to stage the conventions, where you celebrate a decision that's already been made elsewhere.

How can we tell our children if we do not make reasonable efforts to count every vote.

Except it be to give protection against violence, I decline to interfere in any way with any Presidential election.

A government reflects the views of those who select it, and if people are unable to cast their ballot because the voting hours aren't convenient for them or because other hurdles have been raised too high we get a less representative government as a result.

I don't really think it's appropriate for me to be picking and choosing in the primaries. It's pretty dumb politics for a Republican to choose between Republicans in a contested primary because obviously you're going to be offending some people.

I will continue to work with the Republican Party to try to encourage primaries.

Voting in presidential and congressional elections is a national right - and the national government should protect it.

Whether you're Democrat or Republican... you want everybody who's eligible to vote to vote, and that's how you want to win elections.

If people want to take the time to vote, they should be able to, and their vote should be counted.

The real fight is within the Republican Party to get it to nominate grassroots-type candidates who the public wants, and not just some 'echo' of the other side.

I cannot in any case permit myself to be brought before the people, exclusively, by any of the political parties that now so unfortunately divide our country, as their candidate for office.

Early voting is a vital component of the electoral landscape in Ohio.

It is fundamentally important in our system of government that every American be given the opportunity to vote, regardless of who they are, where they live, and what their race or national origin may be.