Ferdinand Mount Quotes

In my view what you can't argue for is a system that is neither decisive nor proportional and can be indecisive and disproportionate at the same time.

I'm just saying that we need to find a better way to manifest the broader society's aspirations, politically. The key to it has to be some sort of proportional representation, which allows there to be more parties.

Many Americans do not realize that we could institute proportional representation for most elections in the U.S. without amending the Constitution. In helping to educate the public about the potential for voting system reform, CVD can play a central role in a pro-democracy movement right here in America!

The elections are the greatest symbol of participation and political reform.

I am totally in favour of reform - but it must be reform that changes the nature of British politics, not simply the makeup or operation of parliament.

There are ways to pursue political change. In a democracy, it's through the ballot box. There are other ways, and many democracies have many different systems of democracy.

I used to be a fan of proportional representation, but I am not at all now I have seen it in action.

Did I end up finding a little blue pill to cure America's electoral dysfunction? Unfortunately, it's not that simple.

We have a Scottish Parliament and National Assembly for Wales, both elected by fairer votes - involving proportional representation.

You want to represent the country and you want elected officials that are representative of the country.

We shall never change our political leaders until we change the people who elect them.

I'm running for senator because it's time for a change.

We must restore faith in politics. Reform of the House of Lords is only one part of the answer, but it is a vital one.

Proportional representation, I think, is fundamentally counter-democratic.

The people have grown tired of the monotony of being served for 20, 30—or 40 years by the same men in Parliament…. Let the Irish people replace us, by all means, by other, and I hope, better men, if they so choose.

We need to reform the political system, or we'll lose the democracy. I don't think it's that hard. It doesn't take rocket science. We've done it before successfully at the presidential level and tried it several places at the state level.

I want to be part of something that can offer British people something to vote for.

The Seanad question was one element of a process of change and reform to politics that government has been pursuing.

In Denmark, you have thirteen or more political parties, so it's not too difficult to find a party who reflect your views.

In my opinion, serving the common good is the true purpose of politics and is also the perspective through which our community should consider constitutional reform.

Some people say we need a third party. I wish we had a second one.

[Proportional representation is a] device for defeating democracy, the principle of which was that the majority should rule, and for bringing faddists of all kinds into Parliament, and establishing groups and disintegrating parties.

I myself share with the Conservative Party a profound dislike for such fandangles as proportional representation.

Politics is too big a game to feel the absence of a Kamal Haasan.

In the Independent Group, we have the seeds of a new political movement that can reinvent our broken politics and provide a home to people who are politically homeless.