Salman Khurshid Quotes

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.

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

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

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.

This election is not about me. It is about you.

Voting is completely important. People in America think democracy is a given. I think of it as an ecosystem, and what gets in the way of it is politicians and apathy.

If people don't like me, I insist they can vote for someone else. The only stupid thing we can do is to stay at home. I don't know a single election in the world that was changed by staying at home.

We know that greater participation in our democracy will make our government more responsible and make elected officials more representative of the people we serve. Making that participation easier while improving the integrity and security of our elections is something we should all be able to support.

The very act of voting is a political act.

A robust democracy requires active participation.

Without the persistence of voters in America getting up to every election, democracy will not flourish.

No amount of charters, direct primaries, or short ballots will make a democracy out of an illiterate people.

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

A better educated electorate might change the reason many persons vote.

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

Mr. Speaker, democracy works best when the American electorate is engaged and informed.

There is so much that can be done, you see, the assembly is about improving our democracy.

It's heartening when people hear for the first time that their vote really matters.

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

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

Whether you voted for me or not, going through the Democratic process had made me a better candidate. I am a smarter, better candidate.

I think if people value democracy, they had damn well better get out and exercise their right to vote while their vote still means something.

The whole thing about elections in Liberia - it's not about the way you take care of people, it's not about the heart, it's about education, according to the perception of some people.

In a new democracy, the most important election is the second election.

Elections alone will never be enough to ensure good governance.