Ksenia Sobchak Quotes

Things won't change unless we have new types of candidates.

We can’t change our government unless we change the people who run it.

There is nothing wrong with this country that a good election can’t fix.

We need to remake the Democratic party. We need to remake America.

The U.S. needs to do more than change presidents. It needs to change its political culture.

If you are tired of partisanship over patriotism, you need to vote for a change in direction.

We can take this country back. All we need is to nominate the right candidate. It's no more complicated than that.

The principle issue in this election is whether or not you are prepared to do anything new.

As important as issues are, as important as money is ..., you've got to have good candidates.

What's sad is that we can have a reality-television performer for president without incorporating the other aspects of reality television - like voting and voter engagement.

A vote should be generative, not like business as usual, which is what voting feels like for most of us.

We need to have people who are talking about, 'Here's exactly what I would do differently.' That's what's important as we go vote.

Incumbents don't like it, but political competition is a good thing. Incumbents usually outspend challengers by better than 3 to 1. Super PACs, which tend to support challengers, have nullified some of this advantage.

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

In Europe and the United States, you've got different systems to select candidates, and no system is perfect.

You're not going to get a chance to vote for me on the ballot, but you can actually vote for what I believe in.

No candidate dares to look for a new campaign model that could really enhance the democratic process. Instead we are left with the current one which makes our candidates look like hucksters.

I think you have to ask yourself does voting work on the level that you are trying to effectuate change; that is the conversation you must have.

If we are to change America, we must change the United States Congress.

Events in America show the extent to which democracy there is fuelled by populism - Barack Obama's victory is a manifestation not of Washington's need for change, but of America's. That is not how democracy works in England.

Listen, we're going to have to fight for every vote.

I have been overwhelmed by the response that I have received on the doorstep during this campaign.

People know something has gone terribly wrong with our government and it has gotten so far off track. But people also know that there is nothing wrong in America that a good old-fashioned election can't fix.

The only way to change is to vote. People are responsible.

… a near revolutionary change in the democratic process