Orson Welles Quotes

When we get a chance to take part in elections, I am ready to fight for leading positions, including in the presidential vote.

We elect people who are good at getting elected rather than good at representing.

The Greens have every right to run, that's what democracy is, and they should argue their point by saying how they think people should vote, not by telling us to be silent.

Canadians want to elect good people to be their voice in Ottawa.

Because so many voters happen to be illiterate, India invented the party symbol, so that voters who could not read the name of their candidate could vote for him or her anyway by recognizing the symbol under which they campaigned.

When you nominate for a seat, the expectation is that you serve that district and serve that seat if you are elected.

Politicians are good listeners. Because if they're not, they aren't politicians for very long.

Congressmen are the only group in America who every two years have to go out and beg for their jobs.

We already have term limits. They’re called elections.

To be elected to public office requires no qualifications.

When somebody contributes to a campaign, that is democracy at work.

John, I need for you to write an editorial urging me to run for the State Senate.

I’ve run for President twice. There are other ways to serve.

First-rate men will not canvass mobs; and if they did, the mobs would not elect the first-rate men.

I've said that we need to elect Democrats from the school board to the Senate.

I would not hesitate to vote for a white person as president if I thought he was the best person for the job.

I believe most of the public should be involved in the election of the leadership.

Politics is a process, and there has to be a continual conversation between those who govern and those who give their consent to be governed.

I don't have any problem with the right candidate [for presidency]. And so whoever I believe is going to be the best for that office - and the most qualified - is the reason that we put them in that position.

I'm telling you anybody is better than Narendra Modi because he won't listen to anybody.

Our democracy works because the parties air and debate their differences in public.

I've entered politics the moment I marked my finger with the electoral voting mark. So I've entered politics, but I am not a politician. I am doing my duty as a citizen of India.

This is America. We pick our leaders through democratic politics - ballot boxes, campaign stops, and good old-fashioned retail electioneering. It's a system that doesn't work without thousands of volunteers and ordinary supporters getting out in public and making the case for their preferred candidates.

The American people deserve to have access to as many qualified candidates as possible, not only the ones who can afford to buy name recognition or who already have it.

I love being a parliamentarian. I love it but I don't like politics. And I hate elections.