Rick Perlstein Quotes

But, you know, I'm sorry, I think democracy requires participation. I mean, I don't want to proselytize but I do feel some sort of duty to participate in the process in some way other than just blindly getting behind a political party.

To acquire immunity to eloquence is of the utmost importance to the citizens of a democracy.

My father was a politician, and a very important politician, and one of the leaders of the Iraqi Democratic Party, who believed in progress.

It goes without saying that it's important to vote.

The Democrats would be better off giving the public a chance to vote for someone young - they have young leaders in the party - as I think Republicans should do. I think that is where the future is.

I voted, always vote. It's very important to me. My kids, I take them with me since they were little, so they realize it's a responsibility.

Democracy has to be born anew every generation, and education is its midwife.

A lot of times, elections are lost, and the hope of the public is lost because they don't turn out.

The Democratic Party has had a real problem with recruitment because the party too often looks at just who's next in line in the party to run rather than in finding inspiring new leaders.

I didn't think politics had anything to do with our daily lives. I had never voted. Well boy I know now.

My father did not groom us for politics. I took the plunge because I wanted to carry on his work in his constituency.

It's a one-day story of a guy called Newton Kumar, and the backdrop is election: how the most powerful tool we have as citizens is vote but how we don't utilise it. We really don't give importance to it. It talks about democracy; it's a satire, a black comedy.

I have given to Democrats in the past. I've always believed in supporting the best candidate at the time.

If you're an independent voter, I'm willing to bet that you were not too happy at the prospect of hitting the polls on November 8, 2016. But let me guess - you did it anyway because after all, it's your civic duty, right?

I want to be part of a family which wants to improve Indian democracy.

It's important for us all to elect people not just on blind party loyalty. We've got to really examine what candidates say and do.

Telling or encouraging people to vote for a party would be an insult to peoples' intellect.

I think we need to show people that they have a place in the Democratic Party, whether they come from San Francisco or St. Louis.

I always vote. If I have the right, I'm going to vote.

There's a whole pipeline for where people recruit current Hill staff from, and it's people who go through a kind of ideological training that's incorrect, I'd say, and so there's a lot of work to do, and Justice Democrats is trying to figure out where it fits.

Whether or not your candidate wins, the crucial importance is the integrity of our voting system. You have to engage in the process in order to change it.

If we don't register and don't vote, national leaders will not be aware of our point of view.

I operate on the assumption that as a member of Congress, presently, I represent everybody - Republicans, Democrats, independents and, yes, some people who don't care to participate.

We have an educated and cynical electorate.

To truly care about this country is to demonstrate that you care about her politics the same when you're winning as when you're losing.