Enrique Pena Nieto Quotes

I think that it's important that we understand the importance of the Hispanic vote in America.

I think it's a big mistake for our party to write off Latino Americans. They're an important part of our country.

As long as Florida remains a swing state, Cuban exiles in Florida will remain a very powerful voting bloc.

From the streets of Los Angeles to the public schools of the Bronx, there is no state of the Union where Latinos are not becoming local leaders and responsible politicians.

Obviously I'm young and I'm also Hispanic, two important groups in this election. And I'm confident that I can do a good job in articulating why President Obama ought to be the candidate that Americans select for the next four years.

The Latino vote has to be earned just like any other.

This is representative government, and Indians have very little political clout because for the most part, they don't vote. But white ranchers and farmers do vote.

I think the Republican Party is in a strong position with Latino voters and other demographics.

So few people vote these days, and I think it's partly because they don't feel like the institution really means anything to them. If you want them to vote, give them opportunities to do something else other than vote, to help.

I've always believed that immigration reform is important, but it won't decide the White House in 2016. The most important issue for Hispanics - just like with all Americans - is the economy. If Republicans can do a better job of articulating positive, conservative policies to grow our economy, we will do better with Hispanics.

This is a frightening statistic. More people vote in 'American Idol' than in any US election.

Presidential election results in 2008 and 2012 clarified that talk radio was not, in fact, running the country.

I think what's fascinating is how many people are playing in politics who maybe haven't played before.

The GOP can't even envision winning the White House if we lose a significant percentage of the Hispanic vote.

Trumpeting the importance of voting deludes people into thinking that they have a leash on the government.

Immigration is a gateway basically. It's a check-off point for Latino voters.

I hope that young people will also look to politics as a vehicle to not only have their voices heard, but actually to be the change makers that they want to see. They are disaffected, understandably, but I hope that young people will not only turn out to vote but also run for office.

The way to help this country is to limit Republican power.

One goal of empowerment is to gain influence in as many elections as possible.... Beware of plans that pack you into super-minority districts, that ghettoize minorities.

We're not going to get the Negro vote as a bloc in 1964 or 1968, so we ought to go hunting where the ducks are.

The right to vote with no ifs, ands, or buts, that's the key. When the Negroes get that, they'll have every politician, north and south, east and west, kissing their ass, begging for their support.

Voters who are neither bound to the great political nor to any of the little sectarian divisions have no means of making their votes available.

More and more, the Negro vote is becoming the decisive power in National politics. The Negro vote is the balance of power in so many important big states that one almost has to have the Negro vote to win a Presidential election.

Since the poor don’t vote, and the rich are too few to mention, the middle class chooses all by itself who runs the country.

it is a universal practice in the popular elections in all these states, to give no legal consideration whatsoever to those who do not choose to vote, as against the effect of the votes of those, who do choose to vote. Hence it is not the qualified voters, but the qualified voters, who choose to vote, that constitute the political power of the state.