Clare Short Quotes

It's a very good idea that we have a third term Labour government led by Tony Blair for a full term.

I know I can serve Hawaii and our country well in the U.S. Senate, know we can mount a solid statewide campaign, know we have a good chance of prevailing.

The problem we have is not Labour, in however it is configured.

I'm honoured to have been selected to be the Labour candidate for Manchester Central.

A majority of all defectors who voted Labour in 2010 but for a different party in 2015 said Ed Miliband had helped push them to another party. For those switching to the Tories, the second biggest reason was the fear that a Labour government would spend and borrow too much.

I could run for Congress. Why not? Good heavens, if Ronald Reagan can be president, I ought to make a great secretary of the treasury.

I would like to thank my colleagues for voting a Social Democrat prime minister and to assure them I will vote a liberal president, as well.

I am a democrat.

The Democrats' plan for 2006? Take the House and Senate and impeach the president. With our nation at war, is this the kind of Congress you want?

If you had the opportunity to cast your vote for speaker, would you vote for Nancy Pelosi?

By 2000, politics will simply fade away. We will not see any political parties.

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.

In a government such as ours we have vigorous contests to determine who should lead. The recent election was no exception. Now we inaugurate a new government on a day that transcends any one individual or any one party.

Democrats are like a big tortoise that's on its back and can't get up; you can't make jokes about that.

The people have spoken. Their decision is sovereign. We all respect it... I wish good luck to those who will now govern France.

Today in India there are all sections of people, as the BJP realized when the poor voted them out.

As an American citizen, one has to vote. If we don't vote, we're not doing our part. We'll become some sort of oligarchy.

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

Republican comes in the dictionary just after reptile and just above repugnant.

Over the years, I've come to recognize that democratization in Ethiopia is not just a matter of choice. It's a matter of national survival. I am deeply convinced that we either democratize and have a good chance of surviving, or if we fail to do so, we disintegrate.

I leave it up to the government to make good decisions for Americans.

Voters will decide how they want to be governed.

I have just come out of an electoral experience with the people of my country in which I invited them to join me in a partnership for governance.

Good government is good politics.

If God had wanted us to vote, he would have given us candidates.