Quotes having the keyword Elections
It is difficult to understand these people who democratically take part in elections and a referendum, but are then incapable of democratically accepting the will of the people.
by Jose Saramago (Writer, Portuguese , born in 1922) keywords: accepting, democratically, difficult, elections, incapable, part, referendum, take, then, these, understand , will
Saddam's ouster will not necessarily lead to the same result, since Iraq lacks democratic traditions. Democracy doesn't just consist of holding elections.
by Brent Scowcroft (Public Servant, American , born in 1925) keywords: consist, democracy, democratic, elections, holding, iraq, just, lacks, lead, necessarily, result, saddam, same, since, traditions , will
The Iraqi elections were an important first step.
by Brent Scowcroft (Public Servant, American , born in 1925) keywords: elections, first, important, iraqi, step , were
Zhvania was the general secretary of the organisation which I founded, the Citizens' Union. It was the biggest organisation and came first in all elections, and Zhvania was the leader.
by Eduard Shevardnadze (Politician , born in 1928) keywords: biggest, came, citizens, elections, first, founded, general, leader, organisation, secretary, union , which
There's no question that Stalin broke the agreements made at Yalta completely about elections that were supposed to be held immediately in Poland, and Eastern Europe was plunged into slavery as a consequence.
by Mark Shields (Journalist, American , born in 1937) keywords: agreements, broke, completely, consequence, eastern, elections, europe, held, immediately, into, made, plunged, poland, question, slavery, stalin, supposed , were
I'm not overly alarmist about it, but I do think there are some worrying signs, like the growing accumulation of wealth by a very small proportion of the population, plus elections in the US are much more dominated by money than anywhere else calling itself a democracy.
by Peter Singer (Philosopher, Australian , born in 1946) keywords: accumulation, anywhere, calling, democracy, dominated, elections, else, growing, itself, money, more, much, overly, plus, population, proportion, signs, small, some, than, think, us, very, wealth , worrying
The elections in Iraq are a victory for freedom and the Iraqi people, and a blow to the transnational network of terrorists who have tried to prevent this day from happening.
by James Talent (Politician, American , born in 1956) keywords: blow, day, elections, freedom, happening, iraq, iraqi, network, prevent, terrorists, transnational, tried , victory
Apparently, a democracy is a place where numerous elections are held at great cost without issues and with interchangeable candidates.
by Gore Vidal (Novelist, American , born in 1925) topics: Politics keywords: apparently, candidates, cost, democracy, elections, great, held, interchangeable, issues, numerous, place, where , without
The United Nations has no business in our elections.
by David Vitter (Politician, American , born in 1961) keywords: business, elections, nations, our , united
Well, one thing that has happened is they have had a presidential election in Egypt which has represented progress. Now, we were not happy with everything that happened with the parliamentary elections, and it was not exactly a perfect presidential election in Egypt.
by Roger Wicker (Politician, American , born in 1951) keywords: egypt, election, elections, everything, exactly, had, happened, happy, now, parliamentary, perfect, presidential, progress, represented, thing, well, were , which