Ricardo Rene Lattemont Quotes

When people go to vote still in Britain, they will look at their local representatives, but I don't think there is a sort of cult of personality politics. Obviously, they want to know who the leader is for each party, but I think there is a lot of identification with their local candidates.

Although elections are not perfect tools for democracy, they reinforce the relationship between the people and their leaders, empowering citizens to remove and replace their governments in a peaceful and orderly manner. The only basis for a peaceful society is providing people with the opportunity to express their opinions and their will, and elections are instrumental in doing so.

They are entitled to their rightful share in running the country.

It's a very painful and difficult process of many mistakes when people receive the right to vote, to elect their leaders when they become the subject for mass media for political manipulation. In particular, in a country like Russia, because we had to go through this period very quickly, it has been, I would say, a crash course in democracy

I have enormous respect for people who do run for office.

If you can't put your values into your vote, we don't have a democracy.

One good outcome of elections is that fresh talent comes into the House of Commons.

There are a lot of problems with democracy. We need to think about how to find the people most qualified for the job.

Look, the people will elect the government they think best.

I believe a democracy needs men and women of conviction in its positions of leadership in order for us to succeed. That's the subject of 'A Perfect Candidate,' a film I made 20 years ago about Oliver North and Charles Robb.

I would say that every political party must remain in some form in a state or the Centre for the sake of democracy.

I think that's what we don't understand as human beings is this is America. It's a democracy. Once we get whoever we want into the White House, even the person we want to get in the White House doesn't get in the White House. We have every right to not only criticize that person but demand that person does what it is we need to get done. That just happens with us mobilizing and us using our voices to talk to the mayors, the governors and the presidents.

I think we need politicians; we need people who want to serve.

Apparently, a democracy is a place where numerous elections are held at great cost without issues and with interchangeable candidates.

I don't want to come to Washington to be just another vote. I want to lead on issues that are important.

All I wanted was to be involved in politics and government.

The ballot box is the surest arbiter of disputes among free men.

No matter where you stand politically - even if you're unsure of what your political ideology is - it is important to take part in the process of shaping our government.

There are too many politicians in the world and too few statesmen.

I think for voters what matters is the values that drive the government.

I think that Richard Nixon is a great man and that he is very dedicated to what he does. I had the pleasure of meeting him when I attended the Republican National Convention in Miami. You can really tell that he is willing to go out of his way to help the American people.

I kinda halfway paid attention to politics during my early years, but the older you get, the more you realize it's very important to pay attention to who gets elected. They can ruin the country.

And in Canada we, you know, it costs us three or $400 million to have an election. You know, it's always been my position that we shouldn't complain about that; that's the price of admission for a living in a great democracy.

I have been traveling to every corner of the great state of Florida. I've met some great people and we've had an honest discussion about the failures of Washington.

When politics is interesting, people go vote.