Quotes about "Politics & Government"

If we were to have a presidential election in Europe it would be an event that would spark a huge interest in people from Lisbon to Helsinki, just like national elections. And it would create a completely different political setting in Europe. ”

If you are prepared to run for public office, you also have to be willing to accept a debate about you. ”

This much is true: When we created the euro, it wasn't possible to create a political union along with it. People weren't ready for that. But since then, they've grown more willing to go in that direction. It's a process, one that is sometimes laborious and sometimes slow. But it's important to keep the populations involved. ”

A lot of restaurants serve good food, but they don't have very good service. ”

Some African leaders actually dare to suggest that democracy is a concept alien to traditional African society. This is one of the most impudent political blasphemies I can think of. ”

An excessive amount of my time is taken with political involvement. It's unavoidable; that's my temperament. ”

It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried. ”

There is no such thing as public opinion. There is only published opinion. ”

Nothing can be more abhorrent to democracy than to imprison a person or keep him in prison because he is unpopular. This is really the test of civilization. ”

The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter. ”