“The 2016 presidential election is ripe for the emergence of a game-changing political leader who either dramatically reforms one of the existing parties or mounts an independent bid.” PoliticalGamesPartyLeaderIndependentElectionReformPresidentialRipeEmergencePolitical LeadersPresidential Election Author:Ron Fournier
“We all know that election reform takes time. That's because those who have benefited from the system are the ones who fight hardest to preserve it. So if we're going to succeed, we need an independent coalition of citizens who believe in reform, who believe that our election laws should treat every voter equally, who believe that low levels of competition and participation are not healthy for democracy. The Independence Party is helping to build that coalition and I am happy to join you in doing so.” IfsKnowsNeedsShouldBelieveHelpingLawFightingLevelsPartyDemocracyCitizensHealthySucceedLowsTreatsIndependentElectionIndependenceCompetitionHardestReformPreservesVotersTake TimeParticipationCoalitionsLow Level Author:Michael Bloomberg
“In Iran, there is no freedom of the press, no freedom of speech, no independent judiciary, no free elections. There is no freedom of religion - not even for Shiites, who are forced by Irans theocracy to adhere to one narrow set of official rules.” SpeechIndependentElectionPressesOfficialsIranFreedom Of SpeechJudiciaryFreedom Of The PressFreedom Of ReligionTheocracyLimiting Freedom Of ExpressionFree ElectionsIndependent Judiciary Author:Elliott Abrams
“The key to winning any general election in the USA is to excite your base and then expand your base - get independent voters and voters who haven't been voting for your party to come to your party.” WinningPartyHavensKeysIndependentElectionUsaVotingVotersGeneral ElectionsIndependent Voters Author:Rand Paul
“We should be unfaithful to ourselves if we should ever lose sight of the danger to our Liberties if anything partial or extraneous should infect the purity of our free, fair, virtuous, and independent elections. If an election is to be determined by a majority of a single vote, and that can be procured by a party through artifice or corruption, the Government may be the choice of a party for its own ends, not of the nation for the national good.” IfsShouldMayEndsGovernmentChoicesNationsLosesPartyLibertyDangerFairsVoteSightIndependentElectionMajorityCorruptionDeterminedPurityVotingVirtuousUnfaithfulArtifice Author:John Adams
“The crisis of modern democracy is a profound one. Free elections, a free press and an independent judiciary mean little when the free market has reduced them to commodities available on sale to the highest bidder.” MeanLittlesDemocracyModernHighestIndependentElectionCrisisPressesProfoundAvailableCommodityFree MarketJudiciaryFree PressFree ElectionsIndependent Judiciary Author:Arundhati Roy
“The American people, whether you are Democrat, independent, Republican, progressive, conservative, do not believe corporations are people or that corporations should be able to buy elections.” PeopleShouldBelieveAbleRepublicanIndependentElectionDemocratConservativeCorporationsProgressive Author:Bernie Sanders
“The importance of elections, transparency, legal procedures, an independent army, and the judicial system is not regarded as highly in China. These core values are the most important evidence of the health of a society, quality of life, and security. A clear understanding of such differences will help the rest of the world understand China and all that is happening to the nation.” WorldImportantHelpingValuesNationsUnderstandingDifferencesQualityClearSecurityHappeningsEvidenceImportanceArmyIndependentElectionChinaCoreProceduresQuality Of LifeTransparencyJudicialCore ValuesJudicial System Author:Ai Weiwei
“My concerns through the years increased about the concerns of an independent judiciary and how we maintain it. Certainly in the states. I'm a product of state government in my own state of Arizona. And it seemed to me that the popular election of judges was creating major problems in many states, and we had improved the system in Arizona. And I thought the nation ought to at least rethink how we select our nation's trial judges in the states.” YearsStatesProblemGovernmentNationsMy OwnJudgingProductsOughtCreatingMajorsConcernIndependentElectionTrialsSelectArizonaState GovernmentJudiciaryThrough The YearsMajor ProblemsIndependent Judiciary Author:Sandra Day O'Connor
“I think my best advice would be to separate Donald Trump, the president of the United States from whatever investigation is being conducted by the FBI. I mean, there is something to be said, frankly, about the need for the appointment of an independent prosecutor because the American people are entitled to have a full review of what happened as a result of what the Russians did during our election.” PeopleThinkingMeanPresidentAdviceIndependentElectionFbiBest AdviceProsecutor Author:Leon Panetta
“We want perfect elections, not just any kind of elections. And it's the electoral commission that organizes elections in the country - this is what most people forget. We have an independent commission which, acccording to our constitution, is in charge of organizing elections.” PeopleKindCountryPerfectForgetConstitutionIndependentElectionOrganize Author:Joseph Kabila
“If I had lost the popular vote but won the electoral college and in my first day as president the intelligence community came to me and said, "The Russians influenced the election," I would've never stood for it. Even though it might've advantaged me, I would've said, "We've got to get to the bottom of this." I would've set up an independent commission with subpoena power and everything else.” PresidentCommunityCollegeVoteIndependentElectionBottom Author:Hillary Clinton
“Democrats cannot win elections without capturing the votes of independent-minded swing voters. And that is where writing off the Tea Party as a bunch of racist kooks becomes self-destructive. The Tea Party outrage over health-care reform, deficit spending and entitlements run amok is no fringe concern.” WritingSelfCareRunningWinningPartyConcernVoteIndependentElectionDemocratSpendingBunchReformTeaHealth CareDestructiveRacistVotersSwingsDeficitFringeEntitlementOutrageTea PartySelf DestructiveHealth Care ReformDeficit Spending Author:Juan Williams
“You have to remember that in a state like Florida, independent voters will decide the election.” StatesRememberIndependentElectionVotersFloridaIndependent Voters Author:Jeb Bush
“Famines are easy to prevent if there is a serious effort to do so, and a democratic government, facing elections and criticisms from opposition parties and independent newspapers, cannot help but make such an effort. Not surprisingly, while India continued to have famines under British rule right up to independence... they disappeared suddenly with the establishment of a multiparty democracy and... a free press and an active political opposition constitute the best early-warning system a country threaten by famines can have.” IfsCountryHelpingGovernmentPoliticalEasyPartyEffortDemocracySeriousCriticismIndiaIndependentElectionIndependencePressesDemocraticBritishActiveNewspapersOppositionWarningEstablishmentFamineFree PressDemocratic GovernmentOpposition PartiesBritish Rule Author:Amartya Sen