“I know how the American people care for that democratic principle. They want to see their vote respected. As we in Haiti want to see the vote of the people respected.” PeopleKnowsWantCarePrinciplesKnow HowVoteDemocraticHaiti Author:Jean-Bertrand Aristide
“[T]he democratic principle of "one man, one vote," viewed against a background of voting masses numbering several millions, only serves to demonstrate the pitiful helplessness of the inarticulate individual, who functions at the polls as the smallest indivisible arithmetical (and not always algebraic) unit. He acts in total anonymity, secrecy and legal irresponsibility.” MenIndividualPrinciplesMillionsMassVoteFunctionDemocraticBackgroundsVotingOne ManSmallestUnitsPollsSecrecyHelplessnessAnonymityPitifulIndivisibleIrresponsibilityInarticulate Author:Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn
“Too many Americans live by Republican principles of faith, family, hope and opportunity, but vote for Democrats out of sheer habit.” OpportunityPrinciplesHabitRepublicanVoteDemocratLive BySheer Author:J. C. Watts
“On your principles, you should never yield; you should be prepared to be defeated. Nobody likes to be defeated, but you should let everybody know in the most articulate and thoughtful and civil way you can (you don't go out and pick fights with people) that in certain matters that you define as matters of principle you will not budge, you cannot yield, you will not compromise. If you don't have the votes or the winning argument, then you stand to be defeated and rolled over, and you'll just have to come back another day.” PeopleIfsKnowsWayShouldMatterCertainFightingWinningPrinciplesPicksArgumentVotePreparedLikesCompromiseThoughtfulYieldDefeatedBe PreparedAnother Day Book:Here's where I Stand: A Memoir Source: Here's where I Stand: A Memoir
“I will tell you whom to vote for: We will vote for the principles of civil and religious liberty, the man who knows the most and who has the best heart and brain for a statesman; and we do not care a farthing whether he is a Whig, a Democrat, a Barnburner, a Republican, or a New Light or anything else.” KnowsMenHeartLightCareReligiousBrainLibertyPrinciplesHe ManRepublicanVoteDemocratStatesmenReligious LibertyHeart And Brain Author:Brigham Young