The participation in European elections was always not very exciting. People are very interested in European issues, but they don't see the person who is representing Europe.
The U.S. views Morocco as an important friend, and we applaud your political and economic reforms that culminated with the recent parliamentary elections that were widely reported to have been conducted in a fair and open manner.
However, democracy cannot be defined as the existence of parliaments and elections alone.
When it comes to federal elections law, Tom DeLay and his special-interest friends live by one set of rules, and everyone else lives by a very different set.
As we have always seen here in the U.S. the universal truth about elections is that people vote their pocketbook.
I don't think we can go into important local elections next year... with Tony Blair as leader and expect to keep many of the councillors we've got now.
Federal elections happen every two years in this country. Presidential elections every four years. And four years just isn't long enough to dismantle all the environmental laws we've got in this country.
But they are not going to take on Big Oil because Big Oil is very generous at campaign time, and this is all about the elections. They want to pretend that they are doing something meaningful.
The way we're going to win elections in this country is not to become Republican lite. The way we're going to win elections in this country is to stand up for what we believe in.
You talk about the values that you have whether they're in favor or not in favor. That's how you lead. The reality is, we're losing more and more elections.
We must correct the problems and inequities in the way we conduct and decide elections in the United States.
I learned more about elections on election night 2000 than I ever did during my 16 years of schooling.
No part of the education of a politician is more indispensable than the fighting of elections.
Do not seek to find a reason why elections are not possible. Seek to make them possible, and they will be possible.
The view that we hold in Iraq now is this - that democracy is associated with elections. I believe that elections are possible.