You need a certain standard of literacy, moral and ethical values, to be able to run a one man, one vote system.
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Learn the Constitution. Then when someone wants to be elected, hold their feet to the fire and make them follow it because that's what we need to get back to. It works so well when we follow it.
You have to build your credentials as a candidate, not just as a woman. You also have to be willing to exercise power. We've been educated to be mothers, peacemakers, but we must learn that we can't please everybody.
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.
You need a president whom you can trust, someone who will not steal your money, a president who is sincere, brave and just.
The key is to vote because we need a vote to put the people in power that we want to represent us.
Even to build a vote bank, you need to tackle the problems people face. Rural jobs that stop migration to cities, road networks for better connectivity, and a sense of security get people to vote for you.
Once you've built the big machinery of political power, remember you won't always be the one to run it.
Ask a man which way he is going to vote, and he will probably tell you. Ask him, however, why, and vagueness is all.
I think there should be a literacy test and a poll tax for people to vote.
You can't run a government from one single person. What instead matters is that leadership be about gathering around extraordinary individuals and getting the best out of them.