Quotes About Representation

Democracy is not a form of government, but a form of social organisation.

Sorry, but we live in a democracy and the Government has to be responsive to Parliament.

A simple democracy is the devil's own government.

Women ought to have representatives, instead of being arbitrarily governed without any direct share allowed them in the deliberations of government.

If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when all persons alike share in government to the utmost.

I don't run a woman government. I run a government of people.

Democracy is only an experiment in government, and it has the obvious disadvantage of merely counting votes instead of weighing them.

The only problem with voting is no matter who you vote for the government always gets in.

[In a republic,] it is not the people themselves who make the decisions, but the people they themselves choose to stand in their places.

This weakening is worsened by the widening distance between the governed and their governments.

The further the departure from direct and constant control by the citizens, the less has the government of the ingredient of republicanism.

Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment; and he betrays instead of serving you if he sacrifices it to your opinion.

The government, whether state or central, is elected. That means we have a responsibility to elect the right kind of leaders.

Improved turnout will give parliament and government the appearance of being more legitimate.

Even if I wanted to run for Ethiopia, I wouldn't expect the government or federation to choose me to do that.

A government is free in proportion to the rights it guarantees to the minority.

In all forms of government the people is the true legislator.

Women have no government.

And think of how we challenged the idea of a male dominated Parliament with All-Women shortlists and made the cause of gender equality central to our government. We were right to do so.

Governments are not representative.

The Western governments will be encouraged and persuaded to deal with the real representatives and listen to the real voice of the Kurdish people.

The District of Columbia is the one spot where there is no government for the people, of the people and by the people.

Part of my role, I suppose, is to run government business in the House of Representatives, and try to ensure that people know exactly what's going on in the Chamber is an important part of that.

Royalty puts a human face on the operations of government.