Quotes About Democracy

Officeholders are the agents of the people, not their masters.

It's heartening when people hear for the first time that their vote really matters.

Yeah, I would not want a foreign entity to meddle in our election; you know, a government. Yeah, I mean, I wouldn't want that; I'm American.

We have to continue to resist all attempts to change our constitution.

The will of the majority will be respected.

To those who accuse us of being populists, we respond that if this means listening to the people, then yes, we are!

The government has returned to the hands of the people.

The best revolutions are unplanned, and the most democratic are leaderless.

Forget about war or disease or poverty. The apocalypse is when America's elected president is no longer supervised by the unelected ruling establishment.

The Russians have a long history of interfering in elections - theirs and other people's.

I believe that our vote is both a public duty and a sacred trust.

We're all not going to agree on the same things, but that's what makes this country so great.

I do not think we should be trying to save our freedom by killing the safeguards that keep our liberties.

When you can't ask a question of your leaders anymore, that gets scary.

I believe in all the secular values that Indian democracy is famous for.

The majority in this country have not seen anything wrong with Zuma. I go with the overwhelming feeling of this country. If the majority say, 'Zuma, do this,' I will do it.

I come from election, I come from the people. I owe gratitude to our people. I do everything for the good of the country and the people.

Everybody in America has been dependent on the government at some time. We owe everybody in America the right to vote and access to capital. What I say is, let's make America work, let's make democracy and free enterprise work for everybody.

If you are an American, you must allow all ideas to circulate freely in your community, not merely your own.

Diversity in media is something that is intrinsic to a democratic society. We do not want the whole media owned by one person.

A civically engaged citizenry feeds oxygen to our democracy.

Now that we have a democracy and you can go back and the airport air is not laden with evil any more, you can actually breathe oxygen when you land in Johannesburg.

But despite this breathtaking pace, I believe in the capacity of our democracy to meet these challenges.

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