Quotes About Democracy

Americans voted for Trump. A lot of people in this country feel the system of representative democracy hasn't worked for them for a long, long time. And those are the issues that this election gives us an unfortunate opportunity to engage with. And engaging instead with the Russia conspiracy takes up that bandwidth.

When a new government comes, even the detractors want to give them a chance because they have been voted in by the people of the country.

In a democracy, if a government creates bad policies, it can be voted out of office. Competition in the private sector, however, can easily work to encourage phishing rather than stifle it.

In just three years, Iraq has achieved immense progress. It has had three successful elections in which 80% of their citizens voted, even while being threatened with death.

Whether you voted for me or not, going through the Democratic process had made me a better candidate. I am a smarter, better candidate.

I vote in every general election, but I'm not a party member or an ideologue. I've never told anyone who I've voted for.

I would be open about the fact that, clearly, politicians should be able to speak to each other. David Cameron doesn't seem to accept this, but if the British people have voted then of course you have to try and provide good stable government.

Well, you know, you're not going to have 86 percent of Congress voted out of office.

A century before the concept took hold in America, pirate ships were democracies. Most captains were elected by crew and could be voted out anytime.

I'm one of those goobers who comes out of the polling place actually wearing the 'I VOTED' sticker on my jacket.

If you look back through history in the United States, there have been very few landslide elections. Half the country always voted for someone else.

I do vote. I have voted ever since I've been eligible to vote.

As a citizen of a democratic state, I have always believed that when a prime minister is elected in Israel, even those who voted against him at the polls are obligated to desire his success.

If everyone on the Court always voted for the prosecution against the defendant, for the corporation against the plaintiffs, and for the government against the condemned, a vital spark of American democracy would be extinguished.

All kids should vote - it gives them the opportunity to whinge afterwards because you can't complain if you haven't voted.

I don't think I voted in 2000.

With Boris Johnson leading the Conservative Party and as Prime Minister, the United Kingdom, at long last, will have a Prime Minister who believes in Britain and is in tune with the views of the millions of people who voted - over three years ago now - to leave the E.U.

I have probably never voted for a straight ticket in my life, and I am a Democratic U.S. senator.

We had the biggest democratic exercise, and the majority voted to leave the E.U. It is our duty to make sure we do that.

My own students say they don't trust anyone who voted for Trump. How can you have a democracy with that?

Any of us who wants to go to Parliament must have that responsibility to represent the people who voted us in.

There were many reasons why people voted to leave the European Union in 2016. But my impression, having campaigned to remain in the E.U., is that above all else, people throughout this country sought to regain a feeling of control - not just of our laws, but over our lives too, and the people we elect into office.

I just want everyone who voted for Donald Trump to get what they deserve. But then I remember most people didn't vote for him, and they shouldn't suffer.

I voted Remain, but I also believe in democracy. The 2016 referendum was the largest popular vote in the U.K.'s history and it cannot be ignored.