Quotes About Democracy

I think our democracy has it exactly right: two terms, eight years. It's enough. Because it's important to have one foot in reality when you have access to this kind of power.

AIADMK bears Annadurai in its name and his image on its flag. We will extend full cooperation in upholding the principles of democracy following the footsteps of Annadurai and MGR.

It's a question of whether or not we the people are still in charge. And by 'we the people,' I mean, is this truly a government of and by and for the people.

For me, democracy must deliver a better life for the people.

Fighting gerrymandering is one thing. The other thing is insuring we have the right candidates for the people and not the right candidates for the Party.

The first lesson of politics or, at least, democracy is that it is a government by the people and for the people, isn't it? What makes the person a big leader or a big name is only what the person has done for the people.

This democracy is not by the people, of the people, for the people. This democracy is about by the party high command, of the party high command, and for the party high command.

The People's Party, I am working for the people and we want to put the power back in people.

Sometimes we don't realize that the government is for the people by the people.

We need to restore our democracy to a government of the people, by the people, and for the people.

Forcing some countries to accept democracy is something that should not be done.

We must be loyal to the forum of our government.

We should be doing everything we can to make it as convenient as possible for eligible Americans to cast a ballot. People fought and died for the right to vote.

Is democracy about living in fear? Is that what our forefathers fought the British for?

The American system of democracy is founded on the concept that every citizen has the right to vote, to know that their vote is counted, and that the vote is counted accurately.

Our country's founders cherished liberty, not democracy.

America's founders knew the importance of allowing the people to speak critically about government actions.

Why should you construe that Congress and BJP are the only forces at the Centre? There could be third or fourth force.

The U.S. Constitution is the basic framework for the greatest democracy on Earth. Some of my colleagues find it easy to amend it. I don't.

China is trying to become America without democracy while America is trying to become France without cheese calories.

I will accept the results when the election is free and clean. I cannot accept fraud.

We think that - that our elections process, which has been in place for many, many years, is a - ensures that we have a fair process in which we have the opportunity to limit fraud. We still have fraudulent claims every single election.

Either we are all free, or we fail; democracy must belong to all of us.

This is not supposed to be a fascist country, where you are forced to do things you don't want to do. This is a free country.