Quotes About Democracy

The people have the right to know whether or not the person they elect has the capacity to represent them.

An accurate census is critical to our democracy and to our economy. It underpins fair representation in government and allows us to ensure that our communities receive equitable funding for schools, roads, health care, and much more.

I used to be a fan of proportional representation, but I am not at all now I have seen it in action.

In a democracy, there should be representation from every field.

One of the tenets that makes America so great is that we value the opportunity to have a battle of ideas and to elect the best possible representation of those ideas.

Proportional representation is as British as first-past-the-post.

Ours is not the only party which has more representation of family members.

I am going to continue to fight for our democracy, for representation, for justice and equality and making the world a better place.

A government should not become too big to fulfill one of its most basic functions: representation.

Political life is like this - elections go back and forth. Representative democracy can only be successful if one sits down and says, 'That's it. I will connect myself,' - as I did - 'connect my existence to a political project.' Then you automatically have in your party a lot of people who say, 'If that fails, so do I'.

Representative government demands an ongoing conversation between legislators and constituents.

Representative institutions are as much a part of the true Briton as his language and his literature.

We can build a better, more representative democracy through technology and ensure what Abraham Lincoln called the last, best hope for Earth will endure past the 21st Century.

That fatal drollery called a representative government.

Being 'at the mercy of legislative majorities' is merely another way of describing the basic American plan: representative democracy.

You want to represent the country and you want elected officials that are representative of the country.

I am seeking every day to restore faith in Parliament - to ensure we have a House of Commons which is representative, effective and reconnected to the people we serve.

A Western-style democracy in Afghanistan is a dream. I don't see that as a reality anytime soon. But I think some form of representative political process is not that far-fetched.

Most people are generally satisfied with their representative.

Representative democracy is in crisis in the United States.

That's what representative democracy is about, is members going to Washington but coming home and answering the tough questions.

My big idea is that democracy can only work properly if you have truly representative people at the table.

The American experiment with representative democracy has been a great success, but we need to realize that it needs to be a genuine representative democracy where ordinary people have a vote, have a voice in choosing the candidates who represent them.

A major part of living in a representative form of government is giving citizens the right to choose and be treated equally.