Quotes About Democracy

Despite the belief of many career bureaucrats that elected political leadership works for them, our system is built on the idea that the permanent bureaucracy, such as it exists, works for the elected leadership, which in turn works for and represents the American public.

Our government works best when it represents the needs of the American people, not special interests.

Toleration and liberty are the foundations of a great republic.

I would curse people who resort to coups against democracy, liberty, republic.

In a republic this rule ought to be observed: that the majority should not have the predominant power.

The rule of law is a republic. The rule of one person is a monarchy.

Long live the Republic, and long live France.

We have a constitutional republic, not a democracy.

Obama might think of himself as one, but he is not a dictator. We are not a banana republic yet. This is not an authoritarian form of government. This is a constitutional republic, and the president doesn't allow or disallow. The president can't buy or purchase.

As the world's finest democracy, we do not do guillotines. But there are other less bloody rituals of humiliation, designed to reassure the populace that order is restored, the Republic cleansed.

This Republic was called into being, organized, and is upheld, by a great political doctrine.

Now one of two things is true: Either a republic is a desirable form of government, or else it is not.

This is America, not a banana republic.

This is a case if the President is permitted to be above the law, then we no longer have a republic.

This country is a republic.

Republics, like other forms of government, exist in history and can rise and fall.

Some have argued that the United States was designed to block majority rule; to be a 'republic, not a democracy.' This is ahistorical nonsense.

Living in a republic demands a great deal of us.

A Republic is its people.

In democratic republics such as ours, citizens rely on public criticism of ideas and people to determine national policy.

An informed electorate is foundational to the future of this Republic.

Both the Democratic and Republican parties are bought and paid for by corporate America and cater to the needs of the highest bidder as opposed to the people they claim to represent. I cannot be bought.

People don't realize that they're being played by the Democratic Party and the Republican Party, but more so by the Democratic Party because the Democratic Party does not want another party in there.

Republicans are pushing legislation forward that will improve the effectiveness of and bring more accountability to U.S. foreign assistance around the world and bring democracy even further into the light.