Quotes About Democracy

This is not about abolishing parliamentary power. It's about rebalancing power.

Sometimes I think that a parody of democracy could be more dangerous than a blatant dictatorship, because that gives people an opportunity to avoid doing anything about it.

Controversial disputes are a part of democratic culture.

Some of us gave a little blood for the right to participate in the democratic process.

The democratic process is only as great as the people who participate in it.

I believe that everyone should participate in democracy and enjoy doing it.

It is a paradox that far too few Americans participate in the wonderful ritual of democracy that we call Election Day.

Everybody is looking for an election where they can do something and participate.

What's hard, it seems, is living up to the expectations Democracy imposes upon those who would participate in society.

We should be creative, and we should accommodate the needs of every community to open up the democratic process. We should make it easy and accessible for every citizen to participate.

People need to be able to read what their rights are, to be able to participate and hold their governments to account.

Democracy is something you have to participate in.

We need to encourage people to speak up, to speak out, because the more people who participate in our democracy, the more our democracy grows.

Democracy is stronger, is better, is more robust when people participate. We should want to encourage that.

I'm always trying to invite citizens to participate in the process of public decision-making.

If the opposition wants power they must participate in democratic elections and win the vote of the people.

We always hear about the rights of democracy, but the major responsibility of it is participation.

The only part of my mother's experience that still gets to me is the way she and people like her were looked down upon for asking America to be America, for asking for full and equal participation in our democracy.

Republican liberty depends on citizen participation, on a government that is of, for, and by the people.

We're not going back anywhere, we're going forward, we're going forward in democracy, we're going forward in participation, we're going forward with ideas.

Our democracy relies on participation, and we've never done better by excluding folks.

Our ancestors went through so much in a fight for us to vote. So I believe that we should engage in all civic participation. It's healthy engagement.

Elections have been free and fair with full participation of the people, reinforcing that the ballot is mightier than the bullet.

Participatory democracies. Open economies. Web-based communication. All American innovations to the great conundrums of the globe.