Quotes about Democracy
Our representative democracy is not working because the Congress that is supposed to represent the voters does not respond to their needs. I believe the chief reason for this is that it is ruled by a small group of old men.
- Shirley Chisholm
Democracy is not something you believe in or hang your hat on, but something you do. You participate. If you stop doing it, democracy crumbles and falls. If you participate, the future is yours.
- Abbie Hoffman
Democracy is the government of the people, by the people, for the people.
- Abraham Lincoln
To give the victory to the right, not bloody bullets, but peaceful ballots only, are necessary.
- Abraham Lincoln
Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth.
- Abraham Lincoln
This Bible is for the government of the people, by the people and for the people.
- John Wycliffe
Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth.
- Abraham Lincoln
I think we must reflect more on what democracy in the exercise of authority would mean. Is truth determined by a majority vote, only for a new 'truth' to be 'discovered' by a new majority tomorrow?
- Pope Benedict XVI
Let the Fourth of July always be a reminder that here in this land, for the first time, it was decided that man is born with certain God-given rights; that government is only a convenience created and managed by the people, with no powers of its own except those voluntarily granted to it by the people. We sometimes forget that great truth, and we never should. Happy Fourth of July.
- Ronald Reagan
Elections aren't just about who votes but who doesn't vote.
- Michelle Obama
I do know that I don't want to see anybody legitimately have the excuse that they are not voting because their votes don't count. That can't happen - whether I'm the one impacted by that vote or not.
- Andrew Gillum
Those who stay away from the election think that one vote will do no good. 'Tis but one step more to think one vote will do no harm.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson