72 result(s) for Democracy Quotes About Citizen Participation.
"Democracy is not a spectator sport."
"Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American people themselves and the only way they could do this is by not voting."
"The future of this republic is in the hands of the American voter."
"Democracy is based upon the conviction that there are extraordinary possibilities in ordinary people."
"The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter."
"Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education."
"We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion...Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other."
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"The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all."
"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be."
"The ballot is stronger than the bullet."
"Democracy is a process, not a static condition. It is becoming, rather than being."
"Democracy is the government of the people, by the people, for the people."
"The people are the only legitimate fountain of power, and it is from them that the constitutional charter, under which the several branches of government hold their power, is derived."
"It is not enough to simply vote; citizens of a democracy have an obligation to participate."
"The most effective way to cope with change is to help create it."
"The very basis of a democratic nation lies in the will of the people to participate."
"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy."
"Democracy thrives when people feel empowered to influence decisions that affect their lives."
"A vote is like a rifle: its usefulness depends upon the character of the user."
"The engagement of citizens in decision-making is essential to the health of any democracy."
"People never give up their liberties but under some delusion."
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"Every generation needs a new revolution."
"If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal."
"Talk is a powerful tool. But silence is just as powerful at times."
"One person can make a difference, and everyone should try."
"Democracy is not merely a form of government; it is primarily a form of associated living, of conjoint communicated experience."
"Democracy dies behind closed doors."
"Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve."
"The people who cast the votes don't decide an election, the people who count the votes do."
"No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time."
"It is the duty of the patriot to protect his country from its government."
"Your every act can open a new door or close an old one."
"Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty; power is ever stealing from the many to the few."
"There can be no daily democracy if there is no daily citizenship."
"If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter."
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"A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people."
"The most effective way to prevent the perversion of power consists in arranging that power should be a check to power."
"The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions that I wish it to be always kept alive."
"Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you."
"The vote is precious. It’s almost sacred. It is the most powerful nonviolent tool we have in a democratic society, and we must use it."
"Active participation in public life is the first duty of citizenship."
"Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote."
"Every citizen of a country should be guaranteed a life free from worry. That’s what democracy is all about."
"Democracy is more than a form of government; it is primarily a mode of associated living, of conjoint communicated experience."
"Democracy demands that the religiously motivated translate their concerns into public policy in a way that does not violate the values of those not of their faith."
"Every citizen of this country should be guaranteed that their vote matters, that their voice is heard."
"It is not enough to merely defend democracy. To defend it may be to lose it; to extend it is to strengthen it. Democracy, like peace, is indivisible"
"Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects; because men are equally free, they claim to be absolutely equal."
"People should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people."
"No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried."
"Our constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other."
"The best way to enhance freedom in other lands is to demonstrate here that our democratic system is worthy of emulation."
"The most effective way to combat such stereotypes is to increase the visibility of positive images of Muslims in mainstream culture."
"I understand why people hold differing views, but if you simply can't stand to see those views expressed, democracy is a problem for you."
"The Internet is the first thing that humanity has built that humanity doesn't understand, the largest experiment in anarchy that we have ever had."
"The cure for the ills of democracy is more democracy."
"Despotism often presents itself as the repairer of all the ills that democracy has caused."
"Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely."
"Democracy is a constant process of striving to attain what is right."
"We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Avarice, ambition, revenge, or gallantry, would break the strongest cords of our Constitution as a whale goes through a net. Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other."
"Democracy is not merely a form of government; it is primarily a pattern of associated living, of conjoint communicated experience."
"Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more than half of the time."
"“The cure for the problems of democracy is more democracy.”"
"Democracy is still the most revolutionary form of government."
"I understand democracy as something that gives the weak the same chance as the strong."
"Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of substance, are the rulers."
"Democracy is the government of the people, by the people, for the people, that shall not perish from the earth."
"Democracy is not the law of the majority but the protection of the minority."
"It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried."
"In a democracy, the individual citizen is the final judge of what is or is not democracy. "
"Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people."
"If ever a time should come, when vain and aspiring men shall possess the highest seats in Government, our country will stand in need of its experienced patriots to prevent its ruin."
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