Huey Long Quotes

It's absolutely right that we scrutinise the leaders who after all are going to be in a position of great power.

Well, surely, I am not in charge of South Africa.

Yes, I'm your governor now. I'll take care of you.

Lincoln's leadership is based on a number of precepts, but my favorite one is that he acted in the name, and for the good, of the people.

You must see the persons who are in charge - persons you can punish or vote for.

Each age must … contend anew with the question of power and accountability.

In a democracy, power implies responsibility.

There are many, many people who can recommend and advise, and a few of them consent, but there is only one who has been chosen by the American people to decide.

What is a government for except to dictate. If it does not dictate, then it is not a government.

You're not a leader if you haven't been elected.

I think it's time that we said to people who are incapable of acknowledging that they've ever got anything wrong: 'I'm sorry, you've had your day.' Unelected, unaccountable elites, I'm afraid it's time to say, 'You're fired. We are going to take back control.'

The British are a people who are generally happy, under normal circumstances, to trust politicians to tell us the truth and to leave them to run the country as we get on with our lives. But we reserve the right, always, to make it clear that they are our servants, not our masters, and, when necessary, we can and will take charge.

True democracy is not inconsistent with a few persons representing the spirit, the hope and the aspirations of those whom they claim to represent.

The throne we honour is the people's choice.

If one meets a powerful person - Adolf Hitler, Joe Stalin or Bill Gates - ask them five questions: 'What power have you got? Where did you get it from? In whose interests do you exercise it? To whom are you accountable? And how can we get rid of you?' If you cannot get rid of the people who govern you, you do not live in a democratic system.

Leave no authority existing not responsible to the people.

Politics is activity in relation to power.

As citizens of this democracy, you are the rulers and the ruled, the law-givers and the law-abiding, the beginning and the end.

Democracy is a good client.

The civilized world needs to think about a decision when single politicians are not allowed to stay in power.

When mankind first saw the necessity of government, it is probable that many had conceived the desire of ruling.

The purpose of a politician is to be a leader. A politician has to lead. Otherwise he's just a follower.

Governance is a way of organizing, amplifying, and constraining power.

Government, in the last analysis, is organized opinion. Where there is little or no public opinion, there is likely to be bad government.

Politicians love power. I love freedom. That is why I am not a politician.