Denzil Douglas Quotes

God reigns, and the Government at Washington still lives!

I think I can regard myself as a political decision-maker.

I do see your point, but to me, I'm just a mouse compared to the President of the United States.

You know, we're taught that in a democracy power comes from being elected.

My fate is to be President of the Republic - or leader of the opposition.

No government, be it the most perfect, can stand without strong executive authority.

Rulers come and go; governments end and forms of government change; but sovereignty survives.

Towering over Presidents and State Governors, over Congress and State Legislatures, over conventions and the vast machinery of party, public opinion stands out in the United States, as the great source of Power.

That could have been a very successful Presidency had President Nixon really believed in our system.

In a democracy, as a matter of course, every effort is made to seize upon and create publick opinion, which is, substantially, securing power.

A politician rises on the backs of his friends ... but it is through his enemies he will have to govern afterwards.

The people who own the country ought to govern it.

Washington has political power combined with the insider illusion of being in control.

Are the governors such exceptionally gifted men as to enable them … to represent the masses and act in the interests of all men better than all men would be able to act for themselves?

the White Czar of Congress.

You need a head of state--with continuity. Sometimes this is more important than political power.

Politics determine who has the power, not who has the truth.

When you look at every government, they're our elected officials, and you have to have some form of respect for them.

In democracies, we aren't always governed by the people or the parties that we voted for. But when officials are elected, we must respect their authority, as long as they're exercising that authority within the bounds of whatever regulatory frameworks are in place to guide them.

Nothing had excited me-the huge cars, the entourages, the bodyguards, the policeman jumping to attention, all meant nothing to me ... till I came to the old man's office. (On becoming prime minister)

If people were in the habit of refering to 'King George's council, Winston and his gang,' it would go a long way to clearing thought, and reducing the frightful landslide into Theyocracy.

Voters will decide how they want to be governed.

Real politics are the possession and distribution of power.

Venezuelans have a deep democratic conviction. If the government hotheads ventured out to stir violence they would encounter the armed forces. I don't believe the armed forces respond to a political party.

Who, then, will govern? The answer must be, Man - for we have no angels in the shape of men, as yet, who are willing to take charge of our political affairs.