Lewis D. Eigen Quotes

I'm the one who initiated the democratic process.

The great thing about democracy is that it gives every voter a chance to do something stupid.

The evils of popular government appear greater than they are; there is compensation for them in the spirit and energy it awakens.

Democratic processes require time.

Under universal suffrage the elected are those who know best how to take in the masses. The minority, which may happen to be the half minus one, is sacrificed.

It's not the voting that's democracy; it's the counting.

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

I'm tired of hearing it said that democracy doesn't work. Of course it doesn't work. We are supposed to work it.

In a democracy, not everyone gets what they want.

Our real disease ... is democracy.

The process of our democracy must not be imperiled by the denial of essential powers of free government.

I’m not allergic to democracy. The only advice I have is let’s give it a different name and keep doing it.

You cannot have a government for and by the people if it is not represented by all of the people.

Politics is a process, and there has to be a continual conversation between those who govern and those who give their consent to be governed.

Democracy is a very admirable form of government - for dogs

Democracy is a daring concept - a hope that we'll be best governed if all of us participate in the act of government. It is meant to be a conversation, a place where the intelligence and local knowledge of the electorate sums together to arrive at actions that reflect the participation of the largest possible number of people.

If we, as individuals, want to keep control of our democracy - rather than have a government paid for by corporate interest checks - then we have to fight back now and make sure our system reflects the belief that people, not corporations, control our democracy.

I came into American politics and into this political system proud of politics and the way we make decisions.

Every citizen has to figure out what kind of government he or she wants.

Voting is the foundational act that breathes life into the principle of the consent of the governed.

I feel a real responsibility to my community and so right now there has been this bizarre myth in our community how our vote doesn't count. I'm trying to get out there and re-educate on how the government works and break that myth and talk about the importance of being involved.

I raise this objection to debate the process, and protect the integrity of the true will of the people.

A democratic government is the only one in which those who vote for a tax can escape the obligation to pay it.

Democracy is beautiful in theory; in practice it is a fallacy.

This country has always been run by elite, and it's an elitist democracy. And that's not a radical concept. It's elitist democracy. When people talk about democracy, they don't talk - really talk about participatory democracy, until the point that we get us at Election Day.