Rick Perry Quotes

We are not perfect. Democracy is a messy business … Democracy depends on people getting and keeping involved … In our democracy, the government is not them; it is us.

Voting is fundamental in our democracy. It has yielded enormous returns.

The democratic process is only as great as the people who participate in it.

The effective functioning of our constitutional democracy depends upon the participation in public life of a citizenry that is well informed

Voting is the first duty of democracy.

It is citizen participation that nourishes the strength of a democracy.

A robust democracy requires active participation.

Americans need to be engaged and invested in the legislative process that affects their daily lives, otherwise we are just democracy in name only.

I love voting day. I love the sight of my fellow citizens lining up to make their voices heard.

What's wrong is that we are not participating to make this the type of government it needs to be.

The value of government to the people it serves is in direct relationship to the interest citizens themselves display in the affairs of state.

We, as citizens, are the true owners of government.

Presidents come from the people and the should return to the people.

Your vote is your voice.

We are not the consumers of democracy, we are its proprietors.

Our constitutional democracy demands our participation, not just every four years, but all the time.

Without care, there is no democracy.

I think it's the height of patriotism to continue to exercise your right as a citizen and to hold your government to account. Isn't that what the very essence of democracy is about?

The very act of voting is a political act.

Democracy is something you have to participate in.

This is democracy: the citizens can vote anyone to power.

Bernard Shaw remains the only model we have of what the citizen of a democracy should be: an informed participant in all things we deem important to the society and the individual.

Our constitutional democracy demands our participation, all the time.

We can change the direction of the country with our vote.

Only a knowledgeable, empowered and vocal citizenry can perform well in democracy.