Jeffrey Buchanan Quotes

Liberal democracies have their own means of holding leaders accountable. They are called elections.

I didn’t understand. In a democracy, the people have to be entertained.

In a democracy, people tend to get the kind of government they deserve.

I think the advantage of democracy is that it makes us less dependent on a group of leaders.

In an election, there are no kings.

The essential thing about democracy is that no one is indispensable.

Democracy doesn't mean electing a dictator every five years.

American democracy is at its best in its talent for the transfer for power.

Take it from me: Elections matter.

Politics is a good thing!

The way people in democracies think of the government as something different from themselves is a real handicap. And, of course, sometimes the government confirms their opinion.

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

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

I'm the one who initiated the democratic process.

It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried.

Voters will decide how they want to be governed.

I have just come out of an electoral experience with the people of my country in which I invited them to join me in a partnership for governance.

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

A democratic home is the foundation of a democratic state.

Let's face it: however old-fashioned and out of date and devaluated the word is, we like the way of living provided by democracy.

Although elections are not perfect tools for democracy, they reinforce the relationship between the people and their leaders, empowering citizens to remove and replace their governments in a peaceful and orderly manner. The only basis for a peaceful society is providing people with the opportunity to express their opinions and their will, and elections are instrumental in doing so.

Voting should be the right of the great body of the society…an inconsiderable proportion, or a favored class of it; otherwise a handful of tyrannical nobles, exercising their oppressions by a delegation of their powers, might aspire to the rank of republicans, and claim for their government the honorable title of republic.

The United States is a very difficult country to govern.

Politics is a very important part of our government. It must not be denigrated. It's the way our country runs. It's the lubricant that keeps things running smoothly.

What we are seeing here is democracy in action.