Bertrand Russell Quotes

Democracy is a process by which people are free to choose the man who will get the blame.

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

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

Democracy is a good client.

Voters will decide how they want to be governed.

The government, whether state or central, is elected. That means we have a responsibility to elect the right kind of leaders.

On account of being a democracy and run by the people, we are the only nation in the world that has to keep a government four years, no matter what it does.

I cannot run the political machine. I have enough on my hands without that. It is the people's business.

I've never understood multi-party democracy. It's hard enough with two parties.

We live in a democracy, and people are free to sometimes choose the wrong leader.

Congress is where Americans are supposed to have our big, messy political fights. That's because the people who make the laws need to be hired and fired by the people. Don't like the laws? Fire the lawmakers.

In a democracy, there should be representation from every field.

You are not electing your parliamentarian or your MP to the corridors of power. You are electing them to the corridors of responsibility.

A marvel that has nothing to offer, democracy is at once a nation's paradise and its tomb.

Democracy is not about one party dominating.

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

Democracy fascinates me.

I'm the one who initiated the democratic process.

Here's to democracy. May we get the government we deserve.

Democracy is that system of government under which the people, having 35,717,342 native-born whites to choose from, including thousands who are handsome and many who are wise, pick out a Coolidge to be head of the State.

If we could, somehow, get a vote of the people of Tennessee and have it result properly, it would be worth more to us than a battle gained. How long before we can get such a vote?

… a permanent Council of the ablest men chosen by the people

We all know that in democracies, some of these [necessary] reforms are unpopular.

Ours is a fully democratic government, which in our language we call a people's government.

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