Alastair Farrugia Quotes

Democracy matters because it reflects an idea of equality and an idea of liberty. It reflects an idea of dignity, the dignity of the individual, the idea that each individual should have an equal vote, an equal say, in the formation of their government.

I ask the rights to pursue happiness by having a voice in that government to which I am accountable.

Democracy must live as it thinks and think as it lives

Democracy is not elections. Democracy includes elections.

Democratic government consists of listening, deciding, persuading.

Citizens everywhere should be able to choose their leaders in climates free of fear.

Democracy may not prove in the long run to be as efficient as other forms of government, but it has one saving grace: it allows us to know and say that it isn't.

If you believe in democracy, you must believe in it unconditionally. If you believe that men should be free, then, they should have the right of free association, of free speech, of free publication. Then, no law should permit those democratic processes to be set at nought.

Democracy is the fig leaf of elitism.

If you can exchange information freely, isn’t that almost a definition of democracy.

Liberty and equality ... will best be attained when all persons alike share in the government to the utmost.

When the people's voice cannot be heard, that's when we make mistakes.

In contrast to totalitarianism, democracy can face and live with the truth about itself.

Criticism in a free man's country is made on certain assumptions, one of which is the assumption that the government belongs to the people and is at all times subject to the people's correction and criticism.

One of the greatest things that we provide in our democracy is the approachability of public officials.

In democracies the people seem to act as they please.

What is good for democracy is good for America.

The essence of democracy is how to restrict government power; this is the most important reason why China so badly needs democracy. The overconcentration of government powers without checks and balances is the root cause of so many social problems.

In democracy dissent is an act of faith. Like medicine, the test of its value is not its taste, but its effect,...

Democracy is too important to be left to politicians.

Government should fear the people, not the other way around.

A basic tenet of a healthy democracy is open dialogue and transparency.

Our democracy is predicated on the belief that our government should be accessible by the people. We cannot allow ourselves to give in to fear or shy away from interacting with the public.

Democracy is not theater - it determines life and death!

Leave no authority existing not responsible to the people.