John Bercow Quotes

Government is not a bottom line enterprise. You can get yourself elected ... but you can't fire the legislature if they won't do what you want.

Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and senators and congressmen and government officials, but the voters of this country.

But in the end our government usually - not unfailingly - is responsive to the people; and usually - not always - will try to do what is right.

It is the healthiest thing in a democracy when the people who are elected exert power.

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

If the Congress fails then American democracy is dysfunctional.

... we, the people, elect leaders not to rule but to serve.

Government is not guaranteed to work right.

When our Founders created this great experiment in self-governance, the House of Representatives became, by design, the body closest to the people. We are the most accountable, and we must be the most transparent.

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

No matter how unusual a personality may be who gets elected to office, there are constraints in this country. You don't get to do anything you want to. So I'm very optimistic about America.

If democracy is destroyed in Britain, it will be not the communists, Trotskyists or subversives but this House which threw it away. The rights that are entrusted to us are not for us to give away. Even if I agree with everything that is proposed, I cannot hand away powers lent to me for five years by the people of Chesterfield. I just could not do it. It would be theft of public rights.

The American principles of democracy expresses the deepest values of the Sharia both structurally and in the government... Sharia requires us Muslims anywhere to abide by the law of the land.

That's what the Senate is about. It's the last bastion of minority rights, where a minority can be heard, where a minority can stand on its feet, one individual if necessary, and speak until he falls into the dust.

Thank God for our form of government. The media won't let there be any cover-up.

The cure for admiring the House of Lords is to go and look at it.

As someone who worked hard for a Labour victory in the 90s, do I regret it? Not really. It was bound to happen. And it'll happen with the next government, and the one after it. Because all governments serve us. They serve the filth.

In my day, the president ruled with authority before the law, but now all that is lost.

The only sure bulwark of continuing liberty is a government strong enough to protect the interests of the people, and a people strong enough and well enough informed to maintain its sovereign control over the goverment.

That is why I came to conclusion that the election must take place, so that the republic can have a government. If I were to say that everything will change for the better immediately, that would not be true. The struggle will continue for a long time.

There is also something called the Legislature. There is something called the press. There is something called people. These are all different players on the stage.

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

For students, understanding the separate and unique functions of each branch of government can help them understand how different kinds of government officials can help solve different kinds of problems.

This is a country for, of, and by the people not for, of, and by the government. If we turn it over to them we cannot complain about what they're doing because this is a natural course of men and we have to hold their feet to the fire.

On form of government, there should be checks and balances, and PM should be responsible to Parliament.