Stephanie Tubbs Jones Quotes

Democratic processes require time.

I'm the one who initiated the democratic process.

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

If we believe in a democratic system, we have to accept the will of the people.

Give all of the governed a voice in their government; that and that alone is self government.

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

We are a democracy, and we get the leaders we deserve because we elect them.

Public opinion must be heard.

We need to restore our democracy to a government of the people, by the people, and for the people.

I accept the verdict of the people.

In a democracy, voting is a huge and most important right of a common man.

Tony Blair believed in a consumerist idea of democracy.

It's the public which decides its Chief Minister. We live in a democracy.

It's a democracy and if I am outvoted, I have to accept the majority decisions.

Democracy is a daring concept - a hope that we'll be best governed if all of us participate in the act of government. It is meant to be a conversation, a place where the intelligence and local knowledge of the electorate sums together to arrive at actions that reflect the participation of the largest possible number of people.

I do not want the voice of the people shut out.

It's not the voting that's democracy; it's the counting.

The right of election is the very essence of the constitution.

Voting is the foundational act that breathes life into the principle of the consent of the governed.

As long as we're in a democracy, I have to give what I think the majority of people will enjoy.

The problem is there is no such thing as a viable democracy made up of experts, zealots, politicians and spectators.

The freedom to persuade and suggest is the essence of the democratic process.

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

In a democracy, as a matter of course, every effort is made to seize upon and create publick opinion, which is, substantially, securing power.

This is a democracy, not a dictatorship. Polls give candidates a method to find out what voters want.