King James I Quotes

The consent of the governed" is more than a safeguard against ignorant tyrants: it is an insurance against benevolent despots as well.

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

Majority rule rests on numbers; democracy rests on the well-grounded assumption that society is neither a collection of units nor an organism but a network of human relations.

The modern democratic state is legitimated by the priority of the public over the private, where public goods trump private interests, and the commonweal takes precedence over individual fortunes.

... a cure for the evils of universal democracy.

The evils of popular government appear greater than they are; there is compensation for them in the spirit and energy it awakens.

They which find themselves grieved under a democracy, call it anarchy.

American democracy must be a failure because it places the supreme authority in the hands of the most ignorant part of society.

The essential objection to democracy is that, with few exceptions, it imposes degrading acts and attitudes upon the men responsible for the welfare and dignity of the state.

In the United States, where the numerical majority have long been in full possession of collective despotism, they would probably be as unwilling to part with it as a single despot or an aristocracy.

They are to choose annually from among themselves, a certain Number of Men, according to their divisions, which constitute the General Assembly with the Governour and his Council, and have the sole power of Making Laws, and Laying Taxes for the common good when need shall require

Democracy is not a form of government. It is a political philosophy that can be embodied in various systems of government.

The ballot box is a license to govern, not a mandate to rule.

In a democracy, if you don't get the votes, nothing else is possible, no matter how wonderful your dreams.

How easy it is to govern when one follows a system of consulting the will of the people and one holds as the only norm all the actions which contribute to the well being of the people.

I'm just the democratic voice of Bolivia.

We are a nation of laws with respect and recognition of the rule of law. We are not an imperialist government with a monarch abiding by the rule of one man.

Democracy is constructed like an edifice, freedom by freedom, right by right, until it reaches its snapping point.

The tendency of democracies is, in all things, to mediocrity.

Let the people think they govern and they will be governed.

Giving people what they want isn't just good radio; it's also the right way to run a country.

You can not possibly have a broader basis for government than that which includes all the people, with all their rights in their hands, and with an equal power to maintain their rights.

A government is for the benefit of all the people.

In our so-called democracy we are accustomed to give the majority what they want rather than educate them to understand what is best for them.

My message is that Democracy is not an alien invention. It is a way of solving problems in our society.