Aníbal Salvador Acevedo Vila Quotes

It's not just parliament that requires radical modernisation. It's our democratic processes.

Democratic elections alone do not remedy the crisis of confidence in government. Moreover, there is no viable justification for a democratic system in which public participation is limited to voting.

Democracy is not about making speeches. It is about making committees work.

The greatest way to defend democracy is to make it work.

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

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

I believe that everyone should participate in democracy and enjoy doing it.

You need a certain standard of literacy, moral and ethical values, to be able to run a one man, one vote system.

Texas has a lot of challenges, but if I choose to run I will talk about opening democracy to mainstream Texans and not just to a closed circle of entrenched ideologues.

And they understand that to be an effective member of a democracy, you have to accept responsibility.

Our political system needs changing. It needs to move away from personalities and patronage to a system of party programs and consultation with the people.

Democracy belongs to those who exercise it.

The merit of a democratic regime rests on one's continual willingness to exchange views, and to compete on the basis of individual merit and capacities.

If we go by the National Popular Vote, we'll get more people voting.

One could always do more, faster and cleverer, but democracy has its own rhythm.

Democracy has always been in crisis: democracy is all about practicing the art of bearable dissatisfaction. In democratic societies, people often complain about their leaders and their institutions. The gap between the ideal democracy and the existing one cannot be bridged.

So I think democracy, in the long-term, in our countries will survive if it comes to be associated with leadership, will not survive if democracy plus media brings to us more and more followship rather than leadership.

Democracy must live as it thinks and think as it lives

Elections belong to the people. It is their decision. If they decide to turn their back on the fire and burn their behinds, then they will just have to sit on their blisters.

Democracy Is What You Make It!

A democratic crisis can only be settled by more democracy.

Democracy is not elections. Democracy includes elections.

Dialoging is the first principle of good government.

Democracy requires that those who bear the consequences of decisions have enough knowledge to hold the decision-makers accountable.

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