Helmut Kohl Quotes

Voters will decide how they want to be governed.

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

If we could, somehow, get a vote of the people of Tennessee and have it result properly, it would be worth more to us than a battle gained. How long before we can get such a vote?

The best way to build a house is not from the top, but from the bottom. When you go to the polls, vote from the bottom up.

Look, the people will elect the government they think best.

Take it from me: Elections matter.

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

In a government such as ours we have vigorous contests to determine who should lead. The recent election was no exception. Now we inaugurate a new government on a day that transcends any one individual or any one party.

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

The great constitutional corrective in the hands of the people against usurpation of power, or corruption by their agents is the right of suffrage; and this when used with calmness and deliberation will prove strong enough.

In an election, there are no kings.

The whole thing about elections in Liberia - it's not about the way you take care of people, it's not about the heart, it's about education, according to the perception of some people.

Politics is a very important part of our government. It must not be denigrated. It's the way our country runs. It's the lubricant that keeps things running smoothly.

I trust the American people. They almost always get it right …

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

In a Democracy, look how many … many powerful Orators there are with the people.

In government, consensus is more important than command; persuasion not only works better than arrogance, it's vital to the democratic process.

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

Democracy is that system of government under which the people, having 35,717,342 native-born whites to choose from, including thousands who are handsome and many who are wise, pick out a Coolidge to be head of the State.

Elections are fundamentally about the future and not about the past.

If an election doesn't go your way, you don't get to call a do-over. Part of respecting our democracy is respecting the will of the voters.

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

There's people on the left who say, the ballot box is a waste of time. Forget them. When Mandela voted for the first time at the age of 76 there was a lot of grown men, including me, wept buckets. That was what it was about. It doesn't solve things, but it gives you the mechanism to hold to account the people with power.

There were free elections in Bulgaria, where the opposition has just won. In a democracy, the government is a reflection of society because people are elected. Sometimes the type of person from the old machine, who is everything but an appealing figure, happens to win an election. But democracy applies to everyone, not just the noble and the clever.

Democracy is perhaps the most promiscuous word in the world of public affairs.