Prakash Raj Quotes

First of all, there's no mention of political parties in the Constitution, so you begin American history with not only no political conventions but also no parties.

The transformation of the United States from a traditional republic to a democratic nation run in large measure by a single executive took a couple of hundred years.

This Republic was called into being, organized, and is upheld, by a great political doctrine.

The combination of Federalism and Republicanism which formed the substance of the system, did not constitute a progressive and formative political principle, but it pointed in the direction of a constructive formula.

The genius of American government consists of the creative tension between conservatives on the one hand and liberals on the other hand..

The United States is dangerously close to becoming a democracy instead of a republic.

Americans are naturally suspicious of too much government and they see divided government as a safeguard.

Our American concept of government rests on the idea of a dominant Congress.

I have ever considered the constitutional mode of election ultimately by the Legislature voting by States as the most dangerous blot in our Constitution, and one which some unlucky chance will some day hit and give us a pope and antipope.

State Legislatures were better qualified to elect the Members than the people were

Annual Parliaments, Universal Suffrage and Votes by Ballot.

The actual form of our present government is simply a scheme of Congressional supremacy.

The Constitution is not just a legal argument. It is a set of norms and practices and it’s a political document…

The Framers of the Constitution wisely understood that constitutional principles must not be sacrificed on the altar of political appeasement.

We have a constitutional republic, not a democracy.

When the Constitution was written in 1787, there was this supposition that American politics would be above party. The people who would staff the positions in government would have the interests of the country, or at least their states and congressional districts, at heart, and so they wouldn't form permanent political parties.

I believe that politics is a matter of person. Specifically in the Fifth French Republic. In a healthy political system, a political party should resemble its leader.

While a truly national third party wouldn't necessarily be bad, smaller niche parties are ill-suited to our federalist system.

In most countries, a lopsided election represents a mandate that the winning party could then use to implement their agenda, but the U.S. political system seems to have been made to prevent such an occurrence.

Some have argued that the United States was designed to block majority rule; to be a 'republic, not a democracy.' This is ahistorical nonsense.

What is the purpose of the electoral college? It has a few purposes. One, it's to restrain pure democracy. Very good, very important, that's a wonderful thing.

America has never been a pure democracy and majoritarianism has always been as much feared as monarchism.

What is understood by republican government in the United States is the slow and quiet action of society upon itself.

Let all Americans sit down and read this great document. Since the Constitution's ratification, it has been the framework for our great nation.

American is the first democratic nation-state.