Tom Stoppard Quotes

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

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

I'm the one who initiated the democratic process.

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

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

Only votes talk, everything else walks.

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 know how the American people care for that democratic principle. They want to see their vote respected. As we in Haiti want to see the vote of the people respected.

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

Logically, in a society ostensibly grounded on representative government, it would seem reasonable that a majority of the people in a State would elect a majority of that State’s legislators.

Voting should be the right of the great body of the society…an inconsiderable proportion, or a favored class of it; otherwise a handful of tyrannical nobles, exercising their oppressions by a delegation of their powers, might aspire to the rank of republicans, and claim for their government the honorable title of republic.

Democracy is based on the idea that the people rule and that the best decisions are made in public view.

Voting is the first duty of democracy.

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

I don't think we should be about the business of denying voters in Michigan and Florida the right to be heard.

You cannot have a government for and by the people if it is not represented by all of the people.

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.

Democracy is the right choice and is the greatest form of government ever created.

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

Voting is fundamental in our democracy. It has yielded enormous returns.

Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and senators and congressmen and government officials, but the voters of this country.

Let the people decide whom to vote for, who has more authority. And only people, only our citizens, are able to place the final emphasis, voting for this or that person or political force, or rejecting it. That's democracy.

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

All the blood is drained out of democracy - it dies - when only half the population votes.

To finalize, the purpose of an election is to hear the will of the people, not to fabricate votes.