Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Quotes

Democracy is the only system that persists in asking the powers that be whether they are the powers that ought to be.

Democracy is indispensable to socialism.

Liberty does not exist where rights are on one side and power on the other. To be liberty, rights must be armed with vital powers. A people cannot be free who do not participate in the control of the government which operates upon them.

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.

By the people for the people.

Ours is a government elected by the people and it will not succumb to threats.

Democracy is when the people keep a government in check.

Democracy is a device that insures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.

Democratic power is the only voice most citizens have.

War should only be declared by the authority of the people, whose toils and treasures are to support its burdens, instead of the government which is to reap its fruits.

The essence of a free government consists in an effectual control of rivalries.

It is the safeguard of the strongest that he lives under a government which is obliged to respect the voice of the weakest.

Democracy matters because it reflects an idea of equality and an idea of liberty. It reflects an idea of dignity, the dignity of the individual, the idea that each individual should have an equal vote, an equal say, in the formation of their government.

I ask the rights to pursue happiness by having a voice in that government to which I am accountable.

The great questions that have troubled the country are about the authority of the magistrates and the liberty of the people.

Democracy is a value in itself. It doesn't have to be defended [justified] any more than freedom has to be defended.

The essential thing about democracy is that no one is indispensable.

My political ideal is democracy.

Democracy is about aggregating the collective power of citizens to speak in their behalf.

In a democracy, power implies responsibility.

The public has to have a head, and if the President takes the heads away, the public will have his.

All history shows the necessity, in order to the preservation of liberty, of every subjects having a watchful eye on the conduct of Kings, Ministers, and Parliament, and of every subjects being not only secured, but encouraged in alarming his fellow subjects on occasion of every attempt upon public liberty.

Democracy is about opposition.

Democracy is the best revenge.

Democracy requires checks and balances, and it is largely through civil society that citizens protect their rights as individuals, force policy makers to accommodate their interests, and limit abuses of state authority.