Gloria Macapagal Arroyo Quotes

The voices of a billion Indians … are telling us that the course of their lives cannot be decided by a handful of people behind closed doors who are not fully accountable to them. They are telling us that India’s governmental system … robs people of their voice, a system that disempowers rather than empowering.

If there is a problem with democracy, the answer has to be more democracy.

The fight for reform comes down to a simple goal: giving our citizens the confidence that government serves the people first and the people only.

I've made Umno more democratic, more inclusive. Of course, by doing that, I'm putting myself at risk.

I am totally in favour of reform - but it must be reform that changes the nature of British politics, not simply the makeup or operation of parliament.

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

In a democracy, a leader must be the head teacher, someone eager to respond to doubts and questions and explain the need for and the benefits of a new course.

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.

A democratic crisis can only be settled by more democracy.

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

Self government cannot work if the people do not know what their rulers are doing and why.

No government is perfect. One of the chief virtues of a democracy, however, is that its defects are always visible and under democratic processes can be pointed out and corrected.

All politicians will have to change to be worthy of our people.

We elect these people not to represent their parties but to represent us.

I believe that the decisions which govern all our lives, the laws we must all obey, and the taxes we must all pay should be decided by people we choose and who we can throw out if we want change.

We need to reform the political system, or we'll lose the democracy. I don't think it's that hard. It doesn't take rocket science. We've done it before successfully at the presidential level and tried it several places at the state level.

I just want to put the power back to the people.

A power of recall that depended solely on the electorate and was not subject to unnecessary hurdles of Parliamentary procedures would show trust in the good sense and fairness of the British people. In return, they might trust Parliamentarians a little more.

Beyond providing some level of scrutiny of Kenyan MPs, we built Mzalendo to demonstrate that there is only so much bemoaning you can do about your representation.

As a senator, I will prioritize overturning the current system and restoring openness and integrity to our government to return power to the people.

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

What should be targeted is a concept of organic, and not just mechanic, democracy that preserves the rule of law, separation of powers, and that is participatory and pluralistic.

I want the Congress that really is going to listen to the people. I really don't care what party it is anymore.

Leave no authority existing not responsible to the people.

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.