Honore de Balzac Quotes

A full and fair discussion is essential to democracy.

Democracy means government by discussion, but it is only effective if you can stop people talking.

Discussion is the bedrock of American democracy.

Only votes talk, everything else walks.

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.

Decision making in a democracy depends above all on knowledge and not just the intel available to presidents and policymakers.

The practical core of democracy, defined functionally, is the peaceful exchange of power between different groups of powerful political players arranged in parties.

Votes should be weighed not counted.

I'm the one who initiated the democratic process.

This country has always been run by elite, and it's an elitist democracy. And that's not a radical concept. It's elitist democracy. When people talk about democracy, they don't talk - really talk about participatory democracy, until the point that we get us at Election Day.

You must see the persons who are in charge - persons you can punish or vote for.

Voters do not decide issues. They decide who will decide issues.

Wherever you have votes, you have power.

Democratic processes require time.

Under universal suffrage the elected are those who know best how to take in the masses. The minority, which may happen to be the half minus one, is sacrificed.

The ballot box is a license to govern, not a mandate to rule.

The vote controls everything that you do.

Democracy abhors a vacuum.

Everybody has their manifesto; let them talk their language, come to the people, and the people will decide. In a democracy, no party or candidate wins or loses. If you, the people, chose a wrong man, you lose; if you chose the right one, you win.

Democracy is finding proximate solutions to insoluble problems.

If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal.

When we talk about fighting for our country, we're talking about our vote, our vote is our arms.

By voting, we add our voice to the chorus that forms opinions and the basis for actions.

In a democracy there are only two types of power: there's organized people and organized money, and organized money only wins when people aren't organized.

Democracy consists of choosing your dictators, after they've told you what you think it is you want to hear.