Sharan Burrow Quotes

I do not want the voice of the people shut out.

I raise this objection to debate the process, and protect the integrity of the true will of the people.

I'm the one who initiated the democratic process.

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.

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

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

The freedom to persuade and suggest is the essence of the democratic process.

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

Democratic processes require time.

Opinion and protest are the life breath of democracy—even when it blows heavy.

Democracy is much too important to be left to public opinion.

A democratic state must feel before it can see; that is what makes it slow to act. But the people, at last, will be right.

Democracy is like a streetcar. When you come to your stop, you get off.

In democratic republics such as ours, citizens rely on public criticism of ideas and people to determine national policy.

The people's voice, as I say, is the voice of God.

I accept the verdict of the people.

Tony Blair believed in a consumerist idea of democracy.

Politics is a process, and there has to be a continual conversation between those who govern and those who give their consent to be governed.

I am a firm believer in the importance of democracy, not only as the ultimate goal, but also as an essential part of the process.

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

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

Democracy for us tends to be has to do with who shouts the loudest!

The people must know that from this day on, we want their opinions.

Democracy is a process by which people are free to choose the man who will get the blame.