Jeff Miller Quotes

I believe that everyone should participate in democracy and enjoy doing it.

Trumpeting the importance of voting deludes people into thinking that they have a leash on the government.

Presidents come from the people and the should return to the people.

Democracy is not a spectator sport. It is a difficult, hard, full-contact, participatory endeavor.

I think it's the height of patriotism to continue to exercise your right as a citizen and to hold your government to account. Isn't that what the very essence of democracy is about?

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.

What's wrong is that we are not participating to make this the type of government it needs to be.

It is unfortunate that people believe that in order to democratise something you have to get politicians out of the system.

Democracy is not a spectator sport, it's a participatory event. If we don't participate in it, it ceases to be a democracy.

Democracy functions best when we have an active citizenry.

A government of, for and by the people, requires much from the people.

Well, I couldn't do the day-to-day stuff of being a politician or anything, but I just think everybody should have an opinion and everybody should vote, and that's what we're built on.

The whole idea of a democracy is that we ourselves, the people, are supposed to make a path of our politics, and it is we who with our feet and our vote and our labors and our vigilance are supposed to shape our country.

Public participation in the process of government is the essence of democracy.

If the people want a government of their own they must do the work of making it their own.

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

The only reason we won this election is that money does not vote. You do!

Our constitutional democracy demands our participation, not just every four years, but all the time.

Democracy, of course, requires strong demands from the public.

I've entered politics the moment I marked my finger with the electoral voting mark. So I've entered politics, but I am not a politician. I am doing my duty as a citizen of India.

Democracy is something you have to participate in.

Americans need to be engaged and invested in the legislative process that affects their daily lives, otherwise we are just democracy in name only.

I think it doesn't actually matter what your political persuasion is, but if you are interested in the country that you live in and the way in which it's run, everyone has to do something about that.

I'm always trying to invite citizens to participate in the process of public decision-making.

But, you know, I'm sorry, I think democracy requires participation. I mean, I don't want to proselytize but I do feel some sort of duty to participate in the process in some way other than just blindly getting behind a political party.