DeForest Soaries Quotes

We enter parliament in order to supply ourselves, in the arsenal of democracy, with its own weapons…. If democracy is so stupid as to give us free tickets and salaries for this … work, that is its affair.

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.

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

Organising free and fair elections is more important than the result itself.

We don’t trust government, but we need government….Government didn’t land here from Mars. We elected them.

Everybody expects that their vote's going to count.

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

My primary motivation for running for the 9th Congressional District is that I strongly believe that one of the hallmarks of the American democracy is a representative form of democracy.

To lead a country, you must periodically hold a national consultation in which people representing different programmes can make a bid for power.

That is why I came to conclusion that the election must take place, so that the republic can have a government. If I were to say that everything will change for the better immediately, that would not be true. The struggle will continue for a long time.

The people have spoken. Their decision is sovereign. We all respect it... I wish good luck to those who will now govern France.

To finalize, the purpose of an election is to hear the will of the people, not to fabricate votes.

Canadians want to elect good people to be their voice in Ottawa.

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

Voters will decide how they want to be governed.

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

The right to vote should be considered sacred in our democracy.

I think the federal government really should be supporting Louisiana and ensuring that every person from that area has an opportunity to vote on what will occur in the area.

I almost forgot what it's like to be proud of my government.

By what right do you refuse to accept the vote of a citizen of the United States?

This is one of the finest expressions of U. S. democracy at work.

The great constitutional corrective in the hands of the people against usurpation of power, or corruption by their agents is the right of suffrage…

No, I look at the senators and pray for the country!

The process of our democracy must not be imperiled by the denial of essential powers of free government.

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