David Byrne Quotes

Not less, but more democracy - that is the demand, that is the great goal that we have to prescribe for ourselves, and especially for our youth.

I want to make democracy work not only for the rich and the well connected but for everyone.

I am sure that every one of my colleagues - Democrat, Republican, and Independent - agrees with that statement. That in the voting booth, every one is equal.

I think that there is not any group of people in this country who do not believe that they should be a part of the process.

In this nation, the greatest of all nations, there are no second-class families. That is our great American conviction.

I just think that all of us in this room should have a voice in how the USA is represented. And he don't allow us our voice, that's all I'm saying.

Vote Democratic. The party for you, not just the few.

Liberty and equality ... will best be attained when all persons alike share in the government to the utmost.

Who are to be the electors? Not the rich more than the poor, not the learned more than the ignorant, not the haughty heirs of distinguished names more than the humble sons of obscure and unpropitious fortune. The electors are to be the great body of the people of the United States.

The function of democratic living is not to lower standards but to raise those that have been too low.

We must make both our distributional and democratic systems work for our communities.

We need to get better at voting and be a voice for the people who do not have one.

Voting is fundamental in our democracy. It has yielded enormous returns.

Only votes talk, everything else walks.

I did not want my tombstone to read, 'She kept a really clean house.' I think I'd like them to remember me by saying, 'She opened government to everyone.'

The rights of democracy are not reserved for a select group within society, they are the rights of all the people.

A community is democratic only when the humblest and weakest person can enjoy the highest civil, economic, and social rights that the biggest and most powerful possess.

Our history is that we can very aggressively, if necessary, and openly and democratically discuss our differences. We have a democratic history in which we come together and vote on these things.

Syria should not belong to one family, to one coterie, or to one party. It belongs to all the people of Syria equally, in all their religious and ethnic diversity.

Elections are an enduring spectacle of free India, and have provided foreign journalists with the opportunity to remind the world that India remains the world's largest democracy.

I believe that voting is the first act of building a community as well as building a country.

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

And in Canada we, you know, it costs us three or $400 million to have an election. You know, it's always been my position that we shouldn't complain about that; that's the price of admission for a living in a great democracy.

The president is a president for all Singaporeans. Not only for those who have voted for me, but even for those who have not voted for me.

Our brand of democracy is hard. But I can promise that a year from now, when I no longer hold this office, I'll be right there with you as a citizen - inspired by those voices of fairness and vision, of grit and good humor and kindness that have helped America travel so far.