DeForest Soaries Quotes

In a democracy, voting is a huge and most important right of a common man.

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

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.

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

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

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

If we believe in a democratic system, we have to accept the will of the people.

This is democracy: the citizens can vote anyone to power.

If an election doesn't go your way, you don't get to call a do-over. Part of respecting our democracy is respecting the will of the voters.

It's the public which decides its Chief Minister. We live in a democracy.

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

I am about to vote. I am about to do something that human beings are rarely allowed to do. I am doing something that did not exist until America.

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.

It's a democracy and if I am outvoted, I have to accept the majority decisions.

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

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

Voters will decide how they want to be governed.

If you ever doubt that the people are the boss in a democracy, run for office. Even the President is a hired hand.

I shall on all subjects have a policy to recommend, but none to enforce against the will of the people.

The people who own the country ought to govern it.

If we could, somehow, get a vote of the people of Tennessee and have it result properly, it would be worth more to us than a battle gained. How long before we can get such a vote?

We can not have free government without elections. And if the rebellion could force us to forgo, or postpone a national election, it might fairly claim to have conquered or ruined us.

Your vote is your voice.

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