Jose Manuel Barroso Quotes

I'm the one who initiated the democratic process.

We have to change the politics of Goa.

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

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

I have a lot of hope for the Constituent Assembly.

In a democracy, as a matter of course, every effort is made to seize upon and create publick opinion, which is, substantially, securing power.

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?

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

The circumstances of the world are continually changing, and the opinions of man change also; and as government is for the living, and not for the dead, it is the living only that has any right in it.

Look, the people will elect the government they think best.

In a democracy, there should be representation from every field.

The elections are the greatest symbol of participation and political reform.

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.

I enjoyed my stay in the Congress. Most people do not. And too many people who have been elected really don't understand the nature of government.

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.

As long as we're in a democracy, I have to give what I think the majority of people will enjoy.

Democracy is the process by which people choose the man who'll get the blame.

In a democratic set-up, people who are being governed should also be a part of the governing system. They should be drafted into the governance.

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

We’ve reformed our representative democracy into the past.

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

Democratic processes require time.

We shall determine all matters of state by public discussion, after assemblies have been convoked far and wide.

In our form of democracy the expression of the popular will can be effected only through the instrumentality of political parties.