Blase J. Cupich Quotes

In a democracy, people usually get the kind of government they deserve, and they deserve what they get.

We need to restore our democracy to a government of the people, by the people, and for the people.

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

Democracy is about voting and it's about a majority vote. And it's time that we started exercising the Democratic process.

I'm the one who initiated the democratic process.

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

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

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.

Everybody has their manifesto; let them talk their language, come to the people, and the people will decide. In a democracy, no party or candidate wins or loses. If you, the people, chose a wrong man, you lose; if you chose the right one, you win.

Only those who vote politicians into power have the right to depose them.

In a democracy, people tend to get the kind of government they deserve.

I trust Canadians' capacity to determine who will sit in their Parliament.

And they understand that to be an effective member of a democracy, you have to accept responsibility.

We love the ability of the people to influence the actions of decision-makers, of lawmakers and presidents to be removed from or elevated to office by the will of voters, and of the community to connect amongst diverse populations through the ballot box.

Every citizen has to figure out what kind of government he or she wants.

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

I became a Republican in 1951, the first year I could vote.

Anybody who asks for democracy to be introduced should respect the results of democracy.

If we go by the National Popular Vote, we'll get more people voting.

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

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.

I'm not saying I shouldn't have to pay any taxes, but I shouldn't have to pay as many as somebody that votes. I don't vote because I don't know anything about politics. And honestly, I can't believe they'd let me. Isn't that an important thing? They'll just let me pick the president! I don't gotta know anything!

What's hard, it seems, is living up to the expectations Democracy imposes upon those who would participate in society.

There are different ways to get responsive government leaders but one of the more effective ways is to have them democratically elected.

The great thing about democracy is that it gives every voter a chance to do something stupid.