Cathy McMorris Rodgers Quotes

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.

The right of voting for representatives is the primary right by which other rights are protected. To take away this right is to reduce a man to slavery, for slavery consists in being subject to the will of another, and he that has not a vote in the election of representatives is in this case.

When I grow up I’m going to change the government.

We must continually work to obtain and preserve the right to vote and future votes of babies in the womb, their parents, the sick, the elderly, the poor, all Americans.

Universal suffrage is sound in principle. The radical element is right.

A State which has universal suffrage and a wide extension of the jury franchise, must qualify the people by education to rightly exercise the great powers with which they are invested.

The Paris Commune was first and foremost a democracy. The government was a body elected by universal suffrage.

I believe in the greatness of our democracy.

I very, very much want to be involved in helping those senators, congressmen, and women who support the principles that made America great.

No matter where you stand politically - even if you're unsure of what your political ideology is - it is important to take part in the process of shaping our government.

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

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

There is so much that can be done, you see, the assembly is about improving our democracy.

Anything important is never left to the vote of the people. We only get to vote on some man; we never get to vote on what he is to do.

No citizen is apolitical; as a citizen, by definition, has to take interest in public affairs.

Voters will decide how they want to be governed.

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.

The Election Assistance Commission represents a major, unprecedented commitment from the federal government to sustained freedom and vibrant democracy. I am humbled by the prospect of being one its charter members.

There have been 2000 Americans who have served in Congress. The people who serve in Congress are no better nor no worse than those in any other American institution.

I demand ... the franchise for all loyal citizens

The principle issue in this election is whether or not you are prepared to do anything new.

They are entitled to their rightful share in running the country.

The function of a parliamentary democracy, under universal suffrage, historically considered, is to expose wealth-privilege to the attacks of the people.

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 people who own the country ought to govern it.