Wadada Leo Smith Quotes

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 came into American politics and into this political system proud of politics and the way we make decisions.

It is the healthiest thing in a democracy when the people who are elected exert power.

This is one of the finest expressions of U. S. democracy at work.

If you give up on politics, you give up on democracy … and then we are absolute plutocracy.

Democracy, of course, requires strong demands from the public.

I think it's the height of patriotism to continue to exercise your right as a citizen and to hold your government to account. Isn't that what the very essence of democracy is about?

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

That is why I came to conclusion that the election must take place, so that the republic can have a government. If I were to say that everything will change for the better immediately, that would not be true. The struggle will continue for a long time.

Americans cannot teach democracy to the world until they restore their own.

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

One person alone can't do anything as important as bringing genuine democracy to a country.

It is not the Government, the members of Parliament to whom the ultimate decision belongs, it is up to you to go forward sure of your sacred right of free opinion, sure of your patriotism.

Voters will decide how they want to be governed.

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.

I am especially proud of taking on issues most central to the health of our American democracy.

Government is not a bottom line enterprise. You can get yourself elected ... but you can't fire the legislature if they won't do what you want.

America is essentially and radically a democracy, not in name merely but in deed.

All of us today are learning democracy. We are only now forming a political culture.

The people who own the country ought to govern it.

Public participation in the process of government is the essence of democracy.

In democracies the people seem to act as they please.

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

I trust the American People more than American Institutions.

We are a democracy and I will go with the 51 percent wherever that leads us.