Chris Gibson Quotes

If you attack our democratically elected representatives, you attack our institutions, all our people and our sovereignty, and we will never allow that.

Our history is that we can very aggressively, if necessary, and openly and democratically discuss our differences. We have a democratic history in which we come together and vote on these things.

We have a complex system of government. You have to teach it to every generation.

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

In a democratic age, you can't buck demography - except through civil war.

Democratic elections alone do not remedy the crisis of confidence in government. Moreover, there is no viable justification for a democratic system in which public participation is limited to voting.

As an American citizen, one has to vote. If we don't vote, we're not doing our part. We'll become some sort of oligarchy.

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

A democratic government is the only one in which those who vote for a tax can escape the obligation to pay it.

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.

If God had wanted us to vote, he would have given us candidates.

I still have a great deal of faith in our political system and a great deal of faith in the American people and voter.

Democracy is not about making speeches. It is about making committees work.

The next adventure is the government, a government of change.

The government, whether state or central, is elected. That means we have a responsibility to elect the right kind of leaders.

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

A government of, by and for the people is obligated to conduct the nation's business in a manner that respects dissent.

One must always keep one's government under control.

I ask the rights to pursue happiness by having a voice in that government to which I am accountable.

Democracy must live as it thinks and think as it lives

Elections belong to the people. It is their decision. If they decide to turn their back on the fire and burn their behinds, then they will just have to sit on their blisters.

I'd rather vote for something I want and not get it than vote for something I don't want, and get it.

Democracy is not elections. Democracy includes elections.

There are few things we will do in America as important as pulling the lever for President of the United States of America.