I think that people want peace so much that one of these days government had better get out of their way and let them have it.
It is not the State that orders us; but it is we who order the State!
Politics is not only about personal choice. That one also needs to take into consideration what the people want because in the end, they are the ones who decide.
A President is not elected to do as he pleases. He is elected to do as the people please.
The foundation of civil power lies in the people.
A democratic government must always be left free to be operated upon by the will of the majority of the time being. All that the government of the day can do is to ascertain what now appears to be the best principle.
It is the multitude which possess force, and wisdom must yield to that.
The President does indeed hold the rudder of the Ship of State; he guides, but it is American public opinion which makes the vessel move.
Monroe was then Secretary of State.
… though the majority might be temporarily wrong, in the end, a majority that remained a majority over a period of years was usually right, and in our country, at least, we have been governed by the will of the majority. It has not meant, nor I surmise, does it mean in the present, the destruction of minorities …
Notwithstanding the oppression and injustice experienced among us from democracy, the genius of the people is in favor of it, and the genius of the people must be consulted.
A government is not in power. It is in office, put there by the will of the people.
1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley
Traditional marriage between a man and a woman has been a cornerstone of our society for generations. If we are going to change that, it ought to be done by the will of the people.
Rarely have elected leaders been so intent on defying the public will.
I would support whoever the people have chosen. We have to abandon the thinking that there is a bunch of politically elite people who know what is best, let the people determine for themselves who is best.
What the electorate gives, the electorate can take away
When Federal law conflicts with state laws and the will of the American people, it's time to change the laws, not circulate edicts.
And I would like to have a good, productive relationship with members of the City Council, but I'm not going to allow them to undermine what the people's choice was and what the people want, which is change.
Towering over Presidents and State Governors, over Congress and State Legislatures, over conventions and the vast machinery of party, public opinion stands out in the United States, as the great source of Power.
Elections are the means we use to establish the will of the people in order to assure the rule of the people.
I personally believe that those who are leaders with political power over the world will be forced some day, sooner or later, to give way to common sense and the will of the people.
I'm responding to the will of the people.
My government will respect the will of the people.
I'm not holding fast to my position, but to respect the will of the people that decided to choose Saddam Hussein as the leader of the revolution. Therefore, when I say president of the Republic of Iraq, it's not a formality or a holding fast to a position, but rather to reiterate to the Iraqi people that I respect its will.
In all our associations; in all our agreements let us never lose sight of this fundamental maxim - that all power was originally lodged in, and consequently is derived from, the people.
The government is supposed to conform to our will. By taking the most important thing you have, your health and your health care, and turning that over to the government, you fundamentally shift the power, a huge chunk of it, from the people to the government. This is not the direction that we want the government to go in this nation.
