A democracy,- that is a government of all the people, by…

A government on the principles on which constitutional governments arising out of society are established, cannot have the right of altering itself. If it…

— Thomas Paine

There are certain basic principles regarding the proper role of government. If principles are correct, then they can be applied to any specific proposal…

— Ezra Taft Benson

That the people have an original right to establish, for their future government, such principles as, in their opinion, shall most conduce to their…

— John Marshall

“Government is about principles. And the principle is, never act on principle.’ ‘Politicians must be allowed to panic. They need activity. It is their…

— Ashwin Sanghi

There's never been a nation like the United States, ever. It begins with the principles of our founding documents, principles that recognize that our…

— Marco Rubio

Only when we realize that there is no eternal, unchanging truth or absolute truth can we arouse in ourselves a sense of intellectual responsibility.

— Hu Shih

Almost any word can be drafted to serve as a verb, even words we think of as eternal and unchanging, stuck in their more…

— Erin McKean

Of course in a democracy the government and the citizens have to abide by court rulings, even if we don't like them or don't…

— Ayelet Shaked

The first lesson of politics or, at least, democracy is that it is a government by the people and for the people, isn't it?…

— Urmila Matondkar

When our government is spoken of as some menacing, threatening, foreign entity, it ignores the fact that in our democracy, government is us

— Barack Obama

“In a democracy government is the God.”

— Amit Kalantri

People are constantly applying double standards. Take the United States, for example. Washington wants the whole world to admire the country for its democracy.…

— Jacob Zuma

I believe that people have a right to decide their own destinies; people own themselves. I also believe that, in a democracy, government exists…

— Frank Zappa

Because of the caste system, because of the fact that there is no social link between those who make the decisions and those who…

— Arundhati Roy

Democracy becomes a government of bullies tempered by editors.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson