Confidence Quote by Adlai E Stevenson

If people lose faith in their government, the result is the same whether or not the loss of confidence is justified.

— John Kennedy

It's not just that individuals have lost faith in the integrity of their leaders, it's that they no longer believe society's most powerful institutions…

— Gary Hamel

Trusting each other is the beginning of a certain secular faith, a faith that allows us to live in families and communities and nations.…

— Sue Halpern

In a democracy, dissent is an act of faith.

— J. William Fulbright

We can only restore faith in government if the state itself becomes an efficient, effective and transparent ally of the people. Bureaucratic inefficiencies, abuses…

— Victor Ponta

Without the confidence to know our democracy is functioning properly, we risk more disillusionment, more cynicism, and even more public apathy toward the entire…

— Alan K. Simpson

It is time to provide a smashing answer for those cynical men who say that a democracy cannot be honest, cannot be efficient… We…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

Large swathes of people losing faith in democracy is a dangerous thing. Conflict, desperation, totalitarianism are the products of that loss of faith.

— Sharan Burrow

I have not given up my faith in democracy - it remains the worst form of government except for all the others - but…

— Max Boot

A democracy without faith is just a machine without power. Nothing can make it function except faith in itself, in the ordinary man and…

— Eleanor Dark

The basis of effective government is public confidence, and that confidence is endangered when ethical standards falter or appear to falter.

— Anonymous

Nothing undermines faith in our political system than politicians going back on their word.

— Luciana Berger