Democracy Quote by Betty Smith

“The only people truly bound by campaign promises are the voters who believe them.”

— Christopher Hitchens

“...the wreckage of representative government is strewn with broken promises.”

— Herbert Hoover

“And when they were elected, they arrived in Washington with absolutely no idea what to do. Their only goal had already been achieved: They…

— David Baldacci

“realized I was inventing a new pastime: imagining the pain of past electoral losses.”

— Hillary Rodham Clinton

“The purpose of politics is to keep voters hopeful so they keep on voting”

— Patson Phala

“...they say if you don't vote, you get the government you deserve, and if you do, you never get the results you expected.”

— E.A. Bucchianeri

“I wonder how long it takes for these people we elect to forget who they work for?”

— Dan Groat

“If we elect the same corrupt politicians every time, that's a very clear message that we don't want a change.”

— Sukant Ratnakar

In view of our public pledges, we public officials can never again go before the public merely promising election reform. The time for promises…

— Charles Edison

If you win an election, you have to govern to fulfill the promises you ran on.

— Zohran Mamdani

“Eventually, in an historic feat of compromise, democracy was restored by the abolition of elections..”

— Louis de Bernières

“Politicians lie with almost every breath they mustered, and didn't hesitate to slit each other's throats for gain. They were whores willing to sell…

— Richard Stephenson