Representative Quotes

267 quotes by 240 authors

It is not true that democracy will always safeguard freedom of conscience better than autocracy. Witness the most famous of all trials. Pilate was, from… — Joseph A. Schumpeter
Our representative democracy is not working because the Congress that is supposed to represent the voters does not respond to their needs. I believe the… — Shirley Chisholm
Representative government has broken down. Our politicians represent not the people who vote for them but the commercial interests who finance their election campaigns. We… — Edward Abbey
That instability is inherent in the nature of popular governments, I think very disputable â€¦ A representative democracy, where the right of election is well… — Alexander Hamilton
There are whole precincts of voters in this country whose united intelligence does not equal that of one representative American woman. — Carrie Chapman Catt
In passing, we should here recognize the difficulties presented by the idea of 'fit' and 'unfit.' Who is to decide this question? The grosser, the… — Margaret Sanger
Instead of the function of governing, for which it is radically unfit, the proper office of a representative assembly is to watch and control the… — John Stuart Mill
English girls' schools today providing the higher education are, so far as my knowledge goes, worthily representative of that astonishing rise in the intellectual standards… — Mary Augusta Ward
A benefactor is a representative of God. — Benjamin Whichcote
The natural tendency of representative government, as of modern civilisation, is towards collective mediocrity: and this tendency is increased by all reductions and extensions of… — John Stuart Mill
Be a true representative of the goodness in your heart, and don't expect it to be easy or even noticed. — Adyashanti
The Founders of the U.S. gave the senators a term of office three times longer than that of a representative precisely to encourage a reflective… — Al Gore
Every individual is representative of the whole . . . and should be intimately understood, and this would give a far greater understanding of mass… — Anais Nin
The first act by virtue of which the State really constitutes itself the representative of the whole of societythe taking possession of the means of… — Friedrich Engels
Uncritical reverence for the Founding Fathers was less ubiquitous while they actually lived. . . . "The Reign of Terror that raged in America during… — Thomas Paine
My thinking tends to be libertarian. That is, I oppose intrusions of the state into the private realm-as in abortion, sodomy, prostitution, pornography, drug use,… — Camille Paglia
As a customer service representative; I deal with people all day. Some really are guilty of not paying their bill. — Jon Jones
As a customer service representative; it is hard to deal with people who has an attitude when I pick up the phone. — Jon Jones
A natural adversary is a customer service representative. — Jon Jones
Help! The customer service representative doesn't understand my problem. — Jon Jones

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