Representative Democracy Quotes

16 quotes by 15 authors

Being 'at the mercy of legislative majorities' is merely another way of describing the basic American plan: representative democracy. — Robert Bork
There is not Communism or Marxism, but representative democracy and social justice in a well-planned economy. — Fidel Castro
The effect of a representative democracy is to refine and enlarge the public views, by passing them through the medium of a chosen body of… — James Madison
If there have been those who doubted whether a confederated representative democracy were a government competent to the wise and orderly management of the common… — John Quincy Adams
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
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
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
There is something inherently wrong, something out of accord with the ideals of representative democracy, when one portion of our citizenship turns its activities to… — Warren G. Harding
The Republican Party is becoming less and less like a traditional political party in a representative democracy and becoming more like an apocalyptic cult, or… — Mike Lofgren
I am now-the friend of the equal rights of men, of representative democracy, of republicanism and the Declaration of Independence, the great charter of our… — John Stark
Industrial capitalism brought representative democracy, but with a weak public mandate and inert citizenry. The digital age offers a new democracy based on public deliberation… — Don Tapscott
For comprehensive Earth action, an all-of-the-Earth representative democracy is required. That is, a global parliament. — Bob Brown
A messy participatory process is representative democracy at its best. — Mark McKinnon
The digital revolution has deepened the crisis within representative democracy. But as it forces its demise, it might also dictate its future. Traditional representative democracy… — Eduardo Paes
So I think that if we want to have a Congress, if we want to have government that looks like America, if we want to… — Carol Moseley Braun

Who Wrote These Representative Democracy Quotes

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