Representative Government Quotes

27 quotes by 23 authors

It's harder to end a war than begin one. Indeed, everything that American troops have done in Iraq -- all the fighting and all the… — Barack Obama
I trust that the proposed Constitution afford a genuine specimen of representative government and republican government; and that it will answer, in an eminent degree,… — Alexander Hamilton
Sure the people are stupid: the human race is stupid. Sure Congress is an inefficient instrument of government. But the people are not stupid enough… — Bernard DeVoto
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
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
I am very optimistic about -- about Iraq. I mean, this could be one of the great achievements of this administration. You're going to see… — Joe Biden
Without freedom of the press, there can be no representative government. — Charles Maurice de Talleyrand
I believe that it is my duty and your duty to teach our children concerning this great God-inspired Constitution, this great law of liberty which… — Charles W. Nibley
We're leaving behind a sovereign, stable and self-reliant Iraq with a representative government that was elected by its people. We're building a new partnership between… — Barack Obama
If liberty is worth keeping and free representative government worth saving, we must stand for all American fundamentals-not some, but all. All are woven into… — Albert J. Beveridge
The government being the peoples business, it necessarily follows that its operations should be at all times open to the public view. Publicity is therefore… — William Jennings Bryan
When the people are too much attached to savage independence, to be tolerant of the amount of power to which it is for their good… — John Stuart Mill
If all goes well, the Iraqis are going to have a country that's going to have a representative government and will be at peace with… — Douglas J. Feith
The word 'security' is a broad, vague generality whose contours should not be invoked to abrogate the fundamental law embodied in the First Amendment. The… — Hugo Black
That fatal drollery called a representative government. — Benjamin Disraeli
The power of the silent filibuster to distort Senate politics is now accepted on Capitol Hill and by the press as normal and not worth… — Juan Williams
Even if they were willing to let you remove your Pride from the council's collective influenceâ€”and they won't beâ€”there's a reason the council exists. We… — Rachel Vincent
Consequently, citizen legislators, rotating back to their communities after a short period of public serviceâ€”considered an indispensable and routine characteristic and design of representative government… — Mark Levin
Tyranny is the political corollary of socialism, as representative government is the political corollary of the market economy. — Ludwig von Mises
Representative government demands an ongoing conversation between legislators and constituents. — Alan Siegel

Who Wrote These Representative Government Quotes

23 authors contributed a total of 27 Representative Government Quotes as follows: