American democracy Quote by George Will

Having a representative democracy requires the confidence of the voters in the system. And if voters lose confidence in the system they can make…

— Richard Painter

The effect of a representative democracy is to refine and enlarge the public views, by passing them through the medium of a chosen body…

— James Madison

The American experiment with representative democracy has been a great success, but we need to realize that it needs to be a genuine representative…

— Richard Painter

We live in a representative democracy, characterized by free and fair elections and peaceful transfers of power. After most elections, roughly half of Americans…

— Todd Young

American democracy is supposed to be the paradigm for the rest of the world, and it no longer is. Citizens cannot be guaranteed that…

— Robert F. Kennedy, Jr

American voting districts are, across a lot of the country, deeply messed up by having been gerrymandered by right-wing politicians.

— Timothy Morton

There are elements of democracy in votes here and there in America. But in the actual structure of the government, we're a representative republic.

— Rush Limbaugh

Rather than a democracy, we increasingly have an elective dictatorship. People are merely permitted to choose who will violate the laws and the Constitution.

— James Bovard

There's a big difference in a representative republic and a democracy. We do not have a democracy in America.

— Rush Limbaugh

Representative democracy is a remarkably blunt instrument. Hundreds of issues are bundled together at every election, yet the vote tends to swing on just…

— George Monbiot

Democracy is about electoral competition.

— Mehbooba Mufti

My primary motivation for running for the 9th Congressional District is that I strongly believe that one of the hallmarks of the American democracy…

— Willie Herenton