Abstract Quote by Jurgen Habermas

Voting is the foundational act that breathes life into the principle of the consent of the governed.

— DeForest Soaries

“Though it is disguised by the illusion that a bureaucracy accountable to a majority of voters, and susceptible to the pressure of organized minorities,…

— Walter Lippmann

“Citizens hold a powerful tool: the ability to choose civility at the ballot box. That choice has ripple effects. When we elect leaders who…

— Diane Kalen-Sukra

The very act of voting is a political act.

— Aparna Sen

“Within the reigning social order, the general public must remain an object of manipulation, not a participant in thought, debate, and decision.”

— Noam Chomsky

Efficiency in an assembly requires a solid mass of steady votes; and these are collected by a deferential attachment to particular men, or by…

— Walter Bagehot

Legitimacy is the elixir of political power.

— Fareed Zakaria

Any government, of whatever composition, needs to mobilise opinion way beyond its own ranks in order to do the difficult things that it does.

— Nick Clegg

Our submission defines our authority

— Bradley Cooper

“All obstructions to the execution of the laws, all combinations and associations, under whatever plausible character, with the real design to direct, control, counteract,…

— George Washington

The best results in the operation of a government wherein every citizen has a share largely depend upon a proper limitation of the purely…

— Grover Cleveland

Voting is like alchemy - taking an abstract value and breathing life into it.

— Sharon Salzberg