Fellow citizens Quote by Millard Fillmore

Being 'at the mercy of legislative majorities' is merely another way of describing the basic American plan: representative democracy.

— Robert Bork

It is you, our citizens, who make the state of our union strong.

— Barack Obama

As a man of the Congress, let me reaffirm my conviction that the collective wisdom of our two great legislative bodies while not infallible…

— Gerald R. Ford

“My little friend Grildrig; you have made a most admirable panegyrick upon your country. You have clearly proved that ignorance, idleness, and vice, are…

— Jonathan Swift

“Legislators represent people, not trees or acres. Legislators are elected by voters, not farms or cities or economic interests. As long as ours is…

— Earl Warren

An unvirtuous citizenry tend to elect representatives who will pander to their covetous lustings.

— Ezra Taft Benson

“But whoever seriously considers the immense extent of territory comprehended within the limits of the United States, together with the variety of its climates,…

— George Clinton

In this distribution of powers the wisdom of our constitution is manifested. It is the province and duty of the Executive to preserve to…

— Alexander Hamilton

If we are to build grassroots respect for the institutions and processes that constitute democracy, the state must treat its citizens as real citizens…

— Mo Ibrahim

“American democracy rests on a foundation of competing tensions among local, state, and federal laws,”

— Ted Koppel

I love working the legislative process.

— Kate Brown

It's our duty in Congress to bring the voices of our communities to Washington.

— Lucy McBath