Goals Quote by Nancy MacLean

That the people have a right to uniform government; and, therefore, that no government separate from, or independent of the government of Virginia, ought…

— George Mason

The People of Virginia declare and make known that the powers granted under the Constitution being derived from the People of the United States…

— Anonymous

Let’s not forget that American democracy started with ‘We the People’ agreeing to work hard to create ‘a more perfect union.’ We’ve lost the…

— Parker J. Palmer

“So we passed, hand-cuffed and in silence, through the streets of Washington through the Capital of a nation, whose theory of government, we are…

— Solomon Northup

Now, no one expects us to agree on everything, whether in Juneau or in Washington. But we are expected to govern with integrity and…

— Sarah

“Democracy commits us to value, preserve and uphold the rights, dignity, and well-being of all, including our neighbors, those who are different than us,…

— Diane Kalen-Sukra

“The opportunity to live our lives as we will; the security of impartial law, through which our grievances are answered and our hurts restored;…

— Roger Scruton

“Is a democracy, such as we know it, the last improvement possible in government? Is it not possible to take a step further towards…

— Henry David Thoreau

“He said, ‘The government of the people, by the people, and for the people, has one duty above all others: it must preserve the…

— Tim LaHaye

“Once more, we will have a government of, by and for the people.”

— David Horowitz

“If the United States sinks into political paralysis, its epitaph could well be, “government of the people, by the people, for the people.”

— John Micklethwait

As a civil society, our task is to pressure governments into democratic changes.

— Jordi Cuixart