Another way Quote by Robert Bork

Upon you, fellow-citizens, as the representatives of the States and the people, is wisely devolved the legislative power.

— Millard Fillmore

I say further that for this great legislative body to ignore the Constitution and the fundamental concepts of our governmental system is to act…

— Barry Goldwater

“Representative government is artifice, a political myth, designed to conceal from the masses the dominance of a self-selected, self-perpetuating, and self-serving traditional ruling class.”

— Giuseppe Prezzolini

“The people are committed to ruinous policies, all without noticing. They have neither the experience nor the time to study all these laws and…

— Mikhail Bakunin

The institution of representative government to us seems an essential part of democracy, but the ancients never thought of it. Its immense merit was…

— Bertrand Russell

We need to be constantly reminded that this is a representative democracy, and we need to be in tune to what people are talking…

— Ilhan Omar

My big idea is that democracy can only work properly if you have truly representative people at the table.

— Pramila Jayapal

“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

The important thing to understand about legislators is that there are dozens of competing interests and issues that occupy them. They are stretched thin.

— Mark Shields

We need to balance between democracy and law and order.

— Nguyen Phu Trong

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

How can we even call this a Democracy when the House, the Senate, the White House, and now the Supreme Court are all controlled…

— Krystal Ball