Citizens Quote by Torbjorn Tannsjo

The US two party system is very different, of course. Here the people decides about who should rule them, but it is not reasonable…

— Torbjorn Tannsjo

Europe has shown how government can be organised in a network. Its institutions both compete and co-operate and include a directly elected parliament that…

— Geoff Mulgan

It is national parliaments, which are, and will remain, the true source of real democratic legitimacy and accountability in the EU.

— David Cameron

Gentl, I am a party man. I believe that, without party, Parliamentary government is impossible. I look upon Parliamentary government as the noblest government…

— Benjamin Disraeli

People live with the illusion that we have a democratic system, but it's only the outward form of one. In reality we live in…

— Jose Saramago

There were free elections in Bulgaria, where the opposition has just won. In a democracy, the government is a reflection of society because people…

— Adam Michnik

Look, there is parliamentary democracy in most European countries, there is parliamentary democracy in Japan, there is parliamentary democracy in many countries, but in…

— Vladimir Putin

Democracy, finally, rests on a higher power than Parliament. It rests on an informed and cultivated and alert public opinion. The Members of Parliament…

— Eric Williams

When I saw how the European Union was developing, it was very obvious what they had in mind was not democratic. In Britain, you…

— Tony Benn

And under our system, much like you see in the U.K., of course, a party working with another party can form a coalition and…

— Rick Mercer

European government is a clear expression I still use, you need time, but step by step, as in the Austrian case, the European Commission…

— Romano Prodi

Democracy is not a form of government, but a form of social organisation.

— B. R. Ambedkar