Accountability Quote by Vaclav Klaus

Democratic accountability means that governments must be popularly accepted, with citizens empowered to replace corrupt or incompetent rulers.

— Raghuram Rajan

The White House alone cannot hold its opponents accountable.

— Paul Weyrich

Democratic government can rise no higher than the intelligence, purpose and conscience of the individual citizen.

— Ritu Ghatourey

Candor and accountability in a democracy is very important. Hypocrisy has no place.

— Alan Dershowitz

Democracy can't function without an informed citizenry.

— Ryan Shapiro

You cannot force a country to do something that is against its own interests or against the democratic process.

— Marine Le Pen

If you cannot get rid of the people who govern you, you do not live in a democratic system.

— Tony Benn

Voters cannot hold officials responsible if they do not know what government is doing, or which parts of government are doing what.

— George Will

Democratic nation states remain far more capable of managing the circuit of coercion, taxation and legitimation than any transnational bodies.

— Geoff Mulgan

A fanatical belief in democracy makes democratic institutions impossible.

— Bertrand Russell

You cannot bring democracy to a country by attacking it.

— Akbar Ganji

A functioning democracy cannot stand when its people do not trust their leaders to uphold the law.

— Raja Krishnamoorthi