Abandon Quote by Walter Lippmann

What the public does is not to express its opinions but to align itself for or against a proposal. If that theory is accepted,…

— Walter Lippmann

“It is our theory that the people own the government, not that the government should own the people.”

— Calvin Coolidge

“I consider the central idea pervading this struggle is the necessity that is upon us, of proving that popular govenment is not an absurdity.…

— Abraham Lincoln

“For my part I consider the central idea pervading this struggle is the necessity that is upon us of proving that popular government is…

— Shelby Foote

We believe that to govern perfectly it is necessary to avoid governing too much.

— James Hilton

“By making the government a combination of elected officials and citizen-backed initiatives and referenda, there can truly be a government of the people, by…

— Victoria Stoklasa

We have a small faction, and they are a minority, who believe they are there to govern. Then there is the majority of us…

— Tom DeLay

“Government in and of itself is the foremost agent for destroying order and imposing chaos." "To accept the legitimacy of the state is to…

— L.K. Samuels

Let the people think they govern and they will be governed.

— William Penn

“In national politics, where you are one of some twenty million voters, your influence is infinitesimal unless you are exceptional or occupy an exceptional…

— Bertrand Russell

In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem. From time to time we've been tempted to…

— Ronald Reagan

The conception that government should be guided by majority opinion makes sense only if that opinion is independent of government. The ideal of democracy…

— Friedrich August von Hayek