Azmi Shuaibi Quotes

If the Election be made by the People in large Districts, there will be no danger of Demagogues.

Democracy in the United States takes politicians who are reasonable in private and it churns them through a public process that is almost tailor-made to undermine their virtues. Perpetually kissing up to the voters destroys the leadership qualities the voters are looking for in the first place: tranquility of spirit, independence of mind and a sensitivity to the contours and complexity of reality.

Everyone is against me - except the people!

Politicians around the world are very different, but they all have one thing in common: The first thing they respond to is public opinion.

Apparently, a democracy is a place where numerous elections are held at great cost without issues and with interchangeable candidates.

Unfortunately, I think it's very difficult to separate policy from politics. In a perfect world, in some instances, you probably would want to. In other instances, you'd probably say that the political element is important because it should, in a perfect world, match what the stakeholders need or want, or what the public is after.

A lot of politicians say they want to get people out to vote; sometimes you can't totally believe they really want that.

Democracy consists of choosing your dictators, after they've told you what you think it is you want to hear.

We've got to trust the politicians with these decisions.

In a democracy, supposedly we hold power by what we do at the ballot box, so therefore the more we know about political power the better our choices should be and the better, in theory, our democracy should be.

Politics in a democracy is transactional: Politicians seek votes by promising to do things for voters, who seek promises in exchange for their votes.

If you're a politician and all you care about is staying in office, you're worried about a small group of voters in your district who vote in the primary. If you're a corporation, you need to be much more in synch with public opinion, because you're appealing to people across the spectrum. Ironically, a lot of corporations have to be far more democratic than democratically elected officials.

There is constantly a war going on between the two parties for the populist vote. The populist vote is always the swing vote.

I no longer wish to take part in this circus of populism ...

We already have term limits. They’re called elections.

Good politicians listen to the people.

In a new democracy, the most important election is the second election.

What does democracy come down to? The persuasive power of slogans invented by wily self-seeking politicians.

We have a Congress to serve the people who provide the money.

I am not a politician. A politician is someone who does things to get elected. He's a guy who says things to please the public, that he thinks the public wants to hear, and his story changes with every passing day. I want to be elected, but I am not going to say a damn thing for your benefit, or that person's benefit out there on the street, or anybody's

Whenever you take a stand on an issue, people will line up around the block to kick your ass over it. By having an opinion, you make yourself a target. Why do you think Congress likes to hide behind closed doors at decision-making time?

Our concepts of ballot-box democracy may need to be modified to produce strong governments capable of making difficult decisions

I consider biennial elections as a security that the sober, second thought of the people shall be law.

Our American elections have been fought between parties which, roughly, have represented the forces advocating change and those preferring stability.

India’s democracy has dissolved into … a system totally dominated by electoral victories and defeats. The moment you enter office, you begin to think of the next election.