Maya Angelou Quotes

A State which has universal suffrage and a wide extension of the jury franchise, must qualify the people by education to rightly exercise the great powers with which they are invested.

My primary motivation for running for the 9th Congressional District is that I strongly believe that one of the hallmarks of the American democracy is a representative form of democracy.

To lead a country, you must periodically hold a national consultation in which people representing different programmes can make a bid for power.

No citizen is apolitical; as a citizen, by definition, has to take interest in public affairs.

Trumpeting the importance of voting deludes people into thinking that they have a leash on the government.

We enter parliament in order to supply ourselves, in the arsenal of democracy, with its own weapons…. If democracy is so stupid as to give us free tickets and salaries for this … work, that is its affair.

Public participation in the process of government is the essence of democracy.

Our constitutional democracy demands our participation, not just every four years, but all the time.

I've always felt like in a democracy - this is how I was raised - that as a citizen, it's your duty to work hard for the agenda of the country.

Americans need to be engaged and invested in the legislative process that affects their daily lives, otherwise we are just democracy in name only.

Our constitutional democracy demands our participation, all the time.

I think we need politicians; we need people who want to serve.

Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and senators and congressmen and government officials, but the voters of this country.

I do not know much about politics, but I am trying to do the best I can with this administration until the time shall come for me to turn it over to somebody else.

I very, very much want to be involved in helping those senators, congressmen, and women who support the principles that made America great.

No matter where you stand politically - even if you're unsure of what your political ideology is - it is important to take part in the process of shaping our government.

Let's say there are 500 sons and daughters like you in each state. Then we could control the government.

I came into American politics and into this political system proud of politics and the way we make decisions.

I am proud to be in the Senate. I have always been proud to be a part of our political system. It is a remarkable privilege to participate in this system of ours.

The value of government to the people it serves is in direct relationship to the interest citizens themselves display in the affairs of state.

Anything important is never left to the vote of the people. We only get to vote on some man; we never get to vote on what he is to do.

I feel it's a person's duty to participate in the governing of the country in which he lives.

The democratic process is only as great as the people who participate in it.

The great constitutional corrective in the hands of the people against usurpation of power, or corruption by their agents is the right of suffrage; and this when used with calmness and deliberation will prove strong enough.

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.