Lawrence Lessig Quotes

Everybody's vote should count equally in the United States.

Every citizen of this country should be guaranteed that their vote matters, that their vote is counted, and that in the voting booth, their vote has a much weight as that of any CEO, any member of Congress, or any President.

The principle, that should be a fundamental principle in our democracy, the principle of "one person, one vote," says that the vote of every American should count equally. And if it does, Hillary Clinton should be the president of the United States.

If the people of the Middle East are not sure what democracy means, let them look to Israel.

I cannot too often repeat that Democracy is a word the real gist of which still sleeps, quite unawakened, notwithstanding the resonance and the many angry tempests out of which its syllables have come, from pen or tongue. It is a great word, whose history, I suppose, remains unwritten because that history has yet to be enacted.

Fair votes - fundamentally - are about the rights and the interests of the people.

Elected representatives are so embedded in the basic notion of what constitutes a democratic nation that it has become indistinguishable from any other form of democratic governance.

To finalize, the purpose of an election is to hear the will of the people, not to fabricate votes.

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.

I am sure that every one of my colleagues - Democrat, Republican, and Independent - agrees with that statement. That in the voting booth, every one is equal.

By what right do you refuse to accept the vote of a citizen of the United States?

Elections ought to be equal. Elections are equal, when a given number of citizens, in one part of the State, choose as many representatives, as are chosen by the same number of citizens, in any other part of the state.

The conception of political equality can mean only one thing—one person–one vote.

A government is not in power. It is in office, put there by the will of the people.

If you ever doubt that the people are the boss in a democracy, run for office. Even the President is a hired hand.

One of the cornerstones of our democracy is the peaceful transition of power.

A major part of living in a representative form of government is giving citizens the right to choose and be treated equally.

In a democracy, nothing is more sacred than the mandate given by the people.

Every citizen's vote should count in America, not just the votes of partisan insiders in the Electoral College.

Democracy is a system where people are counted not weighed.

The question of education has nothing to do with the question of the vote. On numerous occasions it has been proved in history that people can enjoy the vote even if they have no education.

I am not running for mayor yet. But if it comes to be true that people cannot voice an opinion unless they have been elected, then we are no longer in a democracy.

Why will our elections be equal? Because neither differences in regard to property (differences partly existing) nor differences of race and nationality will cause any privileges or disadvantages. Women will enjoy the right to elect and be elected equally with men. Our elections will be really equal.

One-man-one-vote is a most difficult form of government.. Results can be erratic.

This is the democratic process at work, What you're seeing with this process is the Iraqi people embracing American-style democracy.