Ilhan Omar Quotes

Canadians want to elect good people to be their voice in Ottawa.

Anyone who's had a casual conversation with his neighbors or is cognizant of reality TV should already be petrified of democracy.

Look, the people will elect the government they think best.

I felt like there was a real opportunity to help people understand that if you're concerned about what's happening in Washington, then you have voice. And that voice is your vote.

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.

I think the American people should express their preferences, and we'll accept their choice.

I feel a real responsibility to my community and so right now there has been this bizarre myth in our community how our vote doesn't count. I'm trying to get out there and re-educate on how the government works and break that myth and talk about the importance of being involved.

El Salvador is a democracy so it's not surprising that there are many voices to be heard here. Yet in my conversations with Salvadorans... I have heard a single voice.

Everybody has a say, everybody has a voice, because everyone that comes to the House had about 750,000 people they're representing. And you want those voices heard.

Voters do not decide issues. They decide who will decide issues.

How many fools does it take to make up a public?

I trust the American people. They almost always get it right …

When somebody contributes to a campaign, that is democracy at work.

Democracy is about aggregating the collective power of citizens to speak in their behalf.

It is citizen participation that nourishes the strength of a democracy.

Democracy is much too important to be left to public opinion.

All people have the duty and the right to participate in public debate.

In a democracy, in a functioning democracy, what would be happening is that popular organizations, unions, political groupings, others would be developing their programs, putting them forth, insisting that their representatives implement those programs.

Democracy, of course, requires strong demands from the public.

I have always said that I believe in the people's right to vote on an issue.

Our democracy works because the parties air and debate their differences in public.

Democracy is something you have to participate in.

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

Politics is a conversation between the contestant and the voter.

Democracy requires an informed citizenry able to question its government.