Jair Bolsonaro Quotes

Our country is too big for union, too sordid for patriotism, too democratic for liberty.

I think I'm pretty politically informed, and I find myself watching Senate hearings on C-SPAN.

Presidents come from the people and the should return to the people.

In this country the government responds to the people, not the other way around.

We believe in American government, and we fully expect that those who now denigrate it, and even despise it, will soon or late find themselves turning to it in necessity, even desperation.

In the democracy we live in today, it takes crisis to get the politics moving.

It's important and good to email the Federal Communications Commission, and it's important and good to educate your friends via social media about what's happening. But in a representative democracy, the way to get policy changes is through elections.

I actually find that Canadians are incredibly interested in democracy, and alarmed when they realize that the Prime Minister's Office is controlling virtually everything that goes on within the federal government.

In democracies, we aren't always governed by the people or the parties that we voted for. But when officials are elected, we must respect their authority, as long as they're exercising that authority within the bounds of whatever regulatory frameworks are in place to guide them.

Elections remind us not only of the rights but the responsibilities of citizenship in a democracy.

Our democracy... is only as good as the American people demand it should be.

The American people should not be footing the bill for federal employees who stonewall Congress or rewarding government officials' bad behavior.

The president can violate the law, and when he does, he is supposed to be held accountable. That is supposed to be one of the pillars of our democracy.

If the government and judiciary start working together then who will raise people's issues?

If you follow my tweets, you know, my attention and anxiety have been increasingly focused on the plight of our democracy.

In the mother of parliaments, it is not too much to ask that our politicians stand up for all our best interests.

If everybody just stops caring about politics, we're going to lose the reins on our government.

I will fight hard for my constituents in Congress as I have done in the state Senate.

It's easy to have strong, visceral feelings about disrespecting America. It's harder to get passionate about tax law.

No one questions the right of individuals to go to the Central Lobby to explain their views to their own Member of Parliament. It is important for those in power to hear arguments in favour of policies from all sides and ought to lead to better decision-making.

We know that when people are civically engaged, when they understand what their rights are, when they understand that in a democracy you can challenge governments, you can challenge policymakers, and you can... actually shape and form future policy, I think it changes the perception that a lot of young people have about where power is.

In times of crisis, we are made to feel we should scrutinise our government's actions less closely, when surely that's when we should pay closest attention.

Regardless of what side of the issue you are on, the release of the Mueller Report is essential to restoring faith in our government.

The American people didn't send us to Congress to post our sympathies on social media. You can do that without going through the trouble of getting elected to Congress. This job is about setting rules that better protect us and our children.

Our country has laws to protect whistleblowers and to protect the security of our elections, both of which are fundamental to our democracy.