Democracy is not a mathematical deduction proved once and for all time. Democracy is a just faith fervently held, commitment to be tested again and again in the fiery furnace of history.
… once you acknowledge the fact that Congress is after all made up of citizens elected to represent all of us, you must have some faith in their framing common sense laws.
My abiding faith in the wisdom of our electorate is what gives me hope.
Our democratic faith is more than the creed of our country, it is the inborn hope of our humanity, an ideal we carry but do not own, a trust we bear and pass along. And even after nearly 225 years, we have a long way yet to travel.
My faith in the people governing is, on the whole, infinitesimal; my faith in the people governed is, on the whole, illimitable.
Our government is founded upon the intelligence of the people. I for one do not despair of the republic. I have great confidence in the virtue of the great majority of the people, and I cannot fear the result.
The democratic idealist is prone to make light of the whole question of standards and leadership because of his unbounded faith in the plain people.
An article of the Democratic faith is that greatness lies in each person.
The UPA government is non-serious, it has taken the people for granted & it is not bothered about the youth. Their approach shows lack of faith in democracy. Our goal is to win the trust of the people & give dignity to them.
Public confidence in the integrity of the Government is indispensable to faith in democracy; and when we lose faith in the system, we have lost faith in everything we fight and spend for.
I never underestimate the voters… I think that they are smart and I trust them.
The real problem that I think those of us who are evangelicals and Democrats have to face up to is that the political right controls the religious media.
The discrepancy between American ideals and American practice - between our aims and what we actually do - creates a moral dry rot which eats away at the foundations of our democratic faith.
