“The Constitution of the United States was made by white men, the citizens and representatives of twelve slaveholding and one non-slaveholding State; and it was made for white men.” MenMadeStatesWhiteUnitedUnited StatesCitizensConstitutionTwelveRepresentativesWhite ManConstitution Of The United States Author:John Henninger Reagan
“It is rather shocking to note that opposition leaders, who are representatives of the wananchi (citizens), are themselves rejecting the participation of the wananchi in this major public issue.” LeaderIssuesCitizensMajorsNotesOppositionRepresentativesParticipationShockingRejecting Author:Amani
“By contrast, China is a repressive regime that denies its citizens the essential freedoms of religion, political dissent and representative self-government.” SelfGovernmentPoliticalCitizensEssentialsChinaDenyRegimesContrastRepresentativesDissentFreedom Of ReligionSelf-government Author:Todd Akin
“I am a big supporter of experiments to complement representative gov't with randomly selected representative bodies of citizens, sure. I think most Americans would be surprised to learn just how much better we are at gov't than our gov't.” ThinkingBodyBigsWould BeCitizensExperimentsRepresentativesSupporterSelectedComplement Author:Lawrence Lessig
“I'm all for experimenting with sortition - randomly selected representative bodies of citizens. But I don't favor direct democracy. We're busy. We have lives. There is reddit. Who has time to work out the right answer to the thousand policy choices a gov't must make all the time?” BodyChoicesAnswersDemocracyPolicyCitizensThousandDirectBusyWork OutFavorsRepresentativesSelectedRight AnswersRedditDirect Democracy Author:Lawrence Lessig
“Government is best which is closest to the people. Yet that belief is betrayed by those State and local officials who engage in denying the right of citizens to vote. Their actions serve only to assure that their State governments and local governments shall be remote from the people, least representative of the people's will and least responsive to the people's wishes.” PeopleStatesGovernmentActionBeliefWishCitizensVoteLocalsOfficialsRepresentativesClosestBetrayedState GovernmentLocal Government Author:Lyndon B. Johnson
“Democracy, finally, rests on a higher power than Parliament. It rests on an informed and cultivated and alert public opinion. The Members of Parliament are only representatives of the citizens. They cannot represent apathy and indifference. They can play the part allotted to them only if they represent intelligence and public spiritness.” IfsPlayOpinionDemocracyHigherCitizensMembersIndifferenceApathyRepresentativesParliamentPublic OpinionHigher PowerMembers Of Parliament Author:Eric Williams
“I would rather have my fate in the hands of 23 representative citizens of the county than in the hands of a politically appointed judge.” HandsFateJudgingCitizensRepresentativesCounty Author:Robert M. Morgenthau
“In many European countries we have populist indirect democratic systems. The people elect, in a proportionate manner, a parliament. The parliament with all its parties is representative of the political opinions among the citizens. It is reasonable to claim that the people rule itself through the political institutions.” PeopleCountryPoliticalPartyOpinionCitizensClaimsInstitutionsDemocraticReasonableRepresentativesParliamentIndirectPopulistEuropean CountriesPolitical OpinionsPolitical Institutions Author:Torbjorn Tannsjo
“I speak as a private citizen and not as a representative of the Executive Branch of the United States government. The impression that people of faith are uniformly opposed to stem-cell research is not documented by surveys. In fact, many people of strong religious conviction think this can be a morally supportable approach.” PeopleThinkingStatesFactsGovernmentSpeakStrongReligiousUnitedUnited StatesCitizensApproachResearchConvictionImpressionCellsBranchesExecutivesRepresentativesStemSurveysState GovernmentStem CellUnited States GovernmentStem Cell ResearchExecutive Branch Author:Richard Dawkins
“I define the terms "founding fathers" and "founders" broadly to include an entire generation or two of Americans from many walks of life who, in the last half of the 18th century and early 19th century, articulated the rights of colonists, secured independence from Great Britain, and established new constitutional republics at both the national and state levels. This definition includes a cast of thousands who played their patriotic part at the local, state, and/or national levels. Among them were citizen soldiers, elected representatives, polemicists, and patriot preachers.” TwoStatesLastsFatherTermWalksLevelsHalfRightsGenerationsCenturyCitizensIndependenceSoldierCastsDefinitionsLocalsBritainPatrioticRepublicPreacherRepresentativesFoundersPatriotFounding19th CenturyGreat BritainSecuredWalks Of Life18th CenturyColonists Author:Daniel L Dreisbach
“The president felt that it was important to send an ordinary citizen to experience the excitement of space travel as a representative for all Americans.” ImportantHouseFeltPresidentSpaceCitizensTravelOrdinaryExcitementRepresentativesFunny TravelSpace TravelOrdinary Citizens Author:Christa McAuliffe