By The People Quotes

Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth.
Abraham Lincoln

Government, Earth, Shall

Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.
Oscar Wilde

Democracy, Means, Simply

On account of being a democracy and run by the people, we are the only nation in the world that has to keep a government four years, no matter what it does.
Will Rogers

Government, Democracy, Keep

There is too much government today. We've got to remember the government should be by the people, of the people, and for the people.
Ray Bradbury

Government, Today, Remember

There are not enough jails, not enough police, not enough courts to enforce a law not supported by the people.
Hubert H. Humphrey

Law, Enough, Police

The people's government, made for the people, made by the people, and answerable to the people.
Daniel Webster

Government, Made, Answerable

With the people, for the people, by the people. I crack up when I hear it; I say, with the handful, for the handful, by the handful, cause that's what really happens.
Fannie Lou Hamer

Happens, Hear, Cause

I am First Lady by accident. I was not elected by the people but here I am.
Imelda Marcos

Here, Accident, Lady

Anarchy may await America, due to the daily injustices suffered by the people.
Louis Farrakhan

Daily, May, America

I like to be fascinated by the people I photograph. Sometimes I don't admire them but I'm interested in them.
Eric Cantona

Sometimes, Interested, Admire

Man's naked form belongs to no particular moment in history; it is eternal, and can be looked upon with joy by the people of all ages.
Auguste Rodin

History, Joy, Moment

The various modes of worship which prevailed in the Roman world were all considered by the people as equally true; by the philosopher as equally false; and by the magistrate as equally useful.
Edward Gibbon

True, Useful, False

This is a country for, of, and by the people not for, of, and by the government. If we turn it over to them we cannot complain about what they're doing because this is a natural course of men and we have to hold their feet to the fire.
Benjamin Carson

Men, Government, Fire

Television news is now entertainment, and the stories are being written by the people that have a special interest in them.
James Taylor

Special, Interest, Television

I'm competitive, so I don't like to feel marginalized by the people who sell a lot of records.
Liz Phair

I want to be the candidate placed on the ballot by the people, not the party.
Andrew Cuomo

Party, Candidate, Ballot

When we talk about justice in America we're really talking about justice brought about by the people, not by judges who are tools of the establishment or prosecutors who are are equally tools of the establishment or the wardens or the police officers.
William Kunstler

Justice, America, Talk

I thought it might be a good move to get into a beauty contest so I tried for Miss Pennsylvania and won. I think that helped me get noticed, at least by the people of Pennsylvania.
Sharon Stone

Beauty, Good, Thought

This Bible is for the government of the people, by the people and for the people.
John Wycliffe

Government, Bible

Nothing is worse, or more of a breach of the social contract between citizen and state, than for government officials, bureaucrats and agencies to waste the money entrusted to them by the people they serve.
Bob Riley

Money, Government, Nothing

Creole is New Orleans city food. Communities were created by the people who wanted to stay and not go back to Spain or France.
Paul Prudhomme

Food, Wanted, Stay

Support for peaceful reform by the people themselves is the right way to promote democracy, not the use of force.
Paul Wolfowitz

Democracy, Themselves, Support

I deeply believe that if the Australian Labor Party, a party of which I have been a proud member for more than 30 years, is to have the best future for our nation, then it must change fundamentally its culture and to end the power of faceless men. Australia must be governed by the people, not by the factions.
Kevin Rudd

Change, Men, Power

I am determined to honour the confidence which has been extended to us by the people of our great land. And I say to all of those who have voted for us today, I say to each and every one of them that I will be a prime minister for all Australians.
Kevin Rudd

Great, Today, Confidence

I was elected by the people of Australia as Prime Minister of Australia. I was elected to do a job, I intend to continue doing that job. I intend to continue doing it to the absolute best of my ability. Part of that job has been to steer this country through the worst economic crisis the world has seen in 75 years.
Kevin Rudd

Best, Crisis, Job

I conclude where I began, I was elected by the people of Australia to do a job. I was not elected by the factional leaders of Australia, of the Australian Labor Party to do a job - though they may be seeking to do a job on me, that's a separate matter. The challenge therefore is to honour the mandate given to me by the Australian people.
Kevin Rudd

Job, May, Challenge

The possibility of my presidential candidacy emerged spontaneously in public opinion polls. For my part, I noticed people's affection when I was doing work on the ground. I think the important thing is that my candidacy was born from citizens themselves, driven by the people and which the parties picked up favorably.
Michelle Bachelet

Work, Important, Opinion

We believe the currently one cannot speak of a revolutionary situation, just as there is no concrete possibilities of an immediate and comprehensive assumption of power by the people.
Joe Slovo

Power, Cannot, Speak

The basic principle which I believe has contributed more than any other to the building of our business as it is today, is the ownership of our company by the people employed in it.
James E. Casey

Business, Today, Company

The right of petition, I have said, was not conferred on the People by the Constitution, but was a pre-existing right, reserved by the People out of the grants of power made to Congress.
Caleb Cushing

Power, Made, Said

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