Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and senators and congressmen and government officials, but the voters of this country.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
We, as citizens, are the true owners of government.
No power on earth is greater than a mind and soul reawakened. Our Constitution begins 'we the people', not 'us the government'.
As citizens of the United States, we are stewards of this magnificent thing called democracy.
Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves.
The whole idea of a democracy is that we ourselves, the people, are supposed to make a path of our politics, and it is we who with our feet and our vote and our labors and our vigilance are supposed to shape our country.
Ours is a fully democratic government, which in our language we call a people's government.
Democracy is a device that insures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.
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.
We shouldn't waste any more time in making sure that democracy is properly rooted in our political life and the supremacy of the law becomes an integral part of our state's structure.
Above all we should not forget that government is an evil, a usurpation upon the private judgement and individual conscience of mankind.