If there was one decision I would overrule, it would be 'Citizens United.' I think the notion that we have all the democracy that money can buy strays so far from what our democracy is supposed to be.
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I think the notion that we have all the democracy that money can buy strays so far from what our democracy is supposed to be.
Let the people decide whom to vote for, who has more authority. And only people, only our citizens, are able to place the final emphasis, voting for this or that person or political force, or rejecting it. That's democracy.
It's not up to one individual to decide, 'I'm going to dictate the outcome of what's going to happen legislatively.' That is not a democracy; it's an atrocity.
Democracy, it appears, is a bit chancy. But its chances also depend on what we do ourselves.
Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.
Democracy... while it lasts is more bloody than either aristocracy or monarchy. Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There is never a democracy that did not commit suicide.
Democracy... is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder; and dispensing a sort of equality to equals and unequals alike.
Democracy is an experimental system. I like it when states try out new ideas. I think we ought to expand, not contract, our federalist system.
Remember one thing about democracy. We can have anything we want and at the same time, we always end up with exactly what we deserve.
So long as we have enough people in this country willing to fight for their rights, we'll be called a democracy.