#by the people

The word democracy comes from the Greek and means, literally, government by the people. ↗

— Robert Welch

#comes #democracy #government #greek #literally

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

#considered #equally #false #magistrate #modes

If members of the security apparatus could, with impunity, keep from those elected by the people that which they're entitled to know - or worse, feed false information - those who could control the classified data could be the real decision makers. ↗

— Harold H. Greene

#by the people #classified #control #could #data

They may well say not only is this not true, but I will put in an injunction to prevent publication. No, stories don't go in unless I'm convinced by the people who write them that they're true. And if I'm wrong, then so be it. ↗

— Ian Hislop

#convinced #go #i #injunction #may

I also want to draw attention to the responsibilities that people have to live up to their election promises and to live up to the votes that were cast by the people of Wales, in the General Election, in the expectation that we would deliver this promise. ↗

— Ron Davies

#attention #by the people #cast #deliver #draw

Hitler was such an anomalous character - he was so over-the-top chaotic in his approach to statesmanship, his manner and in the violence which overwhelmed the country initially. I think diplomats around the world... felt like something like that simply would not be tolerated by the people of Germany. ↗

— Erik Larson

#around #by the people #chaotic #character #country

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

— Abraham Lincoln

#earth #for the people #government #people #perish

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

— Imelda Marcos

#am #by the people #elected #first #first lady

Marriage and the creation of families has been an integral part of our society since its creation; it should not be defined without the kind of involvement by the people which a constitutional process would require. ↗

— Robert Foster Bennett

#by the people #constitutional #creation #defined #families

Religion is not a popular error; it is a great instinctive truth, sensed by the people, expressed by the people. ↗

— Ernest Renan

#error #expressed #great #instinctive #people