Top 88 By The People Quotes

Words matter. These are the best By The People Quotes from famous people such as Rob Walton, Urmila Matondkar, Lysander Spooner, Kay Ivey, John Jay Hooker, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.

The violence in society, I'm afraid, is perpetrated by

The violence in society, I’m afraid, is perpetrated by the people at the top.
Rob Walton
The first lesson of politics or, at least, democracy is that it is a government by the people and for the people, isn’t it? What makes the person a big leader or a big name is only what the person has done for the people.
Urmila Matondkar
Our Constitution does not profess to have been established simply by the majority, but by ‘the people’ – the minority as much as the majority.
Lysander Spooner
To have a government for and by the people, the people should be appointed to serve on state entities, not lobbyists who have an interest in representing their client rather than representing the folks of Alabama.
Kay Ivey
But there will be no justice, there will be no government of the people, by the people, and for the people, as long as the government and its officials permit bribery in any form.
John Jay Hooker
We here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain – that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom – and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.
Abraham Lincoln
This Bible is for the government of the people, by the people and for the people.
John Wycliffe
The most profound lessons about journalism I’ve learned have been taught to me by the people I’ve covered.
Jodi Kantor
I think that’s part of the beautiful game. It’s kind of this special relationship that happens in football, where you get kind of influenced by the people around you and the different cultures around you and it allows you to grow and develop.
Tobin Heath
The word democracy comes from the Greek and means, literally, government by the people.
Robert W. Welch, Jr.
Our government is for the people, by the people – and no one can orchestrate a hostile takeover. We, the people, control our destiny.
Trish Regan
Religion is not a popular error; it is a great instinctive truth, sensed by the people, expressed by the people.
Ernest Renan
No art that is not in the end understood by the People can live or ever did live a single generation.
Frank Norris
We are proud to be the No. 1 most funded film on Indiegogo… and with a totally new property. In a world filled with sequels and reboots, Lazer Team is a brand-new IP being made possible by the people who want to see it.
Burnie Burns
Some of what is being said about me is untrue or mischaracterized, but there is enough truth in these stories to make me feel embarrassed and ashamed. I regret that my shame is now shared by the people I cherish dearly.
Matt Lauer
In Washington, I have worked hard for the people, and I’ve been loved by the people.
Marion Barry
My music was liked by the people.
Demis Roussos
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
I retire every time I’m done with a movie. Then I go back. You know, I enjoy sleep. But I love to work; it’s fun for me. As long as it continues to be fun, and I’m tolerated by the people around me, I will do it.
Harrison Ford
My real mother is a survivor, very strong and respected by the people who know her, but our relationship is not easy – but then, it was never going to be.
Lemn Sissay
Into The Gloss is buoyed by the people on it, the people who read it and discuss it, and the people who work on it.
Emily Weiss
In the community, in the African-American community, one person ought to say something, and that is the minister. The minister is paid by the people. He doesn’t work for a big company. He doesn’t represent a particular special interest.
Clementa C. Pinckney
If I can save 25 billion dollars in terms of reduction of import, I will be adding one percent to the GDP. By conserving the oil energy by the people, the GDP will become 5.5 percent, and this will change the economy of the country.
Veerappa Moily
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.
Ben Carson
In the years that I worked in museums, first as a summer student and eventually as a curator, one of the primary lessons I learned was this: History is shaped by the people who seek to preserve it. We, of the present, decide what to keep, what to put on display, what to put into storage, and what to discard.
Susanna Kearsley
Under the French system, you have to take into consideration that every five years, the president is directly elected by the people. He’s the one that has the legitimacy.
Emmanuel Macron
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
Republican liberty depends on citizen participation, on a government that is of, for, and by the people.
Josh Hawley
I am quite amazed how, when people earn lots of money, they think they have to spend it on things that give them access to the club constituted by the people who are in their tax bracket.
Mark Haddon
The majority of our happiness at work is determined by the people who surround us. Strong teams produce more content, launch more products, and sign more contracts. And most importantly, they have fun doing it.
Julia Hartz
Grooming a successor, is it an inheritance? In a democratic party, you don’t want leaders appointed that way. They have to be appointed properly by the people.
Robert Mugabe
I want to be the candidate placed on the ballot by the

I want to be the candidate placed on the ballot by the people, not the party.
Andrew Cuomo
I count my friends in my life by the people who are there when you need them.
Matt Rhule
I learned then that an actor must always be himself, and must not be influenced by the people with whom he works.
Lorne Greene
Anarchy may await America, due to the daily injustices suffered by the people.
Louis Farrakhan
Some of the greatest films and television have only been seen by the people that make them. And some of the greatest music is only heard by the people who make it.
Jussie Smollett
Our nation was founded on the principle that our government should be of the people, by the people, and for the people – where all people are treated equally, and with respect, in these United States of America.
Tulsi Gabbard
If I had chosen the populist course, it would have been a breach of the trust placed in me by the people.
Narendra Modi
I had no desire to coach college until I went to college. Then I said, ‘Maybe I can do this.’ You get inspired by the people around you who move you and light a fire under you.
John Calipari
Television news is now entertainment, and the stories are being written by the people that have a special interest in them.
James Taylor
In my view, stability only comes with a government that is elected by the people and works for the people.
Mohamed ElBaradei
Getting to where Delaware State is today was a challenge my friends – a challenge proudly met by the people of this community and the Delaware State family.
Michael N. Castle
The court makes an amazing amount of decisions that ought to be made by the people.
Antonin Scalia
If I have any complaints about my youth… one is that many well-meaning adults lied to me. Not spiteful lies with malicious intent but lies designed to prevent emotional and psychological pain – lies told by the people who cared about me most: my parents, teachers, relatives.
Chris Crutcher
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
In the 1999 resolution regarding Taiwan’s future passed by the Democratic Progressive Party, it is stated very clearly that any change to the status quo of Taiwan must be decided by the people of Taiwan through referenda.
Chen Shui-bian
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
Ours is a government elected by the people and it will not succumb to threats.
Nawaz Sharif
What matters is that the majority of American people have become complacent in a senseless injustice that occurs all around them. What matters is that most American politicians have become more easily swayed by money than by the people who voted them into office.
Emma Gonzalez
The Internet is by the people, for the people.
Kim Dotcom
Had it not been for the groundswell of support by the people of India, we would not have seen such a huge exercise of demonetisation bounce off without a single riot or a single law and order issue.
Arundhati Bhattacharya
I couldn’t be more proud to be in the NBA, to be with the Celtics and be surrounded by the people I get to go to work with every day.
Brad Stevens
I like to be fascinated by the people I photograph. Sometimes I don’t admire them but I’m interested in them.
Eric Cantona
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
The party is defined by the people that are in it, not necessarily the politicians.
Will Hurd
The land on which the cattle grazed was communal property. It was owned by no one. It was nobody’s private farm. It was the common property of the people, shared by the people. So the practice of sharing was central to the concept of ownership of property.
Oliver Tambo
When a new government comes, even the detractors want to give them a chance because they have been voted in by the people of the country.
Varun Grover
My students are noticed by the people I respect from the quality of their work.
Louise Wilson
Membership of the E.U. makes Britain literally ungovernable, in the sense that no administration elected by the people can govern the country.
Steve Hilton