Political Quotes

George H.W. Bush: “The strength of a democracy is not in bureaucracy. It is in the people and their communities.”

On the recordJanuary 28, 1991
The strength of a democracy is not in bureaucracy. It is in the people and their communities.
Said by
George H.W. Bush
Republican · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Address Before a Joint Session of the Congress on the State of the Union

Share

More from George H.W. Bush

Aug 13, 2017

I think you are engaging in the soft bigotry of low expectations.

transcripts.cnn.com
Oct 18, 2017

We know that free governments are the only way to ensure that the strong are just, and the weak are valued. And we know that when we lose sight of our ideals, it is not democracy that has failed. It is the failure of those charged with…

transcripts.cnn.com

Other voices in this conversation