It's important to address young people in the reopening of New Orleans. In rebuilding, let's revisit the potential of American democracy and… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
Elvis [Presley] had a stepstool, if you will, to success because he came from the dominant culture. They identified with him. Michael… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
American democracy in the past has always been known for its large middle class and its relatively few very wealthy people and… — Os Guinness Copy Share Image
Far from an excess of majority rule, American democracy has seen the rise of minority rule, with efforts to entrench it in… — Jamelle Bouie Copy Share Image
The survival of American democracy depends less on the size of its armies than on the capacity of its individual citizens to… — Lewis H. Lapham Copy Share Image
The United States stands at the pinnacle of world power. This is a solemn moment for the American democracy. For with primacy… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
The separation of church and state has been a cornerstone of American democracy for over two hundred years. Getting rid of it… — Andy Borowitz Copy Share Image
In democracy, as quaintly understood, voters pick their representatives. American democracy increasingly reverses that. Legislative districts are drawn to protect incumbents who,… — George Will Copy Share Image
Men like Abraham Lincoln recognized that if the slaveholders were not stopped, it would only be a question of time until they… — Heather Cox Richardson Copy Share Image
If you'd come to me in 2012, when the last presidential election was raging and we were cooking up ever more complicated… — Antonio Garcia Martinez Copy Share Image
I had a really unusual, remarkably unusual father because he, in our family, was the one that suffered the most. He was… — George Takei Copy Share Image
There's no doubt that in the last two to three decades, American democracy has been hacked. It was based on the regular… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
“Social conservatism and neoconservatism have revived authoritarian conservatism, and not for the better of conservatism or American democracy. True conservatism is cautious… — John W. Dean Copy Share Image
Presidential elections and the voter experience have long been fraught for black people. From racist poll taxes to made-up literacy tests to… — Patrisse Cullors Copy Share Image
Whatever else the religious Right may be, it is a bonanza for its opponents... Reports of the great terror that is upon… — Richard John Neuhaus Copy Share Image
The power the fossil fuel industry exerts over Congress is polluting American democracy, the propaganda it emits through its front groups is… — Sheldon Whitehouse Copy Share Image
I have no doubt that there are Russian efforts to disturb the fabric of American democracy, but they're disruption efforts. The working… — Masha Gessen Copy Share Image
“We are not wrong in what we are doing. If we are wrong, the Supreme Court of this nation is wrong. If… — John Nichols Copy Share Image
Let’s not forget that American democracy started with ‘We the People’ agreeing to work hard to create ‘a more perfect union.’ We’ve… — Parker J. Palmer Copy Share Image
“I can't help but recall, at this point, a horribly elitist but very droll remark by one of my favorite writers, the… — Douglas R. Hofstadter Copy Share Image
“We like to keep separate the evils of our national past from the sacredness of our ideals. That separation allows us to… — Eddie S. Glaude Jr Copy Share Image
“I venture the challenging statement that if American democracy ceases to move forward as a living force, seeking day and night by… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
“While American democracy is imperfect, few outside the majority of this Court would have thought its flaws included a dearth of corporate… — Jane Mayer Copy Share Image
Speaking as a Democrat, all my life battling for what I conceived to be Democracy, and what I conceived to be right,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Until the courts put a stop to it, public debate over same-sex marriage displayed American democracy at its best. Individuals on both… — Antonin Scalia Copy Share Image
American democracy is the inalienable right to sit on your front porch, in your pyjamas, drinking a can of beer and shouting… — Peter Ustinov Copy Share Image
American democracy faces a massive challenge. I don't think it is a certainty that we're headed toward Putin's Russia, as some commentariat… — Jonathan Chait Copy Share Image
We need a very progressive and strong agenda to bring people into the political process because I worry very much about the… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
American democracy is spoiled by people buying everything in sight and then selling and buying everything in sight, including our politicians. — Russell Simmons Copy Share Image
The peaceful transfer of power is a central tenet of American democracy, and Connecticut stands ready to aid in the protection of… — Ned Lamont Copy Share Image
You do not keep American democracy in suspense. Because, look, too many people have marched and protested and fought and died for… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
Franklin may . . . be considered one of the founding fathers of American democracy, since no democratic government can last long… — Samuel Eliot Morison Copy Share Image
I gave a speech at the Democratic National Convention in 2016 and warned of Trump. America has survived for almost 250 years… — Michael Bloomberg Copy Share Image
It would be easy to descend into despair, not only about the state of journalism, but the future of American democracy. But… — Laurie Garrett Copy Share Image
If everyone on the Court always voted for the prosecution against the defendant, for the corporation against the plaintiffs, and for the… — Sheldon Whitehouse Copy Share Image
Ben Carson and I don't have much in common politically. But the fact is when you have kids getting involved in the… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
The paradox of American democracy has been that its slogan of equal opportunity has meant, often, equal opportunity to get power over… — Mary Parker Follett Copy Share Image
We would like the rest of the world to look up to American democracy. So when there is this kind of folly… — Sheldon Whitehouse Copy Share Image
For much of its history, Virginia, the 'cradle of American democracy,' failed to live up to our ideals. All too often, our… — Ralph Northam Copy Share Image
Super PACs and a corrupt campaign finance system are destroying American democracy. We're proud that we have received four million individual contributions,… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
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