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
Democrats will play the old Washington game of calling reductions in the rate of growth of spending for any program a 'cut'. — Bruce Bartlett Copy Share Image
You can get together, you can talk as much as you want, but if there's not a decision-making process - that's where… — Ashraf Ghani Copy Share Image
“It's an election year. We would prefer that voters didn't use common sense.” — Aaron Sorkin Copy Share Image
I don't want to get too nuanced, but we have the electoral college in the United States and that means we don't… — Moby Copy Share Image
Democracy will be transformative. It will help other societies realize the benefits of freedom. Nothing's as big as that, in terms of… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
One of the big mistakes Republicans made with the Contract with America is that they tried to do too much too fast,… — Dick Gephardt Copy Share Image
The main division in the world is between democratic and undemocratic countries. — Michael Mandelbaum Copy Share Image
The President, in talking about freedom and democracy, is sparking a wave of very positive democratic sentiment that might help us override… — Bill Richardson Copy Share Image
Political speech is indispensable to decision-making in a democracy, and this is no less true because the speech comes from a corporation… — Anthony Kennedy Copy Share Image
If the Egyptian people can create a democracy in the heart of the Arab world, it will be a more significant contribution… — Lindsey Graham Copy Share Image
Founded on the principles of private initiative, entrepreneurship and self-employment, underpinned by the values of democracy, equality and solidarity, the co-operative movement… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
If the Republicans embrace these great people that are showing up, the Republicans are going to have a massive victory. It's not… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
Whenever we remove a brick from the wall that was designed to separate religion and government, we increase the risk of religious… — John Paul Stevens Copy Share Image
We were on the way to democracy. We didn't say that we are fully democratic, we were on the way, we were… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
By playing down to the idea of the common man, dogmatic political authority exploits him... So the ideal of innate aristocracy of… — Frank Lloyd Wright Copy Share Image
I ran on the platform of moderation and won the election by a large margin. By virtue of the strong mandate that… — Hassan Rouhani Copy Share Image
Alliances are crucial to success in the political sphere. However, if we are to approach other organizations to propose alliances for the… — Arthur Curley Copy Share Image
“[Stephen] Harper had said he would use all legal means, and what [John] Baird suggested was an option the prome minister was… — Lawrence Martin Copy Share Image
The aspirations of democracy are based on the notion of an informed citizenry, capable of making wise decisions. The choices we are… — Ann Druyan Copy Share Image
It is true that authoritarian governments increasingly see the internet as a threat in part because they see the US government behind… — Evgeny Morozov Copy Share Image
The real nightmare resides in a society that hides behind the mutually informing and poisonous notions of colorblindness and a post-racial society,… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
“Often dismayed by but generally unflinching in the face of perpetual adversity, he [W.E.B. Du Bois] engaged the battle for equal human… — Aberjhani Copy Share Image
A love of the republic in a democracy is a love of the democracy, as the latter is that of equality. A… — Baron de Montesquieu Copy Share Image
In the world there is no democracy better than our democracy. Such a thing has never before been seen. — Ruhollah Khomeini Copy Share Image
Democrats should be getting high-fives from sanitation truck drivers - that is what should be happening in America. — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Copy Share Image
“the instinct of democracy is like the instinct of one woman, wild but quite right” — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
Through money, democracy becomes its own destroyer, after money has destroyed intellect. — Oswald Spengler Copy Share Image
Without God there is no virtue because there is no prompting of the conscience,...without God democracy will not and cannot long endure. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Democracy or politics done without values and ideals is dangerous for the country. — Yogi Adityanath Copy Share Image
We can only undo the election if the behavior meets the constitutional standard of subverting and threatening our system of government. — Zoe Lofgren Copy Share Image
President Trump is committed to democracy and rule of law in our hemisphere. — Robert C. O'Brien Copy Share Image
In a constitutional democracy the moral content of law must be given by the morality of the framer or legislator, never by… — Robert Bork Copy Share Image
Many people are interested in their behavior among people; I am interested in my behavior alone. — Ilkin Santak Copy Share Image
Democrats deserve credit for engaging with big issues such as climate change and income inequality and coming up with bold, imaginative solutions. — Max Boot Copy Share Image
I'm a huge fan of the program 'Democracy Now,' which is hosted by Amy Goodman, and I subscribe to the podcast. — Ellen Page Copy Share Image
Democracy just isn't working any more; without sanity at its heart, it is becoming a most unique and fiendish tyranny. — Michael Leunig Copy Share Image
“democratic theory is concerned with processes by which ordinary citizens exert a relatively high degree of control over leaders;” — Robert A. Dahl Copy Share Image
As soon as I came in as leader, we had seven weeks to an election, so we had to be entirely focused… — Jacinda Ardern Copy Share Image
There can only be democracy when money is not allowed to be spent in Politics. — Imran Khan Copy Share Image