Democracy Quotes · Page 106

I have said democracy and freedom do not work too well if you are hungry, if you are starving.

— Pete Domenici

“Never be sheep, never be pawn - never let no primate ruin the dawn. Gospel, gov-spell, it's all a front - first…

— Abhijit Naskar

It is democracy I am really suffering from as much as I am suffering from the opposition.

— Anwar Sadat

What the Democrats don't seem to understand is that higher taxes mean fewer American jobs and less American production.

— Lynn Westmoreland

There are big countries and small countries, rich and poor, those with long democratic traditions and those still finding their way to…

— Vladimir Putin

One person, one vote sounds so reasonable and - dare I say it - democratic. But the voting process in America is…

— Richard Belzer

Democracy is corrupted not only when the spirit of equality is corrupted, but likewise when they fall into a spirit of extreme…

— Baron de Montesquieu

There is a very long list of parties in this year's election, some of the parties I have never heard of.

— Thabo Mbeki

“Corporations are not legal “persons” with constitutional rights and freedoms of their own, but legal fictions that we created and must therefore…

— Kalle Lasn

My publication, 'The Post,' has taken the initiative to translate many of my pieces and publish them in Arabic. For that, I…

— Jamal Khashoggi

From my quarter-a-century experience as a fighter for democracy, there is never a final victory for democracy. It is always a struggle…

— Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj

Especially among journalists, politics is not a pursuit that's held in high esteem. We tend to be cynical about it - but…

— Chrystia Freeland

[If Republicans] got to put their kids into public school. They got to take public health. They would become libertarian faster than…

— Greg Gutfeld

Republicans also took control of the Senate after gaining another seven seats. I haven't seen the GOP get this many seats since…

— Jimmy Fallon

A republic, by which I mean a government in which the scheme of representation takes place, opens a different prospect and promises…

— James Madison

“All that incoherence. Selection, election, option, alternative. All behind him now. Codes and formats. Courses of action. Values, bias, predilection. Choice is…

— Don DeLillo

Osama bin Laden has managed to replace fear of God and adherence to the Quran with his philosophy of jihad above all…

— Malcolm Nance

“Republicans approve of the American farmer, but they are willing to help him go broke. They stand four-square for the American home--but…

— Harry S. Truman

I am very optimistic about the long run prospects for democracy in China. Chinese society is being dramatically and rapidly transformed. And…

— Larry Diamond

“Republicans don’t stand for the beliefs of the right, and Democrats don’t stand for the principles of the left. They each stand…

— Jarod Kintz

I think the Americans are dying to leave Iraq. I was against the war but longed for the fall of Saddam; the…

— Ian Mcewan

I have always insisted on the need for local self-government for Russia, but I never opposed this model to Western democracy. On…

— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

A dangerous thesis has taken hold among many in the GOP: that it might be better to lose the '06 election and…

— Larry Sabato

Fantastically, Australia is still the lucky country. We have the flawed but necessary gift of democracy. Currently there is a debate about…

— Martin Flanagan

Speak up! We live in a democracy. We all need to make sure our voices are heard and our opinions are known.

— Bill Lipinski

In a democratic country like India, eulogising Rahul Gandhi with the title of Yuvraj is an insult to democracy.

— Smriti Irani

I still believe that the Democrats have it right about health care, education, the war in Iraq and, yes the war on…

— Alan Colmes

In a democratic age, only the behavior of the authorities is subject to public criticism; that of the people themselves, never.

— Anthony Daniels

The larger goal of Deep Democracy is not me changing you and you changing me. But we learning how to relate.

— Arnold Mindell

Trump's election means that you have a US government that will no longer do one thing and say another.

— Lawrence Davidson

The changes that take place when liberal Democrats replace not so liberal or compassionate Republicans (or Democrats) are merely cosmetic.

— David Dellinger

The Republicans want an autocracy where the rights of minorities and others are not protected.

— Malcolm Nance

A monoculture is not only Hollywood, but Americans trying to export democracy.

— Bernardo Bertolucci

Democracy requires that if you who don't like the outcome of elections you have to tolerate it and then pursue your interest…

— Randall Robinson

If American democracy is to remain the greatest hope of humanity, it must continue abundantly in the faith of the Bible

— Calvin Coolidge

Democracy is still upon its trial. The civic genius of our people is its only bulwark.

— William James

The biggest thing that limits India's growth is democracy, but it is needed. We cannot overrule it.

— Rakesh Jhunjhunwala

“Fairy tales are the only democratic institutions. All the classes have heard all the fairy tales.”

— G K Chesterton

Politician: Whoever shakes your hand before elections and your wallet after elections.

— Nikhil Saluja

The point now is how do we work together to achieve important goals. And one such goal is a democracy in Germany.

— George W. Bush