Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express theirchoice are prepared to choosewisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education. — Franklin D Roosevelt (1882â1945 Copy Share Image
“Freedom must be distinguished from democracy, with which it is often confused.” — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
The death of democracy is not likely to be an assassination from ambush. It will be a slow extinction from apathy, indifference,… — Robert M. Hutchins Copy Share Image
I believe in Democracy because it releases the energies of every human being. — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share Image
Even when you cherish democratic ideals, it is never easy to turn them into effective democratic institutions. This process will take decades. — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
Brave people add up to an aristocracy. The democracy of thou-shalt-not is bound to be a collection of weak men. — D. H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
The Palestinians are a despotic, undemocratic grouping which promotes a religious war against Israel, a democracy, through terror. — Melanie Phillips Copy Share Image
Political stability was at most a factor in assessing developing countries or Russia. It is now also an issue in Western democracies. — Nicholas Bloom Copy Share Image
“Democracy is, among other things, the ability to say 'no' to the boss. But a man cannot say 'no' to the boss,… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
Everybody in America has been dependent on the government at some time. We owe everybody in America the right to vote and… — Andrew Young Copy Share Image
There are people working their butts off trying to save our republic and save democracy from the likes of powerful people in… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
The way elections are won in Minnesota is by talking to people and sharing what's on their minds. It sounds so simple,… — Tina Smith Copy Share Image
A lot of the things that we've been able to do in the last several years were Democratic ideas, including the structure… — Jane Harman Copy Share Image
I think it is very important for any U.S. administration to be clear that America stands on the side of freedom and… — Stephen Hadley Copy Share Image
I do have friends that are Republicans, and we have very spirited conversations on a whole range of issues. I am often… — Barbra Streisand Copy Share Image
Direct elections on the spot to all representative organs, up to the supreme organ, are a better guarantee of the interests of… — Joseph Stalin Copy Share Image
I think Donald Trump should be delegitimized for many reasons. And his response to this hacking is also cause for delegitimization. But… — David Corn Copy Share Image
Disagreement produces debate but dissent produces dissension. Dissent (which come from the Latin, dis and sentire) means originally to feel apart from… — Daniel J. Boorstin Copy Share Image
For my part, in everything I do, I aim to strengthen democracy in Germany and beyond. The United States is also a… — Angela Merkel Copy Share Image
“We live in a time that demands a discourse of both critique and possibility, one that recognizes that without an informed citizenry,… — Henry A. Giroux Copy Share Image
Dandyism is the last flicker of heroism in decadent ages… Dandyism is a setting sun; like the declining star, it is magnificent,… — Charles Baudelaire Copy Share Image
I believe that in order for our democratic system to work as intended, the average person must have faith in their government.… — Elissa Slotkin Copy Share Image
When I turn on the news in Paris, the way Syria is covered is different from the way it is covered in… — Natalie Dormer Copy Share Image
“People use democracy as a free-floating abstraction disconnected from reality. Democracy in and of itself is not necessarily good. Gang rape, after… — Terry Goodkind Copy Share Image
America's values call us to stand by a peaceful democracy fighting for its life. — Lloyd Austin Copy Share Image
If Democrats in Washington haven't got enough sense to own the issue of political reform, I give up on them entirely. — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
“Democracy is...the conviction that there are extraordinary possibilities in ordinary people.” — Harry Emerson Fosdick Copy Share Image
Force, violence, pressure, or compulsion with a view to conformity, are both uncivilized and undemocratic — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
I am shocked that Republicans can't explain why our technological and economic advantages are the result of sound monetary and economic policy. — Jack Kemp Copy Share Image
The intellect of two thousand asses cannot bring forth a single man's thought. — Muhammad Iqbal Copy Share Image
What's hard, it seems, is living up to the expectations Democracy imposes upon those who would participate in society. — Steven Weber Copy Share Image
The New Deal repudiation of democracy has left the Republican Party alone the guardian of the Ark of the Covenant with its… — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
Democrats never agree on anything, that's why they're Democrats. If they agreed with each other, they would be Republicans. — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
“the struggle for an abolitionist democracy is aspiring to create the institutions that will truly allow for a democratic society. What” — Angela Y. Davis Copy Share Image
Rule of thumb: When Democrats lose, they blame the candidate. When Republicans lose, they blame the opposition. — Timothy Noah Copy Share Image
The American flag is the most recognized symbol of freedom and democracy in the world. — Virginia Foxx Copy Share Image
When a mob of institutions decides there is only one way forward, democracy loses meaning. — Anna Paulina Luna Copy Share Image
People despise the lust for power that originates from a craving for homage and for the attributes of power. — Konstantin Ushinsky Copy Share Image
The best way to protect your own freedom is to watch everybody else's back. That's the essence of community. — Bode Miller Copy Share Image
“Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage. H. L. MENCKEN” — Frank I. Luntz Copy Share Image
