Democracy Quotes · Page 131

But I'm proud to come from a family of Republicans and, yes, we have some spirited discussions in our family.

— Tamlyn Tomita

Oftentimes we go out and vote during the presidential races, but then stay home during the local elections.

— Ashley Biden

Intolerance, discourtesy and harshness… are taboo in all good society and are surely contrary to the spirit of democracy.

— Mahatma Gandhi

I think Republicans so mistrust Barack Obama, that if Barack Obama says Putin is terrible, they will be some Republicans who just…

— David Ignatius

Now the Republicans have a very low-scale, by economic standards, base. Donald Trump has.

— Mark Shields

High quality, open, transparent, and uncensored data are needed to support democracy.

— Angus Deaton

Giving every man a vote has no more made men wise and free than Christianity has made them good.

— H. L. Mencken

I lost my election because of my campaign, not because of what anyone else did.

— Mitt Romney

In a democracy, you don't need anyone's permission to form a new political party, publish a politically charged article, or organize a…

— Gary Hamel

Most people turn things like elections into a fetish and think it's the only way to go: if we just keep giving…

— Pankaj Mishra

I have - I have more than an interesting task in piloting Wales into our new democracy, without wanting to exercise draconian…

— Ron Davies

The professionals at the State Board of Elections must assume control of the county board of elections operations in Bladen County, which…

— Robin Hayes

I have spent my life fighting for our country and our values. When those values are jeopardized, when our democracy is threatened,…

— Mikie Sherrill

“America operates under the notion of equality before the law. Basic fairness is an article of faith. We may not agree on…

— Keith Ellison

Ultimately, it's not our responsibility to turn Afghanistan into a 21st-century, vibrant, economic, liberal democracy with a little L. Our responsibility is…

— Martha McSally

Good and just society is neither the thesis of capitalism nor the antithesis of communism, but a socially conscious democracy which reconciles…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

I am not one who, to quote an American author, believes that democracy and enterprise have finally won the battle of ideas…

— Margaret Thatcher

It’s sad. Marxism didn’t work. Communism didn’t work. Capitalism doesn’t work. Nothing works. Even democracy doesn’t work. Democracy-the greatest form of government…

— Colin Quinn

Republicans lost it some time ago. What's scary is when they lose their sense of good planning. Like dude, you know, if…

— Aaron McGruder

In the United States we have all across this country, we have dozens of Halakha courts, in which particularly observant Jews can…

— Mark Durie

“I am a citizen of this country,” I declare, “and Mr. Mayor, tonight I will be a citizen of this city when…

— Jerry Ash

In tight economic times, with libraries sliding farther and farther down the list of priorities, we risk the loss of their ideals,…

— Marilyn Johnson

“The foremost, or indeed the sole condition, which is required in order to succeed in centralizing the supreme power in a democratic…

— Alexis de Tocqueville

The basic struggle today is not between individualism and collectivism, free enterprise and socialism, democracy and dictatorship. These are only the superficial…

— Fulton J. Sheen

In a mature democracy any proposed policy should be subjected to a close analysis of its likely benefits and costs.

— Dominic Grieve

Democracy is fatal for the arts; it leads only to chaos or the achievement of new and lower common denominators of quality.

— Walter Legge

[In a republic,] it is not the people themselves who make the decisions, but the people they themselves choose to stand in…

— James Monroe

Confronting Republicans can definitely mobilize a disaffected Democratic base.

— Ari Melber

Brexit divided the country, divided families, and people's respect for a democracy has struggled.

— Lindsay Hoyle

Democrats would pull the ladder from aspiring Americans and create a permanent status of government-run mediocrity.

— Bill Hagerty

I am not a pundit or a psephologist and thus not in the business of calling elections.

— Barkha Dutt

The Republicans have their splits right after election and Democrats have theirs just before an election.

— Will Rogers

“The people who lead us are of us. We put them in office and we can take them out. America proves that…

— Keith Ellison

In democracy, people's verdict is always final and we all have to accept it with humility.

— Narendra Modi

Democracy is not simply a political system; it is a moral movement and it springs from adventurous faith in human possibilities.

— Harry Emerson Fosdick

You've got the brain-washed, that's the Democrats, and the brain-dead, that's the Republicans!

— Mark Russell

“Here the only one who has the right to prohibit anything is the government, we live in a democracy.”

— Gabriel García Márquez

“The secret of the demagogue is to appear as dumb as his audience so that these people can believe themselves as smart…

— Harry Zohn

The best way to protect your own freedom is to watch everybody else's back. That's the essence of community.

— Bode Miller

One reason the United States finds itself at the edge of a foreign policy disaster is its underinformed citizenry, a key weakness…

— Stefan Halper