Democratic institutions generally give men a lofty notion of their country and themselves. — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
The fundamental truth of democracy is the belief that the real pleasures of life are increased by sharing them. — Henry Dwight Sedgwick Copy Share Image
Appeal for votes should not be made on basis of caste, creed, or communal. In a healthy democracy, this is not expected… — Rajnath Singh Copy Share Image
The Democrats really are not interested in keeping guns out of the hands of terrorists. They're interested in keeping you from being… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
Of all the principles which constitute Liberal Democracy, internationalism is the clearest, the most distinctive, and the one with the longest history. — Charles Kennedy Copy Share Image
I am especially proud of taking on issues most central to the health of our American democracy. — Chellie Pingree Copy Share Image
More socialism means more democracy, openness and collectivism in everyday life. — Mikhail Gorbachev Copy Share Image
Democracy cannot flourish half rich and half poor, any more than it can flourish half free and half slave. — Felix Rohatyn Copy Share Image
The terrorists are going to believe the worst about America. They think we spy on everything. They think we kill everyone. They… — Robert Scheer Copy Share Image
“Grease the guillotine with the fat of tyrants. Pull the concubine out of the clergyman's bed. Monarch's blood must flow, as thick… — Friedrich Hecker Copy Share Image
Russia engages in a malign influence campaign all over the world. I would expect that they would try to undermine democracy here… — Matt Gaetz Copy Share Image
The Democrats need poor, dependent people if they're gonna stay in business. And if we don't have enough poverty at home, we'll… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
The stories from Iran's present and past are reminders that freedom, democracy and human rights, or fundamentalism, fascism and terrorism are not… — Azar Nafisi Copy Share Image
The anti-slavery party contends that slavery is wrong in itself, and the Government is a consolidated national democracy. We of the South… — Laurence M. Keitt Copy Share Image
A generation that acquires knowledge without ever understanding how that knowledge can benefit the community is a generation that is not learning… — Elizabeth L Hollander Copy Share Image
There is no more important task in a democracy than resolving the differences among people and finding a course of action that… — Robert McNamara Copy Share Image
I think that my emergence as a leader is closely related to the development of Taiwan's democracy. Taiwan's democracy was a gradual… — Tsai Ing-wen Copy Share Image
There was a free election in Palestine, but it came out the wrong way. So instantly, the United States and Israel with… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
[Democrats] have got to start winning elections. That involves not some great idea, but it also involves recruiting candidates. And Rahm Emanuel,… — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
“It is a profound political reality that Christ now occupies the supreme seat of cosmic authority. The kings of this world and… — R.C. Sproul Copy Share Image
Bolivia is a striking example. The mostly white, Europeanized elite, which is a minority, happens to be sitting on most of the… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The Democrats can't come to grips with the fact that they have been not just defeated, they've been rejected, what they stand… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
The Growth and Opportunity Project is the most successful reexamination of a national party in modern times. Te disciplined focus of Chairman… — Newt Gingrich Copy Share Image
In this world which is losing faith in so called representative democracy, there are new developments in participatory democracy. These are very… — Eduardo Galeano Copy Share Image
I'm also politically independent so I'm not a fan of either the Democrats in Congress or the Republicans in Congress. — Kal Penn Copy Share Image
It is beneficial for Turkish democracy that not all religious conservatives are united under one banner. — Mustafa Akyol Copy Share Image
But government in which the majority rule in all cases can not be based on justice, even as far as men understand… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Donald Trump just announced that if Republicans don't treat him fairly, he will resurrect the Whig party and run as its hair… — Michael R. Burch Copy Share Image
Modesty and reverence are no less virtues of freemen than the democratic feeling which will submit neither to arrogance nor to servility. — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Copy Share Image
As Democrats, when we try to determine who or what allowed Donald Trump to become president, we should look in the mirror. — Jason Kander Copy Share Image
Republics decline into democracies and democracies degenerate into despotisms. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
I have given to Democrats in the past. I've always believed in supporting the best candidate at the time. — Steve Mnuchin Copy Share Image
BJP is not going to the people only to form a government. We have come to the people to give stability and… — Narendra Modi Copy Share Image
Unless we citizens speak out, unless we are vigilant, democracy cannot fully function. — Aparna Sen Copy Share Image
When Democrats lose, they're pathetic. When Republicans lose, they're bitter and mean. — Timothy Noah Copy Share Image
The Democrats have pretty much given up on the white working class. That would require a commitment to economic issues, and that's… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I think Democrats in Congress love Israel. Our relationship with Israel depends on a strong bipartisan relationship. — Jane Harman Copy Share Image
The Democrats should have an empty chair on stage for the entire DNC, and when anyone asks who it belongs to, they… — Chris Rock Copy Share Image
The people who cast the votes don't decide an election, the people who count the votes do. — Joseph Stalin Copy Share Image
“We cannot simultaneously pursue democracy, national determination and economic globalisation.” — Edward Luce Copy Share Image