Democracy Quotes · Page 169

Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.

— H. L. Mencken

If you follow my tweets, you know, my attention and anxiety have been increasingly focused on the plight of our democracy.

— Chris Sacca

Democracy, like love, can survive almost any attack except neglect and indifference.

— Vikrant Parsai

A lot of Democrats like to play the 'If we were Republicans' game. I usually hate it; I don't want to behave…

— Jennifer Palmieri

The idea of democracy has been stripped of it moral imperatives and come to denote hollowness and hypocrisy.

— Paul Wellstone

Republicans many times can't get the words 'equality of opportunity' out of their mouths. Their lips do not form that way.

— Jack Kemp

The Democrats were losing elections everywhere, except when Obama was on the ballot - and that is the racial component.

— Rush Limbaugh

I think Donald Trump believes in democracy and the right to change of power.

— Jan Brewer

When 3 million more people vote for a presidential candidate, but that candidate still loses, the system sucks. Period. It's broken. I…

— Shaun King

Voters went to the polls in record numbers in 2020 to make their voices heard, and it's crucial that Congress takes action…

— Ben Ray Lujan

What I'd like to do is be able to work with Democrats to reform current entitlement programs for future generations, grandfathering all…

— Jeb Hensarling

But the Western countries that link their partnership with the poorest countries with respect for democracy also have to consider that they…

— Omar Bongo

Democratic man, as I have remarked, is quite unable to think of himself as a free individual; he must belong to a…

— Henry Louis Mencken

Day by day, it's worse for my people, especially for the women. And that's why, because of all of these main reasons,…

— Malalai Joya

The Democrats and the mainstream media can only cover up for this man so much. But this is something and I said…

— Ronny Jackson

From my intimate discussions with President Obama, it is evident that India figures significantly in American geo-political, economic and strategic thinking. India…

— Narendra Modi

At the end of the day, these are issues that need to be discussed: femicides, among other things - immigrant rights, women's'…

— Ruben Isaac Albarran Ortega

Politics, under a democracy, reduces itself to a mere struggle for office by flatterers of the proletariat; even when a superior man…

— H. L. Mencken

The possible signs of a coming collapse are the same as the greatest strengths of Western civilization: democracy, capitalism, the generally peaceful…

— Arthur Demarest

The enemy is still proud and powerful. He is hard to get at. He still possesses enormous armies, vast resources, and invaluable…

— Winston Churchill

He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain…

— Albert Einstein

Neither should we forget the mean, which at the present day is lost sight of in perverted forms of government; for many…

— Aristotle

In Cuba the elections for the powers of the State comes from the people, first it comes from meetings of the citizens…

— Alejandro Castro Espin

Have you or haven't you built a good school? Haven't you improved living conditions? Aren't you a bureaucrat? Have you helped to…

— Joseph Stalin

There is no democracy in physics. We can't say that some second-rate guy has as much right to opinion as Fermi.

— Luis Walter Alvarez

LGBT people are at the heart of President Vladimir Putin's crackdown on democracy.

— Kerry Kennedy

Voting is like alchemy - taking an abstract value and breathing life into it.

— Sharon Salzberg

Anybody who asks for democracy to be introduced should respect the results of democracy.

— Ismail Haniyeh

I see it as my duty to take a stand for the Iraqi people, for democracy, freedom and reconciliation.

— Ayad Allawi

Since outright slavery has been discredited, "democracy" is the only remaining rationale for state compulsion that most people will accept.

— Joseph Sobran

America's Veterans have served their country with the belief that democracy and freedom are ideals to be upheld around the world.

— John Doolittle

I think we need to change the system of elections in order to give less power to some sectors in Israeli society.

— Tzipi Livni

In a democratic set-up, people who are being governed should also be a part of the governing system. They should be drafted…

— Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore

Our constitutional system is founded on democracy: the will of the people, not the unchecked rule of judges.

— Mike DeWine

The way to virtually eliminate genocide and mass murder appears to be through restricting and checking power. This means to foster democratic…

— Rudolph Rummel

We have bloated bureaucracies in Corporate America. The root of the problem is the absence of real corporate democracy.

— Carl Icahn

If we don't have access to facts, we can't trust each other. Without trust, there's no law. Without law, there's no democracy.

— Timothy D. Snyder

“Those who champion democracy, but make a fetish of never accepting anything they don't agree with -- what advantage do they see…

— William Edgar Stafford

As Governor, I will always remain focused on protecting our democracy and ensuring our elections are free, fair, safe, and secure.

— Josh Shapiro

Democracy in the contemporary world demands, among other things, an educated and informed people.

— Elizabeth Bishop