Democracy Quotes · Page 175

And in a democracy, when we say we're mad at what's going on, what we need to be saying is we're mad…

— Mike Lowry

I'm one of these people that, once you have had your election and you have elected your candidate, let's see what actually…

— Tony Blair

I think Russians today have a distorted picture of capitalism, liberal democracy and market economy.

— Garry Kasparov

“Time is the ultimate democracy. Rich and poor, young and old, male and female: all have 24 hours in a day and…

— Elizabeth Grace Saunders

For the sake of democracy, vigorous, civilized debate must replace the law of silence that political correctness has imposed.

— Anthony Daniels

Freedom of the press is the mortar that binds together the bricks of democracy -- and it is also the open window…

— Shashi Tharoor

I always assume that democracy is the only good form of government, quite frankly, and democracy is always to be preferred

— Jeane Kirkpatrick

Bringing democratic control to the conduct of foreign policy requires a struggle merely to force the issue onto the public agenda.

— Eric Alterman

I have to give moral support to my supporters. If I'm not going to fight anymore, that might hurt the feelings of…

— Thaksin Shinawatra

In the span of three years, the Iraqi people participated in three elections, drafted a constitution, and elected a new government. While…

— Tim Murphy

And I think for some - not all - but for some Democrats, the issue of immigration is better politically if they…

— Marco Rubio

So [Republicans] packed all the Democrats into districts, very Democratic districts. What that's done is made our party urban, more liberal, and…

— Collin Peterson

“I believe in the fireside. I believe in the democracy of home. I believe in the republicanism of the family. I believe…

— Robert G. Ingersoll

Every actual democracy rests on the principle that not only are equals equal but unequals will not be treated equally.Democracy requires, therefore,…

— Carl Schmitt

I tend to be one of those who does not equate democratization with the holding of elections. The emphasis ought to be…

— Richard N. Haass

We have these old fashioned ideas. For instance, here in America, we talk about democracy - but we don't have a democracy.…

— Wadada Leo Smith

It's true that we in Iraq are now paying a heavy price as a consequence of senseless violence, but nonetheless there are…

— Hassan Blasim

“As opposition leader, [Stephen Harper] wrote in the Montreal Gazette in the year before he came to power: 'Information is the lifeblood…

— Lawrence Martin

“Government surveillance, with its invasive reach into the private lives of citizens, is an egregious violation of the principles that underpin a…

— James William Steven Parker

“Democracy extends the sphere of individual freedom, socialism restricts it. Democracy attaches all possible value to each man; socialism makes each man…

— Alexis de Tocqueville

The fact that you are here tonight gathered together with us testifies to the fact you understand the need for this organization…

— Walter Cronkite

A lot of Democrats have said that raising the minimum wage is both good economics and good politics. The nonpartisan CBO issued…

— S. E. Cupp

I am big supporter of the idea of a global anti-corruption movement - but one that begins by recognizing that the architecture…

— Lawrence Lessig

Some Democrats and their advocates in the press believe Obamacare, a year into implementation, is no longer much of a factor in…

— Byron York

When you lose an election, you don't blink, you don't turn away. You look it right in the eye and say, why…

— Charles Schumer

In dreams we stand in this great democracy of the possible and there we are right pilgrims indeed. There we go forth…

— Cormac McCarthy

Mass democracy guarantees stupidity. Masses of people, even if they're individually intelligent, can only act stupidly.

— Joseph Sobran

I am happy in Bollywood, but I am contesting elections to solve problems of people, as they have trust in me.

— Rakhi Sawant

Good government could never be a substitute for government by the people themselves.

— Henry Campbell-Bannerman

“Politicians tend only to like democracy when it is to their personal advantage (From LONE WOLF, p.50)”

— Len Webster

When there is a parliamentarian crisis, the only solution in a democracy is early elections.

— Petro Poroshenko

Any comparison between the military dictatorship and democracy can only come from those who do not value the Brazilian democracy.

— Dilma Rousseff

While 1857 was about 'Swaraj ki ladai', the 2014 elections would be about 'Surajya ki ladai'.

— Narendra Modi

The known propensity of a democracy is to licentiousness which the ambitious call, and the ignorant believe to be liberty.

— Fisher Ames

The majority is the best way, because it is visible, and has strength to make itself obeyed. Yet it is the opinion…

— Blaise Pascal

Democracy cannot be exported to some other place. This must be a product of internal domestic development in a society.

— Vladimir Putin

Honesty in politics is the result of strength; hypocrisy is the result of weakness.

— Vladimir Lenin

“System fails when people with ability don't have authority and people with authority don't have ability.”

— Amit Kalantri

You can't go do the Green New Deal, but Republicans can't just criticize the ideas of Democrats without proposing an alternative.

— Matt Gaetz

When the body of the people is possessed of the supreme power, it is called a democracy.

— Anonymous