Citizens do not just make up and preserve a Republic; they are its ultimate stakeholders and in fact pillars. — Ram Nath Kovind Copy Share Image
Democracy is our commitment. It is our great legacy, a legacy we simply cannot compromise. Democracy is in our DNA. — Narendra Modi Copy Share Image
If we expose the Chinese to our freedoms, it may create a greater hunger for democracy, reform and liberties in China. — Gary Locke Copy Share Image
“A great democracy has got to be progressive or it will soon cease to be great or a democracy.” — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Citizens United didn't work. Hey, Koch brothers, Karl Rove, Shellgame Adelson: Democracy trumps money sometimes. — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
“From the strain of binding opposites comes harmony. The harmony past knowing sounds more deeply than the known.” — Heraclitus Copy Share Image
To truly honor our war dead, we must rededicate ourselves to the cause they sacrificed for freedom and democracy. — Tom Suozzi Copy Share Image
A functioning democracy cannot stand when its people do not trust their leaders to uphold the law. — Raja Krishnamoorthi Copy Share Image
Of course there are many factors that led to the Iranian revolution, but back in 1951, the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company - which… — Adam Curtis Copy Share Image
Everybody is entitled to an opinion and we should be able to express it. This is what democracy is all about. If… — Richa Chadha Copy Share Image
We know that if we're going to remain economically competitive in the world, and viable as a civic democracy, that we're going… — Margaret Spellings Copy Share Image
Democracy... while it lasts is more bloody than either aristocracy or monarchy. Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and… — John Adams Copy Share Image
Hatred is corrosive of a person's wisdom and conscience; the mentality of enmity can poison a nation's spirit, instigate brutal life and… — Liu Xiaobo Copy Share Image
There are ways to pursue political change. In a democracy, it's through the ballot box. There are other ways, and many democracies… — Richard Armitage Copy Share Image
Well, I would say that we've got to redefine democracy, that we have been stuck in concepts of representative democracy, that we… — Grace Lee Boggs Copy Share Image
It is true you cannot eat freedom and you cannot power machinery with democracy. But then neither can political prisoners turn on… — Corazon Aquino Copy Share Image
“The World Bank has its own term for the phenomenon: they call it "technocratic insulation." So if you read World Bank studies,… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
With calm, knowledgeable precision, Daniel Ziblatt wades into the adjacent swamps of federalism and nineteenth-century European history, emerging with hands full of… — Charles Tilly Copy Share Image
Elections belong to the people. It's their decision. If they decide to turn their back on the fire and burn their behinds,… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
There should be some other provisions in the Constitution whereby if the Government is not functioning well, it can be dealt with.… — Nawaz Sharif Copy Share Image
If elected president I will have a litmus test in terms of my nominee to be a Supreme Court justice. And the… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
If you continue to transfer the wealth of the population of the planet to a very small amount of people, it becomes… — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
No, I’m not an American. I’m one of the 22 million black people who are the victims of Americanism. One of the… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
In vain these economic royalists seek to hide behind the flag and the Constitution. In their blindness they forget what the flag… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
We have given up office, but not our responsibility to serve the nation. We have lost an election, but not our determination. — Atal Bihari Vajpayee Copy Share Image
No real journalist makes $5 million a year... Those in power fear and dislike real journalists. — Chris Hedges Copy Share Image
Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
God help this country if we're now prepared to vote for someone we don't trust. But every election cycle we do things… — Rudy Giuliani Copy Share Image
It may take a generation to achieve democracy. But our generation must accomplish this and not pass the buck to the next. — Joshua Wong Copy Share Image
The office of president is a bastardized thing, half royalty and half democracy that nobody knows whether to genuflect or spit. — Jimmy Breslin Copy Share Image
Democrats have no agenda, no plan for the future, and no sense of leadership — Jeff Miller Copy Share Image
Real liberty is neither found in despotism or the extremes of democracy, but in moderate governments. — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
We can be civil. We can still be friends, and be Democrats and Republicans, and have different views. — Joel Osteen Copy Share Image
Republicans have come up to me to say, 'Hey listen. My knee hurts. What do you think I should do?' I'll give… — Raul Ruiz Copy Share Image
Running a school where the students all succeed, even if some students have to help others to make the grade, is good… — William Glasser Copy Share Image
Education and democracy have the same goal: the fullest possible development of human capabilities. — Paul Wellstone Copy Share Image
In most places in the country, voting is looked upon as a right and a duty, but in Chicago it's a sport. — Dick Gregory Copy Share Image
Freedom in a democracy is the glory of the state, and, therefore, in a democracy only will the freeman of nature deign… — Plato Copy Share Image
A parliamentary democracy that has developed its delicate balances over hundreds of years will not give up its sovereign rights. — Michael Portillo Copy Share Image
If democracy brings an undemocratic group to power, is that a victory for democracy? — Richard Engel Copy Share Image
