Democracy Quotes · Page 19

In South America, there is no more room for alternatives to democracy.

— Michel Temer

Let's see what happens after the election.

— Jerry Springer

Democracy functions best when we have an active citizenry.

— Rick Perry

Freedom of individual is measured by reaching his own values.

— Ilkin Santak

Stay home on Election Day ... for the sake of the nation

— Sean Hannity

Democracy is always harmful to elite interests. Almost by definition.

— Noam Chomsky

Literature is an art of word; philosophy is an art of thought.

— Ilkin Santak

In India, elections happen every year in at least a few states.

— Nirmala Sitharaman

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

We can be civil. We can still be friends, and be Democrats and Republicans, and have different views.

— Joel Osteen

Running a school where the students all succeed, even if some students have to help others to make the grade, is good…

— William Glasser

Real liberty is neither found in despotism or the extremes of democracy, but in moderate governments.

— Alexander Hamilton

Democrats have no agenda, no plan for the future, and no sense of leadership

— Jeff Miller

General rebellions and revolts of a whole people never were encouraged now or at any time. They are always provoked.

— Edmund Burke

Democracy means despair of finding any heroes to govern you, and contented putting up with the want of them

— Anonymous

My parents were of the generation who thought they were the children of a free Czechoslovakia, the only democracy in central Europe.

— Madeleine Albright

I'm a lifelong Democrat, but I have supported some Republicans. I'm all about results, man. If somebody can deliver, that's where I'm…

— Ray Nagin

That is why I came to conclusion that the election must take place, so that the republic can have a government. If…

— Akhmad Kadyrov

There's a false choice being put forward by some Democrats now. Either we double-down on our progressive values, or we go out…

— Joe Biden

That's what American democracy has come down to at these town hall meetings: old people and gun nuts, which is a terrible…

— Bill Maher

What we've been hearing over and over again is that the reason Republicans are opposed to the surtax is because of the…

— Susan Collins

Obama wants to raise the issue of immigration reform so that he can demonize Republicans as anti-Hispanic. That's why Obama ignores the…

— Ben Shapiro

Federal system is at the heart of Indian democracy but UPA is adamant to break the nation by breaking the federal structure…

— Narendra Modi

I will not be standing for office. I'm nearing 70; there are younger people within our movement. I just wish to contribute…

— Rashid al-Ghannushi

There comes a time in the life of every nation when it stands at the cross-roads of history and must choose which…

— Lal Bahadur Shastri

What is the elephant in all our rooms? It is the global triumph of capitalism. Democracy is fiercely disputed. Freedom is under…

— Timothy Garton Ash

Suspicionless surveillance has no place in a democracy. The next 60 days are a historic opportunity to rein in the NSA, but…

— Edward Snowden

If the test of patriotism comes only by reflexively falling into lockstep behind the leader whenever the flag is waved, then what…

— Michael Parenti

But I will say, I think there are some Democrats that don't want to address pension reform. I have taken on the…

— Antonio Villaraigosa

“A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the majority discovers it can vote itself…

— Elmer T Peterson

The Republicans want to repeal the Affordable Care Act, I want to improve it. I want to build on it, get the…

— Hillary Clinton

Certainly, if we believe in democracy and democratic systems, when [Benazir Bhutto] failed to pass any legislation, really, at all in her…

— Fatima Bhutto

In democracy both a deep reverence and a sense of the comic are requisite.

— Carl Sandburg

[The Bible] is the rock on which our Republic rests.

— Andrew Jackson

A messy participatory process is representative democracy at its best.

— Mark McKinnon

You cannot have a democracy without an informed people.

— Helen Thomas

People know elections, like television commercials, are not real.

— William Greider

Secrecy and a free, democratic government don't mix.

— Harry S. Truman

Given the right conditions any society can turn against democracy.

— Anne Applebaum

The soviet people want full-blooded and unconditional democracy.

— Mikhail Gorbachev