Democracy Quotes · Page 42

“The sleep of reason encourages the elections.”

— Janusz Korwin-Mikke

The fact is that Democrats are not for tax cuts.

— Rosa DeLauro

Truth - Something somehow discreditable to someone.

— H. L. Mencken

Democracy cannot survive overpopulation.

— Isaac Asimov

Democracy generally monopolizes and concentrates power.

— Lord Acton

When Bush says democracy, I often wonder what he's referring to.

— Angela Davis

Vote wisely, even if that means not voting at all.

— Ashleigh Brilliant

We fight to defend our democratic ideals.

— Lloyd Austin

When we define democracy now it must still be as a thing hoped for but not seen.

— Pearl S. Buck

Democracy, it appears, is a bit chancy. But its chances also depend on what we do ourselves

— Robert A. Dahl

Shouldn't Democrats insist that Sen. Durbin step down as their whip, the number two man in their leadership?

— Anonymous

I can tell you if you look at the polls, Democrats, Republicans, Independents, they do not think we should increase the debt…

— Jim DeMint

The philosophy of Africanism holds out the hope of a genuine democracy beyond the stormy sea of struggle

— Robert Sobukwe

Republicans will not be reduced to being the tax collectors for the Obama economy.

— Mitch McConnell

Republicans are so taken by and loyal to Trump that they will believe and do anything he says.

— Malcolm Nance

I do believe that what I have called populist democracy is to be preferred to what I have called elitist democracy.

— Torbjorn Tannsjo

On why I don't trust democracy without extremely powerful systems of accountability and recall What seems to be generosity is often only…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

I've not much faith in the future of the planet and I'm not just thinking about Mr. Bush or global warming. I…

— Colin Dexter

Of course I want to lead [Tory] party. Of course I want to lead this party in order to put forward an…

— Jeremy Corbyn

In a multi-party democracy, many issues which you want - or do not want - will be raised. It is for us…

— Nirmala Sitharaman

In the year of our Lord 2010, the voters of the United States elected the worst Congress in the history of the…

— Charlie Pierce

Republicans should be prepared to bolster their own grassroots efforts, keep promises made on the campaign trail and to fend off calculated,…

— Katie Pavlich

“Today it is the Western democratic tradition that attracts and empowers people of all continents, creeds, and colors. When the Chinese students…

— Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr

The devotion of democracy to education is a familiar fact. . . . [A] government resting upon popular suffrage cannot be successful…

— John Dewey

Democracy requires you to learn how to lose as well as how to exercise power when you win. And that requires restraint…

— David Frum

I think that contradictions, unless they're understood, unless they're analyzed, unless they're thoughtfully probed, unless people have a sense of what those…

— Henry Giroux

I know the GOP is called the stupid party, but the idea that Republicans can have the Confederate flag hung around their…

— Sean Hannity

We have reached a stage where governments and political processes have been hijacked by the corporate world. Corporations can within five hours…

— Vandana Shiva

A critical, independent and investigative press is the lifeblood of any democracy. The press must be free from state interference. It must…

— Nelson Mandela

It is quite difficult to establish a clear-cut cause-and-effect relationship, as the causes are manifold and closely connected. It is simply not…

— Garry Kasparov

[Donald] Trump and all the Republicans believe in the theory of trickle down economics which is a theory discredited even by the…

— Debbie Wasserman Schultz

My Administration is committed to creating an unprecedented level of openness in Government. We will work together to ensure the public trust…

— Barack Obama

Islam and democracy can function together.

— Ali Babacan

In Jefferson's mind democracy was tantamount to extreme individualism.

— Herbert Croly

I'm the one who initiated the democratic process.

— Jean-Claude Duvalier

Republicans are scared of the NRA. They're scared of the Tea Party.

— Seth Moulton

My mother always said democracy is the best revenge.

— Bilawal Bhutto Zardari

A free press is the immune system of representative democracy.

— Al Gore

For a politician, the long term is between now and the next election.

— Edgar Fiedler

There is a danger in democracy itself.

— Danny Kaye