Democratic institutions form a system of quarantine for tyrannical desires. — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Elections are held to delude the populace into believing that they are participating in government. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Democracy used to be a good thing, but now it has gotten into the wrong hands. — Jesse Helms Copy Share Image
Brian Kemp and Kris Kobach aren't the only figures subverting democracy to their own ends; they are just the most open and… — Jamelle Bouie Copy Share Image
A Black man voting for the Republicans makes about as much sense as a chicken voting for Col. Sanders, — J. C. Watts Copy Share Image
Our greatest leaders - both Republicans and Democrats - have recognized the power of a strong and growing middle class. — Roy Cooper Copy Share Image
Let's face it, politics in this country is coin-operated. Does that really equate to a real democracy? It's very difficult to say. — Ted Waitt Copy Share Image
Democracy is the most demanding of all forms of government in terms of the energy, imagination, and public spirit required of the… — George C. Marshall Copy Share Image
“But you can live in the most democratic country on earth, and if you're lazy, obtuse or servile within yourself, you're not… — Ignazio Silone Copy Share Image
Democrats are calling Christine O'Donnell 'the Sarah Palin of the East.' Really? She's a loud, emotionally unstable woman from Delaware. That's not… — Craig Ferguson Copy Share Image
There is greater income inequality in the United States than in any other industrialized country. Yes, the debt is a problem that… — Jan Schakowsky Copy Share Image
Commercialism is laying its great greasy paw upon everything including the irresponsible quest of thrills; so that, whatever democracy may be theoretically,… — Irving Babbitt Copy Share Image
[Deficits are] a yawner. We, as Republicans, have talked about deficits and balanced budgets since the days of Roosevelt, and the people… — Paul Laxalt Copy Share Image
[Most progressive in the Democratic Party] won't stop the Trans-Pacific Partnership or take a position against it, you know, which is an… — Jill Stein Copy Share Image
A father of the church said that property was theft, many centuries before Proudhon was born. Bourdaloue reaffirmed it. Montesquieu was the… — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
“In democracies, by contrast, the propaganda of the press and public opinion relentlessly promised servants that they, too, could reach the pinnacles… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
We must look to an open, tolerant, inclusive England, which embraces the values of a Britain that still leads the world in… — David Blunkett Copy Share Image
The question of whether we were misled into the war in Iraq isn't a liberal or conservative or Republican or Democratic question,… — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
Ending torture and tyranny in Iraq was not a mistake. Supporting democracy in Iraq is not a mistake. Helping the long-suffering Muslims… — Michael Novak Copy Share Image
The basic principles of democracy should be observed whatever the country - principles such as civil liberties, a free market, a free… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
The father of democracy is Patrice Lumumba, the first prime minister after our independence, who was assassinated under conditions that to this… — Joseph Kabila Copy Share Image
We know the Russians did everything they could to be involved in our campaign. We know that what they're doing around the… — Joe Manchin Copy Share Image
The protesters have called into question whether there is a real democracy. Real democracy is more than the right to vote once… — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image
Democrats (I think to myself) are liberals who believe the people are basically good, but that they need government help to organize… — Andy Rooney Copy Share Image
Democracy is disruptive. Around the world, peaceful protesters are being demonised for this, but there is no right in a democratic civil… — Naomi Wolf Copy Share Image
You know, the Chinese don't have a democracy, they don't share our values. — Robert C. O'Brien Copy Share Image
Our constitutional democracy demands our participation, all the time. — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
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