I worry about the entire structure of American democracy under Trump. — Jonathan Chait Copy Share Image
Republicans are so empty-headed, they wouldn't make a good landfill. — Jim Hightower Copy Share Image
Democracy and dependence on the military and police are incompatible. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
The cornerstone of democracy rests on the foundation of an educated electorate. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Republicans can nominate bad Justices, too. Earl Warren, William Brennan, Harry Blackmun, David Souter... the list goes on. — Wendy Long Copy Share Image
But foremost, I do not subscribe to the view that Islamic culture and democracy cannot be reconciled. — Recep Tayyip Erdogan Copy Share Image
Briefly after the 9/11 attacks, Republicans and Democrats were united in identifying the evil of the radical jihadists and fighting it. — Pete Hoekstra Copy Share Image
The Democrats do fine in presidential elections; their problem is they can't get out the vote in the midterm elections. — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
If Democrats were good at thinking like Republicans, they would see the light and stop being Democrats. — Ari Fleischer Copy Share Image
“The United States allegedly presses for democratic change in the region, and when it happens, democracy brings to power anti-US parties.” — Khaled Hroub Copy Share Image
Our government needs the church, because only those humble enough to admit they're sinners can bring democracy the tolerance it requires to… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
In reality, there is no such thing as not voting: you either vote by voting, or you vote by staying home and… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
It is not democracy to send in billions of dollars to push regime change overseas. It isn't democracy to send in the… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
No less characteristic in a democracy is social justice. This demands a solution to the frightening indexes of infant mortality, of malnutrition,… — Rigoberta Menchu Copy Share Image
I was nominated at first by a group called Justice Democrats. They were trying to essentially field non-corporate candidates in the 2018… — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Copy Share Image
Not just for the U.S. Senate but it also means for school board and city council. We need to revitalize American democracy.… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
The Democrats have an economic message that is directed at people at the lower end. That has been their cornerstone. The Republicans… — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
“The defect of democracy is its tendency to put mediocrity into power; and there is no way of avoiding this except by… — Will Durant Copy Share Image
“The main problem in any democracy is that crowd-pleasers are generally brainless swine who can go out on a stage & whup… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
Successful democratic politicians are insecure and intimidated men. They advance politically only as they placate, appease, bribe, seduce, bamboozle, or otherwise manage… — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
Definition of victory which is really an important thing for the American people to understand is that we have an ally in… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
A democracy survives when its citizens have access to trustworthy and impartial sources of information, when it can discern lies from truth.… — Chris Hedges Copy Share Image
The size of the lie is a definite factor in causing it to be believed, for the vast masses of the nation… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
What the public does is not to express its opinions but to align itself for or against a proposal. If that theory… — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
To suggest we are on the edge of defeat is to yield to unreasonable pessimism. To say that we are mired in… — Walter Cronkite Copy Share Image
A big part of my book deals with the caliber of journalism. Our journalism in general is deplorable, and on elections in… — Robert Waterman McChesney Copy Share Image
After the revolution the borders were left open. Pens were free, expression was free, political parties were free. Even if these people… — Ayatollah Khomeini Copy Share Image
The way you get democracy to function is by informing the public. — Robert F. Kennedy, Jr Copy Share Image
I'm not a Democrat, I'm an Independent, but I caucus with the Democrats. — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
Winning Democracy for the Negro is winning the war for Democracy — A. Philip Randolph Copy Share Image
Those who suppress freedom always do so in the name of law and order. — John Lindsay Copy Share Image
