The truest test of a democracy is in the ability of anyone to act as he likes, so long as he does… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
“So much hangs on the decisions of a small number of poorly educated people.” “That’s democracy.” — Ken Follett Copy Share Image
“Jules turned to her, incredulous. 'Do you socialize with Republicans?' "'It happens, Jules.” — Jennifer Egan Copy Share Image
I think it's obvious that democracy is something that is contagious, and it always has been. — Steve Earle Copy Share Image
Without democracy, we are voiceless subjects. But with it, we are citizens armed with the power to change our destinies. — Claire Fox Copy Share Image
You cannot say we are a healthy, dynamic democracy when one party wins almost two-thirds of the vote. — F. W. de Klerk Copy Share Image
Britain is probably the most sophisticated combination of a monarchy and a democracy. — John Lithgow Copy Share Image
If you want a good argument against democracy, spend five minutes with a voter. — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
“There's not a branch of publishing or broadcasting that doesn't depend in some way on advertising. It'd be like an aquarium without… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
The House Rules Committee is perhaps the free world's outstanding bureaucratic abomination - a tiny, airless closet deep in the labyrinth of… — Matt Taibbi Copy Share Image
I believe that American engagement, through our embassy, our businesses, and most of all through our people, is the best way to… — Chris Christie Copy Share Image
“The independence of the arms of government must be checked. Let's be real if the so-called 'democracy' we were sold doesn't embrace… — DON SANTO Copy Share Image
Democracy doesn't require a whole lot of work of its citizens, but it requires some: It requires taking a good look outside… — Matt Taibbi Copy Share Image
Everybody counts in applying democracy. And there will never be a true democracy until every responsible and law-abiding adult in it, without… — Carrie Chapman Catt Copy Share Image
How do you cause people to believe in an imagined order such as Christianity, democracy, or capitalism? First, you never admit that… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
Bourgeois democracy is democracy of pompous phrases, solemn words, exuberant promises and the high-sounding slogans of freedom and equality. But, in fact,… — Vladimir Lenin Copy Share Image
In republican government the legislative authority necessarily predominates. The remedy for this . . . is to divide the legislature into different… — James Madison Copy Share Image
“The history of ancient Greece showed that, in a democracy, emotion dominates reason to a greater extent than in any other political… — B.H. Liddell Hart Copy Share Image
There is no good government but what is republican. That the only valuable part of the British constitution is so; for the… — John Adams Copy Share Image
If you look at US internal documents, they explain very clearly what the threat of Cuba was. So, back in the early… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
We who are members of the Communist Party repudiate the exclusive identification of democracy with capitalism. We declare that democracy can be… — Elizabeth Gurley Flynn Copy Share Image
Britain's place in the world is one uniquely suited to thriving in the complex new reality of global politics. We are a… — Priti Patel Copy Share Image
“We march on, though sometimes strange moods fill our children. Our march toward security and peace is the march of freedom—the freedom… — Carlos Bulosan Copy Share Image
When we speak of the origin of western democracy it's precisely here, in this territory that the modern definition of democracy first… — Alejandro Castro Espin Copy Share Image
What is the most sacred duty and the greatest source of our security in a Republic? An inviolable respect for the Constitution… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
We're doing exactly what the Republicans don't want: getting more people involved in our democracy. Giving more Americans a voice in their… — Jim Messina Copy Share Image
The state is nothing but an instrument of opression of one class by another - no less so in a democratic republic… — Friedrich Engels Copy Share Image
The big secret to winning elections is to get more votes than your opponent. My friend Representative Robin Hayes is a good… — Jesse Helms Copy Share Image
That's why I call the Senate the graveyard of democracy, because even when you have 58 senators, they can block it and… — Ralph Nader Copy Share Image
Everybody's for democracy in principle. It's only in practice that the thing gives rise to stiff objections. — Meg Greenfield Copy Share Image
We say in a democracy that good ideas will drive out bad ones, so if the good ones aren't there, we're left… — Barry McCaffrey Copy Share Image
In our democracy we must have a partnership of labor, of business and of government. — Charles H. Percy Copy Share Image
“The sheriff listened uneasily to a sound, very uncommon at elections, of the populace expressing an opinion contrary to that of the… — Dinah Maria Mulock Craik Copy Share Image
These guys [Republicans] are the most crooked, you know, lying group I've ever seen. — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
Standing with Israel - for democracy and human rights - will always be an issue of right versus wrong. — Brian Mast Copy Share Image
[The Republicans] have come up with nothing. They say repeal and replace. That has alliteration. — Nancy Pelosi Copy Share Image
The merit of our Constitution was, not that it promotes democracy, but checks it. — Horatio Seymour Copy Share Image
The Republicans have long had a platform of being pro-life. And I'm someone that believes life begins at conception and should be… — Cathy McMorris Rodgers Copy Share Image
No good government but what is republican... the very definition of a republic is 'an empire of laws, and not of men.' — John Adams Copy Share Image
You cannot win the democratic nomination if you are not trusted on the most important issue to democratic voters. — Krystal Ball Copy Share Image