American democracy depends on the public's ability to…

The concept of preserving history, collating full archives, making them as usable as possible so the public have access to them, I really feel…

— Sarah Harrison

The survival of American democracy depends less on the size of its armies than on the capacity of its individual citizens to rely... on…

— Lewis H. Lapham

Public control of the political process requires public financing. The restoration of our American Democracy depends upon public financing.

— Dennis Kucinich

I think that my general feeling about the United States is that democracy works, and I've believed that my whole life, and my experience…

— Tom Steyer

Men like Abraham Lincoln recognized that if the slaveholders were not stopped, it would only be a question of time until they spread their…

— Heather Cox Richardson

These communities that are losing local news coverage are losing something deeper. They're losing a connection to American democracy. And those connections must be…

— Brian Stelter

If everyone on the Court always voted for the prosecution against the defendant, for the corporation against the plaintiffs, and for the government against…

— Sheldon Whitehouse

Democracy depends on information circulating freely in society.

— Katharine Graham

Our democracy depends on a free and independent press. When politicians call reporting they don't like 'fake news,' they undermine trust in our civic…

— Tina Smith

Democracy depends on the legitimacy of the process for winning and exchanging power. Once lost, that legitimacy is difficult to recover.

— Jamelle Bouie

It is the job of government to prevent a tragedy of the commons. That includes the commons of shared values and norms on which…

— Paul Romer

Democracy depends on people speaking out, and in times of great crisis, on people creating a commotion.

— Howard Zinn

One of my beliefs very strongly is that any democracy depends on a free, healthy press.

— Steve Jobs

A properly functioning democracy depends on an informed electorate.

— Thomas Jefferson

A democracy depends on the full integration of women into society, especially on seeing to it that they have equal access to the same…

— Hillary Clinton