Elvis [Presley] had a stepstool, if you will, to success because he came from the dominant culture. They identified with him. Michael… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
That's what separates out American democracy from dictators and horrible governments across the world and the reason why that works is that… — Charles R. Chamberlain Copy Share Image
This will be the day when we shall bring into full realization the dream of American democracy -- a dream yet unfulfilled.… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
This has all the appearance of a foreign power trying to undermine structures of legitimacy of an American election. That is a… — Michael Gerson Copy Share Image
Men like Abraham Lincoln recognized that if the slaveholders were not stopped, it would only be a question of time until they… — Heather Cox Richardson Copy Share Image
These communities that are losing local news coverage are losing something deeper. They're losing a connection to American democracy. And those connections… — Brian Stelter Copy Share Image
“Today you go into make a modern recording with all this technology. The bass plays first, then the drums come in later,… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
As a result of the Citizens United Supreme Court decision, American democracy is being undermined by the ability of the Koch brothers… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
If everyone on the Court always voted for the prosecution against the defendant, for the corporation against the plaintiffs, and for the… — Sheldon Whitehouse Copy Share Image
Political violence has no place in Pennsylvania - the birthplace of American democracy - nor anywhere else across this country. — Josh Shapiro Copy Share Image
The atomic weapons race and the secrecy surrounding it crushed American democracy. It induced us to conduct government according to lies. It… — Stewart Udall Copy Share Image
I have no doubt that there are Russian efforts to disturb the fabric of American democracy, but they're disruption efforts. They're troublemaking… — Masha Gessen Copy Share Image
“Still, it strikes me that, taken together, they do make an argument, and it is this: the rise of American democracy is… — Jill Lepore Copy Share Image
I have no doubt that there are Russian efforts to disturb the fabric of American democracy, but they're disruption efforts. The working… — Masha Gessen Copy Share Image
“I am a congenital optimist about America, but I worry that American democracy is exhibiting fatal symptoms. DC has become an acronym… — Graham Allison Copy Share Image
You may hate Hillary Clinton and you may have good reason for hating Hillary Clinton, but Hillary Clinton is one person who… — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
The problem with American democracy is the American corporation, which is a slave holder construct, pure and simple. It's totally invasive, and… — Richard Grossman Copy Share Image
We don't need to get into the geopolitical ramifications of Trump's ego-centric foreign policy to agree that American democracy should be for… — Karine Jean-Pierre Copy Share Image
“I was astonished, bewildered. This was America, a country where, whatever its faults, people could speak, write, assemble, demonstrate without fear. It… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
We didn't move here so I could save American democracy. But I've embraced it with the zeal of a convert. — Steve Hilton Copy Share Image
American democracy must be a failure because it places the supreme authority in the hands of the poorest and most ignorant part… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When we are fighting for huge stakes - we're fighting for the future - future of the planet in terms of climate… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
Why do Americans find government so baffling and irritating-even though many of us depend on public programs for a secure retirement, an… — Theda Skocpol Copy Share Image
My primary motivation for running for the 9th Congressional District is that I strongly believe that one of the hallmarks of the… — Willie Herenton Copy Share Image
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