In democracy, as quaintly understood, voters pick their representatives. American democracy increasingly reverses that. Legislative districts are drawn to protect incumbents who,… — George Will Copy Share Image
“I venture the challenging statement that if American democracy ceases to move forward as a living force, seeking day and night by… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
American democracy in the past has always been known for its large middle class and its relatively few very wealthy people and… — Os Guinness Copy Share Image
Until the courts put a stop to it, public debate over same-sex marriage displayed American democracy at its best. Individuals on both… — Antonin Scalia Copy Share Image
American democracy is the inalienable right to sit on your front porch, in your pyjamas, drinking a can of beer and shouting… — Peter Ustinov Copy Share Image
“While American democracy is imperfect, few outside the majority of this Court would have thought its flaws included a dearth of corporate… — Jane Mayer Copy Share Image
Speaking as a Democrat, all my life battling for what I conceived to be Democracy, and what I conceived to be right,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The peaceful transfer of power is a central tenet of American democracy, and Connecticut stands ready to aid in the protection of… — Ned Lamont Copy Share Image
Presidential elections and the voter experience have long been fraught for black people. From racist poll taxes to made-up literacy tests to… — Patrisse Cullors Copy Share Image
Whatever else the religious Right may be, it is a bonanza for its opponents... Reports of the great terror that is upon… — Richard John Neuhaus Copy Share Image
There's no doubt that in the last two to three decades, American democracy has been hacked. It was based on the regular… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
Obama is not just a powerful speaker, but a thinker engaged with the ideas of his country and his age--this argument by… — Martha Minow 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
American democracy is really under attack here [Clinton campaign that was hacked]. And the question is how are we and in particular… — James Carville Copy Share Image
In order to maintain American democracy we need to tackle the problematic influence of big money donors, corporate political action committees and… — John Fetterman Copy Share Image
Our fathers and grandfathers who poured over the Midwest were self-reliant, rugged, God-fearing people of indomitable courage...They asked only for freedom of… — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
“I can't help but recall, at this point, a horribly elitist but very droll remark by one of my favorite writers, the… — Douglas R. Hofstadter Copy Share Image
Let’s not forget that American democracy started with ‘We the People’ agreeing to work hard to create ‘a more perfect union.’ We’ve… — Parker J. Palmer Copy Share Image
American democracy faces a massive challenge. I don't think it is a certainty that we're headed toward Putin's Russia, as some commentariat… — Jonathan Chait Copy Share Image
We need a very progressive and strong agenda to bring people into the political process because I worry very much about the… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
American democracy is spoiled by people buying everything in sight and then selling and buying everything in sight, including our politicians. — Russell Simmons Copy Share Image
I gave a speech at the Democratic National Convention in 2016 and warned of Trump. America has survived for almost 250 years… — Michael Bloomberg Copy Share Image
It would be easy to descend into despair, not only about the state of journalism, but the future of American democracy. But… — Laurie Garrett 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
Franklin may . . . be considered one of the founding fathers of American democracy, since no democratic government can last long… — Samuel Eliot Morison Copy Share Image
Ben Carson and I don't have much in common politically. But the fact is when you have kids getting involved in the… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
The paradox of American democracy has been that its slogan of equal opportunity has meant, often, equal opportunity to get power over… — Mary Parker Follett Copy Share Image
We would like the rest of the world to look up to American democracy. So when there is this kind of folly… — Sheldon Whitehouse Copy Share Image
For much of its history, Virginia, the 'cradle of American democracy,' failed to live up to our ideals. All too often, our… — Ralph Northam Copy Share Image
It was always presumptuous to expect Russia, an ancient nation-state and proud empire of distinct culture with a tradition of autocracy, to… — Simon Sebag Montefiore 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
Super PACs and a corrupt campaign finance system are destroying American democracy. We're proud that we have received four million individual contributions,… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
“(Modern versions of this argument held that American democracy was born of the slave society of rural Virginia, because slavery gave men… — Tom Reiss Copy Share Image
What do I believe in? Belief means faith, and there's only one damned thing in the world I have any faith in.… — Rex Stout Copy Share Image
Resurrecting American democracy is vital to averting climate catastrophe. We must first repeal the Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling, which has flooded… — Robert F. Kennedy, Jr Copy Share Image
As long as American democracy remains healthy, there will be reporters willing to pursue the truth, even if that means incurring the… — Jonathan Karl Copy Share Image
“The most baffling mystery about American democracy is why putting such a brilliant idea into practice seems to attract all the wrong… — David Gustafson Copy Share Image
The U.S. corporate media, otherwise known as the "free press," is that hollow pillar on which contemporary American democracy rests. — Arundhati Roy 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
Public control of the political process requires public financing. The restoration of our American Democracy depends upon public financing. — Dennis Kucinich Copy Share Image