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
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
The power the fossil fuel industry exerts over Congress is polluting American democracy, the propaganda it emits through its front groups is… — Sheldon Whitehouse 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
Occupy did something fabulous. What Occupy made clear was that there is an inequality at the heart of American democracy that undermines… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
Today, with America being a beleaguered global power, in part because of its own mistakes, it is absolutely essential that the American… — Zbigniew Brzezinski 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
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
Free and fair elections are a bedrock of American democracy, and the IC remains vigilant against the various activities by China, as… — John Ratcliffe Copy Share Image
The Black Lives Matter National Network and the movement at large are sophisticated. We're not easily won over by talking points and… — Patrisse Cullors Copy Share Image
Actual threats to American democracy range from voter suppression and unaccountable 'dark money' to explicit efforts to engineer 'minority rule' in Washington… — Jamelle Bouie Copy Share Image
American democracy is supposed to be the paradigm for the rest of the world, and it no longer is. Citizens cannot be… — Robert F. Kennedy, Jr Copy Share Image
The danger of having the Constitution twisted and misconstrued to support vested interests and prejudices must be guarded against if American democracy… — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
When I was sworn in, we had Republican-sponsored climate-change bills all over the place. You had John McCain running for President in… — Sheldon Whitehouse Copy Share Image
When Jefferson and the Republicans rallied to the Union and to the existing Federalist organization, the fabric of traditional American democracy was… — Herbert Croly Copy Share Image
“All of them agreed that the working-classes must be kept in their place; and all of them perceived that American Democracy did… — Sinclair Lewis Copy Share Image
Men and women have served and died to protect American democracy, but their sacrifice will be for naught if that democracy dies… — Jennifer Granholm 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
There is no more important struggle for American democracy than ensuring a diverse, independent and free media. Free Press is at the… — Bill Moyers Copy Share Image
I think that my general feeling about the United States is that democracy works, and I've believed that my whole life, and… — Tom Steyer Copy Share Image
“These two norms undergirded American democracy for most of the twentieth century. Leaders of the two major parties accepted one another as… — Steven Levitsky Copy Share Image
The American system of democracy is founded on the concept that every citizen has the right to vote, to know that their… — Barbara Mikulski 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
Find the enemy that wants to end this experiment (in American democracy) and kill every one of them until they're so sick… — James Mattis Copy Share Image
Many Republicans who traditionally were for a positive role in the world, anti-Russian, now they want to defend their party and leader,… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
“He understood privacy and freedom of expression were paramount to liberty, as incompatible as they may appear. One promoted yelling and screaming,… — Shelter Somerset 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
A day will come when our children and grandchildren will look back and they'll ask one of two questions. Either they will… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
As a lawyer, as a former prosecutor, and as a son and grandson of foreign-service officers who tried to represent American democracy… — Sheldon Whitehouse Copy Share Image
“A caste society,” wrote U.S. Commissioner of Education Francis Keppel 25 years ago, “violates the style of American democracy.… The nation in… — Jonathan Kozol Copy Share Image