Democracy Quotes · Page 121

The Republicans I've been talking to have said, 'Oh, the public is cynical about indictments, they happen so often.' Well, that's whistling…

— Larry Sabato

There are many fronts in the fight to make voting easier for all.

— Amy Klobuchar

Unequal Democracy is the sort of book to which every political scientist should aspire--it is methodologically rigorous, conceptually serious, and above all,…

— Robert D. Putnam

We can't slow up because of our love for democracy and our love for America. Someone should tell Faulkner that the vast…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

In Venezuela, we either accept domination, total oppression and torture... from Maduro's regime, or we choose freedom, democracy, and prosperity for our…

— Juan Guaido

The much-lauded parliamentary democracy in India has been unable to protect a genuine democratic set-up in Kashmir.

— Nyla Ali Khan

I don't find any difference between Islam and Islamic fundamentalists. I believe religion is the root, and from the root fundamentalism grows…

— Taslima Nasrin

Democracy cannot survive overpopulation.

— Isaac Asimov

There's a serious and worrying return to the fall of democracy in Spain, and it's not just us who are realising that.

— Carles Puigdemont

Democracy is a form of the state, it represents, on the one hand, the organized, systematic use of force against persons; but,…

— Vladimir Lenin

If you are a minority or an interest group, the Democrats will hold the debate at your house. Whereas Republicans take a…

— Jon Stewart

In the US, voters cast ballots for individual candidates who are not bound to any party program except rhetorically, and not always…

— Ben Bagdikian

When we call a capitalist society a consumers democracy we mean that the power to dispose of the means of production, which…

— Ludwig von Mises

The right to free speech is critical to our democracy.

— Amy Klobuchar

The English, being the most practical people in the world, came up with parliamentary democracy and codified football and Cadbury's Creme Egg.…

— Ardal O'Hanlon

If the government was as afraid of disturbing the consumer as it is of disturbing business, this would be some democracy.

— Kin Hubbard

I believe we need to lay race theories to rest: Democracy - and identity - is difficult enough without 'scientific' obfuscation.

— Jens Martin Skibsted

We need now to build a culture of genuine nonviolence and real democracy.

— Mairead Corrigan

Skill development, speed and scale are the 3 important aspects that are relevant to the present-day growth and development module.

— Narendra Modi

For Singapore, its test for its own democracy must be whether it fit and serve the interests of its people and conditions,…

— Goh Chok Tong

The greatest blessing of our democracy is freedom. But in the last analysis, our only freedom is the freedom to discipline ourselves.

— Bernard Baruch

I really rebel against this idea that politics has to be a place full of ego and where you're constantly focused on…

— Jacinda Ardern

Prediction? The Democrats will win. I think it will be a close win, both for the House and for the Senate.

— John Dingell

Republicans are completely befuddled by Obama's 'star power' and don't seem to have a clear or effective strategy to compete.

— Simon Sinek

I am not sure that I know enough about the pre-history of 9/11 to agree or disagree. But I did think at…

— Judith Butler

I believe in all the secular values that Indian democracy is famous for.

— Manisha Koirala

“Democracy means perfect equality of opportunity, especially in education; not the rotation of every Tom, Dick and Harry in public office.”

— Will Durant

Socialist democracy is not a luxury but an absolute, essential necessity for overthrowing capitalism and building socialism.

— Ernest Mandel

Ethics must be reintroduced to public service to restore people's faith in government. Without such faith, democracy cannot flourish. Your ambitious agenda…

— Walter Cronkite

As a veteran, I know firsthand the satisfaction there is in defending the democracy you so strongly believe in, but I can…

— Charles B. Rangel

We need religion as a guide. We need it because we are imperfect. Our government needs the church, because only those humble…

— Jeff Miller

The world has come around to the view that democracy is essential for full human development. And only education and skill development…

— Subramanian Swamy

“Conventional belief holds that after triumphing over a mid-career bout with polio, FDR went on to serve two vigorous terms as gov-…

— Steven Lomazow

We need a very progressive and strong agenda to bring people into the political process because I worry very much about the…

— Bernie Sanders

[Tomas] Jefferson believed that the United States was a chosen nation with a special responsibility to spread democracy around the world.

— Gordon S. Wood

Only that Swiss in the heart want still a king or at least a strong Upper House of Parliament. Swiss long themselves…

— Peter Bichsel

Democracy is not just a question of having a vote. It consists of strengthening each citizen's possibility and capacity to participate in…

— Fernando Henrique Cardoso

“Republicans, white and black, heaped scorn upon “respectables” who did not participate directly in the violence but “could not stop their sons…

— Eric Foner

The Democrats say the rich are rich because they stole all of their money or somehow fleeced the poor for all of…

— Rush Limbaugh

The way people in democracies think of the government as something different from themselves is a real handicap. And, of course, sometimes…

— Lewis Mumford