Democracy is fatal for the arts; it leads only to chaos or the achievement of new and lower common denominators of quality. — Walter Legge Copy Share Image
A vigorous democracy a democracy in which there are freedom from want, freedom from fear, freedom of religion, and freedom of speech… — Helen Gahagan Douglas Copy Share Image
The United States exists as a sovereign nation. 'America,' in contrast, exists as a myth of democracy and equal opportunity to live… — Bharati Mukherjee Copy Share Image
The best way to demonstrate the values of a western democracy is you put Osama bin Laden on trial; you challenge what… — Ken Livingstone Copy Share Image
Every citizen of this country should be guaranteed that their vote matters, that their vote is counted, and that in the voting… — Barbara Boxer Copy Share Image
It is acknowledged, namely, that there are in the world three forms of government, autocracy, oligarchy, and democracy: autocracies and oligarchies are… — Aeschines Copy Share Image
The main division in the world is between democratic and undemocratic countries. — Michael Mandelbaum Copy Share Image
When the function of libraries is put in terms of their contributions to the community, people see their centrality. The challenge to… — Arthur Curley Copy Share Image
“He was holding his breath so as not to inhale the odor of democracy.” — Henry James Copy Share Image
Dictatorships are one-way streets. Democracy boasts two-way traffic. — Alberto Moravia Copy Share Image
Bush is quite vulnerable if the Democrats pick the right issues. So far, though, they've shown their usual tendency to go for… — Glenn Reynolds Copy Share Image
It is the job of government to prevent a tragedy of the commons. That includes the commons of shared values and norms… — Paul Romer Copy Share Image
In terms of election issues, the urgent challenges we face include securing reforms to de-escalate the nuclear arms race, end voter suppression,… — Martin Luther King III Copy Share Image
That's why we have senators and members of congress from every state. That's why we have elections. Because the people speak and… — Mike Lee Copy Share Image
It means that, in fact, it's - whether fascist is the right word I don't know - more of a plutocracy than… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
It's very well known that the Republicans have problems with minorities. The Democrats have big problems with white people. Obama only got… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
Syllogisms а la mode - If you are against labor racketeers, then you are against the working man. If you are against… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
There is a tendency in any conflict, especially in a democracy, to fight the enemy you can, not the enemy you should. — Robert Baer Copy Share Image
Every time we go into the voting booth, we are choosing the moral and spiritual direction of our nation. That is a… — Robert Jeffress Copy Share Image
In a democracy in the 20th and 21st century, if you can't base your fiction upon ordinary people and the issues that… — John Updike Copy Share Image
I am kind of a sucker for democracy, so I do think that what kinds of citizens we have in our societies… — Sheila Jasanoff Copy Share Image
President Obama seems to think that you win by demonstrating that you're a more reasonable person than your opponents. It didn't work… — Timothy Noah Copy Share Image
I think the Egyptian people need to restore confidence that Americans, the U.S., means what they say when they talk about democracy,… — Mohamed ElBaradei Copy Share Image
We will never resolve serious national problems with this irresponsible democracy. — Jair Bolsonaro Copy Share Image
We can no longer allow multinationals to parade as agents of progress and democracy in the newspapers, even as they subvert it… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Elections in Nigeria Under My Watch Have Been Credible and Transparent — Goodluck Jonathan Copy Share Image
It 's really hard to impose democracy. It has to emerge naturally. You have to get out of the way and let… — Wesley Clark Copy Share Image
Republicans should be prepared to bolster their own grassroots efforts, keep promises made on the campaign trail and to fend off calculated,… — Katie Pavlich Copy Share Image
When Republicans used reconciliation in 2001 for the Bush tax cuts, they used it to increase the deficit. The whole purpose of… — Kent Conrad Copy Share Image
Voting rights is not just some other issues alongside other issues, it gets to the heart of who we are in the… — Raphael Warnock Copy Share Image
Passive fatalism can never be the role of a revolutionary party, like the Social Democracy. — Karl Liebknecht Copy Share Image
The cornerstone of our policy in that part of the world is to help democracies. Lebanon's a democracy. We want the Siniora… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
I'm optimistic about Turkey's prospects for reaching the E.U.'s standards of development, governance, and democracy, whether inside or outside the E.U. Provided… — Andrew Mango Copy Share Image
End racial and ethnic gerrymandering, stop voter I.D. laws that seek to suppress voters of color, and make sure everyone can add… — Beto O'Rourke Copy Share Image
I welcome nonviolent protests as an exercise of our great democracy. — Shervin Pishevar Copy Share Image
Founded on the principles of private initiative, entrepreneurship and self-employment, underpinned by the values of democracy, equality and solidarity, the co-operative movement… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
