Democracy Quotes · Page 131

Hanging one scoundrel, it appears, does not deter the next. Well, what of it? The first one is at least disposed of.

— H. L. Mencken

What I see is a grown-up recognition of democracy in this country, that we still have a monarch that plays his part.

— Lindsay Hoyle

I think Democrats in Congress love Israel. Our relationship with Israel depends on a strong bipartisan relationship.

— Jane Harman

The war on terror, rebranded under Obama as the "Overseas Contingency Operation," has morphed into war on democracy.

— Henry Giroux

The spirit of democracy is not a mechanical thing to be adjusted by abolition of forms. It requires change of heart.

— Mahatma Gandhi

We had a choice between Democrats who couldn't learn from the past and Republicans who couldn't stop living in it...

— Anonymous

None can know their election but by their conformity to Christ; for all who are chosen are chosen to sanctification.

— Matthew Henry

Elections come and go, people win and lose, that is part of politics. It doesn't anyway change things on the ground.

— Mehbooba Mufti

Public conversations about who we are and who we want to be are key to the vitality of our democracy, and leaders…

— Abhijit Banerjee

We have got to nurture the spirit of independent journalism in this country, or we'll not save capitalism from its own excesses,…

— Bill Moyers

Mexico has proven by now that it's a strong electoral democracy. Now we have to build a democracy that produces better results;…

— Enrique Pena Nieto

Democracy in itself does not define or guarantee a free society. History has told many stories of democratic societies that have degenerated…

— Richard Ebeling

Elections are an enduring spectacle of free India, and have provided foreign journalists with the opportunity to remind the world that India…

— Shashi Tharoor

The Democratic political juggernaut that emerged from the Depression and the New Deal meant that Republicans had to scramble to figure out…

— Heather Cox Richardson

Whether it's Delhi, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana or Odisha, we have seen similar patterns - hostile local politics transform into conciliation of some…

— Barkha Dutt

2010 is not just a choice between Republicans and Democrats. 2010 is not just a choice between liberals and conservatives. 2010 is…

— Marco Rubio

Well, we are Americans. I've always believed that you work with where you are - I am a Mormon woman who was…

— Terry Tempest Williams

My advice is if we can't replace Obamacare by ourselves, to go to the Democrats and say this. 10% of the sick…

— Lindsey Graham

[T]he delegation of the government, in [a republic], to a small number of citizens elected by the rest . . . [is]…

— James Madison

It's a democracy, and the reason why the conservative movement loses is because it believes that it is elite, that the smartest…

— Andrew Breitbart

We live in the age of "Everything Has Rights." Now, I'm not denying that the concept of rights is valid, but I…

— John Rosemond

One must be wary of the view that these loose and diverse coalitions represent a new form of globalized participatory democracy. The…

— Sylvia Ostry

Anyone will acknowledge that there's a lot of people other than those who are elected who run the government, and who are…

— Aaron McGruder

The dissolution of society bids fair to become the termination of a career of which property is the end and aim, because…

— Lewis Henry Morgan

The only devils in the world are those running around in our own hearts - that is where the battle should be…

— Mahatma Gandhi

“When did a free country start to mean free enterprise? Who sold Democracy out for a golden calf we got to idolize?”

— Trevor D. Richardson

The cosmos is a gigantic flywheel making 10,000 revolutions per minute. Man is a sick fly taking a dizzy ride on it.

— H. L. Mencken

Laws are important precisely because in a democracy they reflect the attitudes and aspirations of those they govern.

— Alan Dershowitz

The problem is there is no such thing as a viable democracy made up of experts, zealots, politicians and spectators.

— Elizabeth Coleman

Democrats haven't been this upset about an American engaging in free speech since Juanita Broaddrick opened her yap.

— Ann Coulter

Democracy is not just voting for your leaders; it's really premised upon ordinary citizens understanding the issues.

— Howard Rheingold

Of the many things we have done to democracy in the past, the worst has been the indignity of taking it for…

— Max Lerner

Democracy is a process - it's not an end state, and our democracy continues to evolve, and sometimes we go backward.

— Linda Thomas-Greenfield

I believe that democracy will prevail, so long as the United States stays with these young democracies to help them.

— George W. Bush

We were not republicans or democrats during Katrina. We truly were all Americans, and Trent Lott came through for me.

— Donna Brazile

I think democracy is on the decline in the West. Ruling parties are the same: neo-liberalism at home and wars abroad.

— Tariq Ali

Nobody should be surprised that Republicans vote for Republican policy. Just like Democrats vote for Democrat policy.

— Reid Ribble

The immigration policies that Donald Trump and the Republicans are pushing are downright hateful and must be stopped.

— Deb Haaland

There are always too many Democratic congressmen, too many Republican congressmen, and never enough U.S. congressmen.

— Sydney J. Harris

Republicans should remember that when Trump campaigned, he wasn't holding up a conservative manifesto at every rally.

— Thom Tillis