Democracy Quotes · Page 134

It is a paradox that far too few Americans participate in the wonderful ritual of democracy that we call Election Day.

— Brad Henry

Anyone with a cursory knowledge of American history knows that unchecked spying undermines democracy and public trust.

— Ari Melber

The only difference between the Democrats and the Republicans is that the Democrats allow the poor to be corrupt, too.

— Oscar Levant

[Democrats] are not handling the John Lewis flap the right way, clearly. John Lewis is a hero and a civil rights hero.

— Jason Chaffetz

There is no dignity in wickedness, whether in purple or rags; and hell is a democracy of devils, where all are equals.

— Herman Melville

No good government but what is republican... the very definition of a republic is 'an empire of laws, and not of men.'

— John Adams

I can't just sit back and write about the club when our democracy is under attack. I have to be a more…

— Fantastic Negrito

Watching Republicans in Washington is like watching lemmings, if lemmings jumped into cesspools instead of off cliffs.

— P. J. O'Rourke

For about ten years now, the struggle for democracy and the respect of human rights has been in the focus point -…

— Omar Bongo

We must challenge this statement and this sentiment that the news media is the enemy of the American people. This sentiment may…

— William H. McRaven

My father loved democracy. He loved the ancient Greeks because they invented democracy, and he shared their contempt for those who refused…

— Kerry Kennedy

Election made me more aware, more conscious, more sensitive. Not just of sexism but of discrimination in all areas - class, gender,…

— Blake Lively

Generalization is flawed thinking only when applied to individuals. It is the most accurate way to describe the mass, the Wad. And…

— Trevanian

Dr. King's leadership reaffirmed the promise of our democracy: that everyday people, working together, have the power to change our government and…

— Maria Cantwell

Judaism is the best basis for democracy. The debate between the House of Hillel and the House of Shammai, the constant debate,…

— Benny Gantz

“People tend to form political beliefs in their early years and then stick with them for life. If today’s rich young are…

— Edward Luce

Representative democracy frequently manifests a disconnect between parliamentarians and the people, so that parliamentarians have agendas that do not correspond with the…

— Alfred-Maurice de Zayas

“The duty of Republicans in the current crisis, he told them, was “simply that of magnanimity. We have learned, heretofore, the practice…

— Walter Stahr

“...is there any body of citizens in the country who actually welcome and enjoy a General Election?..YES. Those citizens are schoolchildren...attending national…

— Flann O'brien

I don't even know in American educational history classes how much of D-Day, World War II, all of that is taught versus…

— Rush Limbaugh

The Democrats had long labeled the impeachment debate a distraction from the urgent business of a great nation. But the Republicans argued…

— Peggy Noonan

We must practice revolutionary democracy in every aspect of our Party life. Every responsible member must have the courage of his responsibilities,…

— Amilcar Cabral

By sending the contradictory message that the famous are just plain folks on Mount Olympus, America has forged a relentless tension between…

— Florence King

Democracy must stand or fall on a platform of possible human perfectibility. If human nature cannot be improved by institutions, democracy is…

— Herbert Croly

We are in a phase of democratization. We are constructing a democracy. We cannot construct a democracy with irritants.

— Jovenel Moise

If we expose the Chinese to our freedoms, it may create a greater hunger for democracy, reform and liberties in China.

— Gary Locke

Puritanism, believing itself quick with the seed of religious liberty, laid, without knowing it, the egg of democracy.

— James Russell Lowell

Putting it as strongly as I can, the failure to give free airtime for our political campaigns endangers our democracy.

— Walter Cronkite

The world must be made safe for democracy. Its peace must be planted upon the tested foundations of political liberty.

— Woodrow Wilson

The function of a bourgeois democracy is to secure the consent of the masses to their own exploitation and oppression.

— Tariq Ali

“The Republicans were locked in: they would block any efforts to increase the minimum wage by even a few nickels. The”

— Elizabeth Warren

The best measure of how a democracy is functioning is how it allocates the goods of the land, the public trust assets.

— Robert F. Kennedy, Jr

While democracy in the long run is the most stable form of government, in the short run, it is among the most…

— Madeleine Albright

Nobody said democracies supposed to be easy. It's hard. And in a big country like America, it probably should be hard.

— Barack Obama

We are losing the democracy that we're trying to sell in the Mideast and everywhere else right here in our own nation.

— Rosie O'Donnell

Democracy just isn't working any more; without sanity at its heart, it is becoming a most unique and fiendish tyranny.

— Michael Leunig

“I firmly believe that everyone should be free to pursue their desires as long as it does not harm others or society.”

— Suman Pokhrel

Asia's governments come in two broad varieties: young, fragile democracies - and older, fragile authoritarian regimes.

— Paul Samuelson

Unfortunately, Democrats don't want to wage a war on poverty or improve program integrity; they prefer talking points.

— Mark Meadows

Democracy is the only game in town. The problem is [when] people start to believe that it is not a game worth…

— Ivan Krastev