Democracy Quotes · Page 137

Getting anyone elected takes a village, but this is especially true for Democrats in ruby red states such as Louisiana.

— Jessica Tarlov

The first time I voted I was 53-years-old. I never got involved in it before the 2015 general election. I voted Labour.

— Shaun Ryder

One of the hallmarks of higher education and of democracy is the ability to converse with people with whom we disagree.

— Betsy DeVos

Democracy is a form of government that substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.

— George Bernard Shaw

I have defended democracy, human rights, and brotherhood between peoples. And I'll keep doing so for as long as I live.

— Leyla Zana

100 political parties put together can never defeat the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, come 2015 presidential election.

— Patience Jonathan

Indeed, as long as a country has a culture a religion an ideology where Islam is dominant it will never be a…

— Geert Wilders

To pretend that former President Donald Trump's Republican Party will act in good faith to preserve democracy is naive.

— John Fetterman

As long as American democracy remains healthy, there will be reporters willing to pursue the truth, even if that means incurring the…

— Jonathan Karl

Dishonesty in government is the business of every citizen. It is not enough to do your own job. There's no particular virtue…

— Dalton Trumbo

Global markets must be balanced by global values such as respect for human rights and international law, democracy, security and sustainable economic…

— Anna Lindh

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

But democracy is by no means a limit one may not overstep; it is only one of the stages in the course…

— Vladimir Lenin

I'm a lifelong Democrat, but I have supported some Republicans. I'm all about results, man. If somebody can deliver, that's where I'm…

— Ray Nagin

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

Whenever we remove a brick from the wall that was designed to separate religion and government, we increase the risk of religious…

— John Paul Stevens

It's often said that the Democrats fight 'for the little guy.' That's true: liberals fight to make sure the little guy stays…

— Angela McGlowan

“A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote…

— Allen West

A pure democracy can admit no cure for the mischiefs of faction. A common passion or interest will be felt by a…

— James Madison

Our two nations have a lot in common, when you think about it. We were both founded by immigrants escaping religious persecution…

— George W. Bush

The real causes of terrorism are not poverty and oppression per se, but rather the bankruptcy of materialist ideologies, like Neo-Conservatism, which…

— Robert Dickson Crane

“In a real democracy, what matters is not just the outcome but the way that citizens participate in a debate about the…

— Mick Hume

“Defending democracy" also sounds fine; but to defend democracy by military means, one must be militarily efficient and one cannot become militarily…

— Aldous Huxley

We are thus in the position of having to borrow from Europe to defend Europe, of having to borrow from China and…

— Pat Buchanan

Democracy is welcoming people from other lands, and giving them something to hold onto. Usually a mop or a leaf blower.

— Johnny Carson

The Democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who…

— Anonymous

In the United States, the working class are Democrats. The middle class are Republicans. The upper class are Communists.

— Whittaker Chambers

Liberty and democracy are eternal enemies, and every one knows it who has ever given any sober reflection to the matter.

— H. L. Mencken

I believe democracy will succeed in Tunisia, but I also believe that it will succeed in the other Arab Spring countries.

— Rashid al-Ghannushi

Voting is a right that has been given to every American; however, as Christ followers, our votes should reflect our God.

— Monica Johnson

In America, unlike England, unlike Israel, unlike Japan, other democracies, we have elections that have staggered terms.

— Barney Frank

Christ was the first true democrat that ever breathed, as the old dramatist Dekkar said he was the first true gentleman.

— James Russell Lowell

The rule of law should be respected so that the basic structure of our democracy is maintained and further strengthened.

— Lal Bahadur Shastri

The practice of arbitrary imprisonments have been, in all ages, the favorite and most formidable instruments of tyranny.

— Alexander Hamilton

The worldwide, agelong struggle between fascism and democracy will not stop when the fighting ends in Germany and Japan.

— Henry A. Wallace

There is just a small difference between the United States and Russia - Russia does not teach the whole world democracy.

— Margarita Simonyan

What I want is to get done what the people desire to have done, and the question for me is how to…

— Abraham Lincoln

The perversions are as follows: of royalty, tyranny; of aristocracy, oligarchy; of constitutional government, democracy.

— Aristotle

We need to open up our party to wider involvement to build the movement we need to win elections and change our…

— Wes Streeting

Republicans are calling the Bush-Cheney ticket the 'Wizard of Oz' ticket. One needs a heart and the other needs a brain.

— Jay Leno