Democracy Quotes · Page 138

I think, as Republicans, we need to stick by what we believe in. And that is fiscal conservatism and individual freedom.

— Kane

Institutionalizing dissent in our agencies moves us toward a healthier democracy and helps fulfill our founders' vision.

— Neal Katyal

For me, a better democracy is a democracy where women do not only have the right to vote and to elect but…

— Michelle Bachelet

The case for democracy is that voters in the aggregate will make better decisions than a lone monarch or dictator would.

— Max Boot

Donald Trump got elected because, in his twisted way, he pointed out the huge troubles in our economy and our democracy.

— Pete Buttigieg

It is a fundamental principle of democracy that citizens obey the law or incur whatever penalty applies to its breaking.

— Ann Widdecombe

I want to live in a Britain where there is a shared belief in freedom and democracy, and equal rights for men…

— Andrea Leadsom

Republicans, say Democrats, are too simplistic about what ails America, and their solutions are straight out of 'J.A.G.'

— Kevin Bleyer

The goals of Russia since 1917 have been to destroy capitalism, discredit democracy, and show that Communist collectivism was the greatest social…

— Malcolm Nance

Europeans used to be proud to be the advanced form of democracy. Now they're definitely a little bit ashamed because we are…

— Miguel Gomes

Kellyanne's [Conway] pointing out, you people say we don't have a mandate? You don't have a [Democratic] party. You've lost a thousand…

— Rush Limbaugh

I think we're at risk with our democracy. I think we're dealing with the most closed, imperialistic, nastiest administration in living memory.…

— Wesley Clark

AIADMK bears Annadurai in its name and his image on its flag. We will extend full cooperation in upholding the principles of…

— J. Jayalalithaa

Democrats and Republicans were essentially the same party with different faces and that was why, no matter how many promises each leader…

— Anonymous

Intellectuals, who go after the crowd - have never been intellectuals. Intellectuals should either lead the crowd after themselves, or completely isolate…

— Ilkin Santak

A generation of Earth Days has conditioned millions of us to be green in our homes yet we must apply the same…

— Christine Pelosi

I do say, that the parties [both Democrats and Republicans] are the same. But rather that the differences are not great enough…

— Jill Stein

Some countries have a parliamentary republic, some are presidential republics and some are still monarchies, but no one sees them as not…

— Vladimir Putin

Our founding fathers detested the idea of a democracy and labored long to prevent America becoming one. Once again - the word…

— Neal Boortz

I liked working with Republicans. We had five pretty good years after we had that bad year in '95 that culminated in…

— William J. Clinton

“Now we Democrats, well, we’re all for higher taxes, right?  But man do we hate to pay those taxes, and most of…

— D.W. Ulsterman

In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries you have these great nation states hurling their young men at one another. The victory was…

— Stephen Ambrose

Our president seems determined to do anything he can with the Russians and the Russians hate - but a report and hates…

— Ralph Peters

When you fight, you don't fight for abstract values like the flag, or the nation, or democracy. You fight for your buddy.…

— Richard Marcinko

Democracy is the current industry standard political system, but unfortunately it is ill-suited for a libertarian state.

— Patri Friedman

Duty of a citizen to the defective state is betraying it. Because the defective state has already betrayed its citizens.

— Ilkin Santak

Democrats in Louisville were led by Courier-Journal editor Henry Watterson and were implacably opposed to blacks voting.

— Rand Paul

America's elections are the foundation of our democracy - so protecting them is a priority for the FBI and our partners.

— Christopher A. Wray

Republican voters already hated Democrats so much that [Bill] Clinton and [Barack] Obama didn't really have much impact.

— Kevin Drum

There’s no Democratic way to run a city and there’s no Republican way to run a city -- just the right way…

— Buddy Cianci

In a democracy dissent is an act of faith. Like medicine, the test of its value is not in its taste, but…

— J. William Fulbright

I vote in every general election, but I'm not a party member or an ideologue. I've never told anyone who I've voted…

— Brian Lamb

Democracy is not tolerance. Democracy is a prescribed way of life erected on the premise that all men are created equal.

— Chester Himes

If voting wasn't important, why would they be spending so much time and so much energy trying to stop you from doing…

— Andrew Aydin

Voting rights is how we address the deepening divides in our country, by ensuring every eligible voter's voice is heard.

— Raphael Warnock

The stories a society tells about itself are a measure of how it values itself, the ideals of democracy, and its future.

— Henry Giroux

To make Democracy work, you need an aristocratic democracy. To make Aristocracy work, you need a democratic aristocracy.

— George Bernard Shaw

(A)nything not acting as a propaganda arm for the Democrats or the Leftist agenda is considered conservative these days.

— Tammy Bruce

A people inspired by democracy, human rights and economic opportunity will turn their back decisively against extremism.

— Benazir Bhutto

Everything has to be done to build some sort of international democracy. We've seen only the tiniest beginnings of that.

— Susan George