Democracy Quotes · Page 21

The legitimacy of coercive acts in a democracy arises from the process by which they are justified and by the degree to…

— Michael Ignatieff

We are a democratic - we are living in democracy.

— Yasser Arafat

“If the public has no idea about the substance of an issue, and will vote based on who they like rather than…

— Thomas M. Nichols

Russia has made its choice in favor of democracy. Fourteen years ago, independently, without any pressure from outside, it made that decision…

— Vladimir Putin

We are not exercising our democratic rights properly. We need to stop looking for solutions in others.

— Kamal Haasan

Democracy means free television, not good television, but free.

— Johnny Carson

It's a beautiful thing when democracy prevails.

— Marianne Williamson

We also call upon the king to hand over power to the political parties and for the political parties to shoulder their…

— Joseph Adam Ereli

There is no uniform, global model for democracy.

— Vladimir Putin

I confess to considerable doubts about the eventual stability of democracy, unless buttressed by constitutional safeguards and a general climate of opinion…

— Lionel Robbins, Baron Robbins

The Democrats have essentially decided to move more toward central power, control of just about every aspect of our culture and economy.

— Jim DeMint

Polls can change; people's opinions can change. Voting intentions can change, and I think it would be a silly leader, a silly…

— Nicola Sturgeon

“This is the Apocalypse, not a democracy,”

— Sean Platt

All of the dirty tricks, basically, the Russians employ to tear down liberal democracy, we need to work together on a bipartisan…

— Adam Schiff

Democrats fought to get health insurance for more Americans. Democrats fought for a strong consumer agency so big banks can't cheat people.…

— Elizabeth Warren

I know what it takes to win. I know a general election is going to come down to not only Republican voters…

— Ryan Frazier

Liberty of the people is not my liberty!

— Max Stirner

EU didn't advance our [Eastern Europe] democracy by a single millimeter.

— Vaclav Klaus

To make fun of an administration, to make fun of anything, Mark Twain said, is the last defense of democracy.

— Robin Williams

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 brought an end to the ugly Jim Crow period in American history.

— Lisa Murkowski

Democracy -- rule by the people -- sounds like a fine thing; we should try it sometime in America.

— Edward Abbey

When the Founders thought of democracy, they saw democracy in the political sphere - a sphere strictly limited by the Constitution's well-defined…

— Walter E. Williams

When we were the political slaves of King George, and wanted to be free, we called the maxim that "all men are…

— Abraham Lincoln

If Republicans want to bring these things up for a vote, I'm letting them know where I stand.

— Brad Carson

A democratic public forms when citizens gather together to deliberate and make public judgments about local and national issues that affect their…

— Kevin Mattson