Many presidents - and they're not all Republicans - they're just determined to take apart this behemoth that's the administrative state. And… — Brian Balogh Copy Share Image
A pure democracy can admit no cure for the mischiefs of faction. A common passion or interest will be felt by a… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Is a democracy, such as we know it, the last improvement possible in government? Is it not possible to take a step… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
The real power in America is held by a fast-emerging new Oligarchy of pimps and preachers who see no need for Democracy… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
It's hard to believe that in the greatest democracy in the world, we need legislation to prevent the government from writing and… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible; who still wonders… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The dichotomies, the brokenness of the culture around things like the Vietnam war, and then a lot of it has to do… — Anne Waldman Copy Share Image
Having a vote once every four years is not the same thing as democracy. — Hugh Laurie Copy Share Image
In Germany democracy died by the headman's axe. In Britain it can be by pernicious anaemia. — Aneurin Bevan Copy Share Image
I thought that that was an effort to inject a popular element, a democratic element into the selection of a person who,… — Stephen Breyer Copy Share Image
The Democrats cannot find Romney fingerprints on what's happening to this country. Every fingerprint is Barack Obama's, Joe Biden's, Nancy Pelosi's, Harry… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
As Democrats, we will never be fooled into believing that if we are patient enough, that Donald Trump could be a good… — Kevin de Leon Copy Share Image
When you're in elected office, you always have to operate under the assumption that you're in a dog fight for re-election. It's… — Kevin Yoder Copy Share Image
For some reason when it comes to democracy, we seem to think that political knowledge doesn't make any kind of difference or… — Jason Brennan Copy Share Image
I'll fight everyday to restore the promise of a democracy that represents the people, not the well-off and well-connected, of safety and… — Andy Kim Copy Share Image
We need to take a close look at the relationship between the economic system of Capitalism and the political system of Democracy.… — Philip Kotler Copy Share Image
The Republicans can't go after Donald Trump where I think he needs to be criticized. — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
Somehow it did not occur to us that, in a developed democracy, regular media advertising could turn out to be a suspicious… — Margarita Simonyan Copy Share Image
Just the concept of personal freedom within a democracy, for instance, is a relatively young idea - only about 300 years old… — Daniel Greenberg Copy Share Image
With calm, knowledgeable precision, Daniel Ziblatt wades into the adjacent swamps of federalism and nineteenth-century European history, emerging with hands full of… — Charles Tilly Copy Share Image
As you know from reading many of these Negro writers, we don't deal too much with the discussion of democracy and what… — Stanley Crouch Copy Share Image
BDS is not a typical act of political correctness, undertaken by radical academics whose usual prey is the youth of America. This… — Thom Tillis Copy Share Image
The irony of capitalist discontent with democracy is that capitalist democracy has been a very good deal for capitalists. — Jamelle Bouie Copy Share Image
Remember back in the nineties, a bunch of Democrats decided to tax luxury items, including yachts? They figured it was not fair… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
Non-violent protests are signs of a healthy democracy, not an ailing one. — Christopher A. Wray Copy Share Image
How do we protect the soul of democracy against bad theology in service of an imperial state? — Bill Moyers Copy Share Image
Earth Democracy connects people in circles of care, cooperation, and compassion instead of dividing them through competition and conflict, fear and hatred. — Vandana Shiva Copy Share Image
Well, you know what, I'm 60 years old, and I've been interested in politics since I was on my daddy's knee. During… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
As citizens of the United States, we are stewards of this magnificent thing called democracy. — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
[Democrats] have robbed these citizens of their future and, if we win, I will give them their hope, their jobs, their education.… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
Politics is democracy's way of handling public business. We won't get the type of country in the kind of world we want… — David R. Brower Copy Share Image
We know better than to think that Republicans can win only on the failures of Democrats. It still comes down to a… — Paul Ryan Copy Share Image
A managed democracy is a wonderful thing... for the managers... and its greatest strength is a 'free press' when 'free' is defined… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
I don’t think God has a gender. I don’t think God hates gays or Democrats, and I don’t think you have to… — Ellen Hopkins Copy Share Image
Generalized intelligence and mental alertness are the most powerful enemies of dictatorship and at the same time the basic conditions of effective… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
Republicans need to get honest about confronting climate, but Democrats need to get honest about energy. — John Fetterman Copy Share Image
Everybody's for democracy in principle. It's only in practice that the thing gives rise to stiff objections. — Meg Greenfield Copy Share Image