A government resting on the minority is an aristocracy, not a Republic, and could not be safe with a numerical and physical… — James Madison Copy Share Image
A democracy is no more than an aristocracy of orators. The people are so readily moved by demagogues that control must be… — Thomas Hobbes Copy Share Image
Republicans should oppose the D.C. Swamp / Deep State's blood thirsty desire for endless wars. — Marjorie Taylor Greene Copy Share Image
We've got to make sure we're showing up for every single election. — Jasmine Crockett Copy Share Image
But if there is one thing clearly and plainly laid down about election, it is this: that elect men and women may… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
“A great democracy has got to be progressive or it will soon cease to be great or a democracy.” — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
How can the Republicans get away with picking their Dennis Kucinich, but when - if the Democrats tried it, all hell would… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
Political systems must love poverty-they produce so much of it. Poor people make easier targets for a demagogue. No Mao or even… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Pennsylvania is the birthplace of our democracy, and as Governor, I have been focused on advancing real freedom across the Commonwealth. — Josh Shapiro Copy Share Image
We care about equality and democracy within the band and outside the band. For us life is about cooperation and solidarity, not… — G.W. Sok Copy Share Image
“The real menace of our Republic is the invisible government, which like a giant octopus sprawls its slimy legs over our cities,… — John Francis Hylan Copy Share Image
I'm old enough to remember when Republicans loved the CBO because it tells the conservatives the thing that matters most to them… — Dana Bash Copy Share Image
I believe that as slow and frustrating as it sometimes is, our democracy, our free press and the rule of law work.… — Tom Suozzi Copy Share Image
[T]he main evil of the present democratic institutions of the united states does not raise, as is often asserted in Europe, from… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
If democracy is ever to be threatened, it will not be by revolutionary groups burning government offices and occupying the broadcasting and… — Tony Benn Copy Share Image
I don't believe that math and nature respond to democracy. Just because very clever people have rejected the role of the infinite,… — Janna Levin Copy Share Image
My plea is that if we want to preserve India's diversity, federalism, democracy, secularism, equality, fraternity, state rights, education rights, we must… — M. K. Stalin Copy Share Image
Democracy requires information. Plato knew that informed decision-making requires knowledge. — Mary Beard Copy Share Image
I do not deny the rights of democracy, but I have no illusions as to the uses that will be made of… — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
People tend to favor the underdog, like in the movies we favor the underdog, but when it comes to voting, we vote… — Jon Gnarr Copy Share Image
What does a political revolution look like? It means that 80 percent of the people vote in national elections, not 40 percent.… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
“A free Republic! How a myth will maintain itself, how it will continue to deceive, to dupe, and blind even the comparatively… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
All of our children should be able to aspire to any office in the land,including head of state.Hereditary power is outdated. — David Crabb Copy Share Image
Millions around the world increasingly see America not as a model of democracy but as relying solely on brute force — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
In many European countries we have populist indirect democratic systems. The people elect, in a proportionate manner, a parliament. The parliament with… — Torbjorn Tannsjo Copy Share Image
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