Democracy Quotes · Page 90

Thinking globally does not mean thinking socially.

— Ilkin Santak

When we were at peace, Democrats wanted to raise taxes. Now there's a war, so Democrats want to raise taxes. When there…

— Ann Coulter

Standards of conduct appropriate to civil society or the workings of a democracy cannot be purely and simply applied to the Church.

— Pope Benedict XVI

We're Democrats [with my father]. So, of course he would [support me]. Absolutely.

— Malaak Shabazz

Republicans in Hollywood hide. I'm challenging them to stand up and have courage. I won't be scared into submission.

— Stacey Dash

The democratic rule that all men are equal is sometimes confused with the quite opposite idea that all men are the same…

— Horace Kallen

Democrats in the contrast with Republicans, almost no matter which Republican is nominated. Because they are taking such similar positions.

— Joy-Ann Reid

Person who does not feel every cell of his body and who does not find his soul in every cell of his…

— Ilkin Santak

The United Nations should come in and take over Liberia, not temporarily, but for life. To make Liberians believe in democracy, to…

— George Weah

Today, Democrats not only have the White House; they have the Senate too. So we have to be realistic about what we…

— Mitch McConnell

You cannot have democracy without the institutions. You cannot have a democracy that is built on the moods of self-interested people.

— Bashar al-Assad

Well, I would say that we've got to redefine democracy, that we have been stuck in concepts of representative democracy, that we…

— Grace Lee Boggs

While the United States is a prime example of fair elections, there is room for improvement, starting with passing voter identification laws…

— Mercedes Schlapp

Referendums are a democratic instrument, but so are decisions reached in a parliamentary democracy. I advise extreme caution when it comes to…

— Martin Schulz

The transition from tyranny to democracy is very hard. The Syrian people have to handle this in a way that works in…

— Anonymous

Our right to disagree is precious but fragile. The best way to protect and preserve it is to let the other side…

— Madeleine M. Kunin

One of the features of a democracy is the disentanglement of the sacred from the secular because in religiously pluralistic countries, no…

— Michael Shermer

'In a democracy,' said Mr Pinfold, with more weight than originality, 'Men do not seek authority so that they may impose a…

— Thomas Babington Macaulay

In the long and dogged crusade that the human race has fought in favor of democracy, the ideal of liberty, of freedom,…

— John Allen Fraser

After all, how can a society flourish, a country attain democracy and health, children grow into intelligent beings, sensitive to the needs…

— Alice Walker

We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the…

— Abraham Lincoln

There is no state with a democracy except Libya on the whole planet.

— Muammar al-Gaddafi

Democracy! Bah! When I hear that I reach for my feather boa!

— Allen Ginsberg

Everybody has a right to be defended, and every lawyer has a duty to defend people accused. And my office is to…

— Jacques Verges

We know that greater participation in our democracy will make our government more responsible and make elected officials more representative of the…

— Sara Gideon

If Republicans aren't willing to vote for voting rights, and if the only way to safeguard our fundamental right to vote is…

— Jonathan Capehart

If patriotism were defined, not as blind obedience to government, not as submissive worship to flags and anthems, but rather as love…

— Howard Zinn

“Misfortune never comes alone. It's surrounded by bodyguards.”

— Ljupka Cvetanova

Our great democracies still tend to think that a stupid man is more likely to be honest than a clever man, and…

— Bertrand Russell

[Donald] Trump is where the Republicans are, and if you're going to be a Republican leader you should be supportive of that.

— Jeff Sessions

I think [ unpopular presidential candidates ] indicates, at least on the Democratic side, that we've got more work to do to…

— Barack Obama

I'm also politically independent so I'm not a fan of either the Democrats in Congress or the Republicans in Congress.

— Kal Penn

World War II proved a hypothesis that Alexis de Tocqueville advanced a century before: the war-fighting potential of a democracy is at…

— David Frum

For democracy to function properly it requires accepting the absolute right of individuals and groups to campaign against decisions previously taken by…

— Dominic Grieve

Ultimately, the people of Burma will determine their country's future. But we have chosen to act along with allies and partners because…

— Linda Thomas-Greenfield

American democracy is the inalienable right to sit on your front porch, in your pyjamas, drinking a can of beer and shouting…

— Peter Ustinov

The case for trade is not just monetary, but moral. Economic freedom creates habits of liberty. And habits of liberty create expectations…

— George W. Bush

“Too much freedom of the press is unhealthy for a democracy, I declared.”

— Viet Thanh Nguyen

To fight tyranny and oppression by using tyrannical and oppressive means, to combat a single-minded and ruthless fanaticism by becoming equally fanatical…

— Tariq Ali

In order for a world-around democracy to prosper, world society must learn how to prosper.

— R. Buckminster Fuller