The future of the United States and the most important election in a generation, and he [Donald Trump] is trying to con… — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
“Russell observes that "the merits of democracy are negative: it does not ensure good government, but it prevents certain evils," such as… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
The people who visit the [Lincoln] memorial always look like an advertisement for democracy, so bizarrely, suspiciously diverse that one time I… — Sarah Vowell Copy Share Image
Pay 2 Play vividly tells the story of the threat posed to our political process by big money interests and what we… — John Bonifaz Copy Share Image
Stock ownership in the US is very highly concentrated. [Shareholder actions are] something, but it's like the old Communist Party in the… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
As much as the Democrats try to change the subject, this election will be about Barack Obama, period. Mitt's speech last night… — Howie Carr Copy Share Image
Democratization is not democracy; it is a slogan for the temporary liberalization handed down from an autocrat. Glasnost is not free speech;… — Gail Sheehy Copy Share Image
Even if the politics needed doesn't exist today, we still need to use our voices to make sure that the people in… — Greta Thunburg Copy Share Image
A democratic state is not proven by the welfare of the strong but by the welfare of the weak. — June Jordan Copy Share Image
I can't just sit back and write about the club when our democracy is under attack. I have to be a more… — Fantastic Negrito Copy Share Image
People are coming together - Democrats, Republicans, Independents - all of us to reject hate and division. — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
Political nature abhors a vacuum, which is what often exists for a year or two in a party after it loses a… — George Will Copy Share Image
Republicans: steely, rational, paternalistic, respectful of authority, easy to herd, the party of No. Democrats: sugary, emotional, idealistic, yearning for novelty, hard… — James Wolcott Copy Share Image
I've been doing politics 30 years. I've never seen an election like this [in 2016]. This is entirely unpredictable. — Renee Montagne Copy Share Image
[D]emocracy will soon degenerate into an anarchy, such an anarchy that every man will do what is right in his own eyes… — John Adams Copy Share Image
Equality and justice, the two great distinguishing characteristics of democracy, follow inevitably from the conception of men, all men, as rational and… — Robert M. Hutchins Copy Share Image
If the government is vulnerable to public opinion, then famines are a dreadfully bad thing to have. You cant win many elections… — Amartya Sen Copy Share Image
Republicans have been very successful. There are three things Americans don't like: big unions, big government and big corporations. So Republicans go… — Andy Stern Copy Share Image
I believe devoutly that the national election is the closest thing we have to a civic sacrament of democracy. And I really… — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
When you have a general election result you don't like, you don't have another general election. — Nicholas Soames Copy Share Image
Indira Gandhi had been this very powerful, dominating, ambiguous mother figure. Ambiguous because she was tyrannical, she had imposed...she had suspended Indian… — Aravind Adiga Copy Share Image
In a society governed passively by free markets and free elections, organized greed always defeats disorganized democracy. — Matt Taibbi Copy Share Image
Welles and I differed, however, in our interpretation of the results of the Munich Conference, he being optimistic, I skeptical. In a… — H. G. Wells Copy Share Image
Are democracy and poetry exclusive of one another and, if so, why? — Janet Erskine Stuart Copy Share Image
“Destroying the joint means building a new system in which it is not OK to allow people to be marginalised, exploited and… — Christine Milne Copy Share Image
Dialogue between people of differing views is critical for fostering understanding in a democracy. — Alex Gibney Copy Share Image
The Democrats pretended to care about black people for about five minutes to help their electoral process, and then civil rights suddenly… — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
Capitalism is an evil, and you cannot regulate evil. You have to eliminate it and replace it with something that is good… — Michael Moore Copy Share Image
What are the Democrats, the party of Jim Matheson, telling them? The message of the Democrats is that the Amercian dream is… — Mia Love Copy Share Image
Democracy rests upon two pillars: one, the principle that all men are equally entitled to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness;… — Louis D. Brandeis Copy Share Image
Voting is the most precious right of every citizen, and we have a moral obligation to ensure the integrity of our voting… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
Democracy cannot meaningfully function without an informed citizenry, and such a citizenry is impossible without broad public access to information about the… — Ryan Shapiro Copy Share Image
When we define democracy now it must still be as a thing hoped for but not seen. — Pearl S. Buck Copy Share Image
The ultimate authority, wherever the derivative may be found, resides in the people alone, and that it will not depend merely on… — James Madison Copy Share Image
It is part of the moral tragedy with which we are dealing that words like 'democracy,' 'freedom,' 'rights,' 'justice,' which have so… — Norman Angell Copy Share Image
In the past week it has become clear that the vote on the final healthcare bill will be very close. I take… — Dennis Kucinich Copy Share Image
I am convinced that the majority of American people do understand that we have a moral responsibility to foster the concepts of… — Richard Lugar Copy Share Image
![“The future of the United States and the most important election in a generation, and he [Donald Trump] is trying to con people into giving them their vote, just like he conned these people into giving them their money.” quote by Mitt Romney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/318/mitt-romney-268_democracy_the-future-of-the-united-states-and-the_1142439.jpg)
![“The people who visit the [Lincoln] memorial always look like an advertisement for democracy, so bizarrely, suspiciously diverse that one time I actually saw a man in a cowboy hat standing there reading the Gettysburg Address next to a Hasidic Jew. I wouldn’t have been surprised if they had linked…” quote by Sarah Vowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/3fe/sarah-vowell-2016_addresses_the-people-who-visit-the-lincoln-memoria_1143653.jpg)
![“Stock ownership in the US is very highly concentrated. [Shareholder actions are] something, but it's like the old Communist Party in the USSR, it would be nice to see more protest inside the Communist Party but it's not democracy. It's not going to happen. [Shareholder actions] are a good step…” quote by Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/6bb/noam-chomsky-42_action_stock-ownership-in-the-us-is-very-highly_1143772.jpg)
![“I've been doing politics 30 years. I've never seen an election like this [in 2016]. This is entirely unpredictable.” quote by Renee Montagne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/110/renee-montagne-28505_democracy_i-ve-been-doing-politics-30-years-i-ve-n_1145912.jpg)
![“[D]emocracy will soon degenerate into an anarchy, such an anarchy that every man will do what is right in his own eyes and no man's life or property or reputation or liberty will be secure, and every one of these will soon mould itself into a system of subordination of all the moral virtues and…” quote by John Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/ac9/john-adams-529_ability_d-emocracy-will-soon-degenerate-into-an_1146087.jpg)
