--- title: "9 Democracy Giving Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 9 Democracy Giving quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Democracy Giving sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa3/juju-17142_democracy_democracy-is-giving-the-poeple-the-power_2861833.jpg" --- > [Democracy is giving the poeple the power to rule and complain. Looks like France is only half a democraty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/juju/democracy-is-giving-the-poeple-the-power-to-rule-and-complain-looks/) [Juju](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/juju/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa3/juju-17142_democracy_democracy-is-giving-the-poeple-the-power_2861833.jpg) > [While Kuwait is not a democracy, giving only half the population a voice in their government is not a policy this Congress…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ginny-brown-waite/while-kuwait-is-not-a-democracy-giving-only-half-the-population-a/) [Ginny Brown-Waite](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ginny-brown-waite/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/327/ginny-brown-waite-22874_congress_while-kuwait-is-not-a-democracy-giving-o_581379.jpg) > [ I note that \[Benazir\] Bhutto demonstrates her own deep commitment to democracy by giving herself the title chairperson for life of the… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-coulter/i-note-that-benazir-bhutto-demonstrates-her-own-deep-commitment-to/) [Ann Coulter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-coulter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d6/ann-coulter-469_bhutto_i-note-that-benazir-bhutto-demonstrates_1078684.jpg) > [We're doing exactly what the Republicans don't want: getting more people involved in our democracy. Giving more Americans a voice in their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-messina/we-re-doing-exactly-what-the-republicans-don-t-want-getting-more/) [Jim Messina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-messina/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d9/jim-messina-43537_american_we-re-doing-exactly-what-the-republicans_534060.jpg) > [“If I were making a country, I'd get the sewage pipes first, then the democracy, then I'd go about giving pamphlets and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aravind-adiga/if-i-were-making-a-country-i-d-get-the-sewage-pipes-first-then-the/) [Aravind Adiga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aravind-adiga/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/daf/aravind-adiga-4424_democracy_if-i-were-making-a-country-i-d-get-the-s_869038.png) > [Celebrity distorts democracy by giving the rich, beautiful, and famous more authority than they deserve.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maureen-dowd/celebrity-distorts-democracy-by-giving-the-rich-beautiful-and-famous/) [Maureen Dowd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maureen-dowd/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/51c/maureen-dowd-6927_authority_celebrity-distorts-democracy-by-giving-t_3174574.jpg) > [Remarkably, governments are beginning to embrace the idea that nothing enhances democracy more than giving voice and information to everybody in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mo-ibrahim/remarkably-governments-are-beginning-to-embrace-the-idea-that-nothing/) [Mo Ibrahim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mo-ibrahim/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c1/mo-ibrahim-3354_beginning_remarkably-governments-are-beginning-to_38799.jpg) > [I gather you yellow-skinned men, despite your triumphs in sewage, drinking water, and Olympic gold medals, still don't have democracy. Some politician…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aravind-adiga/i-gather-you-yellow-skinned-men-despite-your-triumphs-in-sewage/) [Aravind Adiga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aravind-adiga/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/80a/aravind-adiga-4424_beats_i-gather-you-yellow-skinned-men-despite_1686224.jpg) > [There is a connection waiting to be made between the decline in democratic participation and the explosion in new ways of communicating.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-cook/there-is-a-connection-waiting-to-be-made-between-the-decline-in/) [Robin Cook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-cook/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ae/robin-cook-25575_accepting_there-is-a-connection-waiting-to-be-made_1597820.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/democracy-giving/#itemlist", "name": "Democracy Giving Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Democracy is giving the poeple the power to rule and complain. 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