“The sterile democracy between the notes has killed in us every lively feeling.” — Arvo Pärt Copy Share Image
The Democrats have no actual policy proposals of their own unless constant carping counts as a policy. — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
Democracy is buying a big house you can't afford with money you don't have to impress people you wish were dead. — Johnny Carson Copy Share Image
Why is acquiescence to the numerous viewed as better servitude than bowing to might? — William J. Murray Copy Share Image
Democrats have been willing to make improvements to the ACA since its inception. — Ralph Northam Copy Share Image
If we do with Latinos what we did with African-Americans, Republicans and conservatives will be doomed. — Karl Rove Copy Share Image
My big idea is that democracy can only work properly if you have truly representative people at the table. — Pramila Jayapal Copy Share Image
We should take Democrats at their word when they say never let a crisis go to waste. — Lauren Boebert Copy Share Image
You must understand what the Parthenon Marbles mean to us. They are our pride. They are our sacrifices. They are our noblest… — Melina Mercouri Copy Share Image
Profits should be for a purpose. Profits should be productive. You should make money for producing benefits that make the world a… — Andrew Young Copy Share Image
I intend to do what I can, working with my congressional colleagues, Republicans and Democrats, to help bring about the changes to… — John McCain Copy Share Image
Our country was thereby saved from the consequences of its distracting individualistic conception of democracy, and its merely legal conception of nationality.… — Herbert Croly Copy Share Image
“The “evils of faction” theme recurs throughout our history, from the writings of the “muckrakers” at the turn of the twentieth century… — Edward S. Greenberg Copy Share Image
“Democrats keep telling people that they don’t want to confiscate their guns. At the same time, they praise laws in countries that… — John R. Lott Jr Copy Share Image
In some respects I have been the most unlucky because I have spent more time living as a refugee outside my country… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
To define twentieth-century humanism briefly, I would say that it is a philosophy of joyous service for the greater good of all… — Corliss Lamont Copy Share Image
In The United States, the only real change I know has been Instant Runoff, which is usually applied to municipal elections. I… — Kenneth Arrow Copy Share Image
Will mankind never learn that policy is not morality,--that it never secures any moral right, but considers merely what is expedient? chooses… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
We should be unfaithful to ourselves if we should ever lose sight of the danger to our Liberties if anything partial or… — John Adams Copy Share Image
I think that it's very important to have the United States' engagement in many situations we have around the world, be it… — Antonio Guterres Copy Share Image
If we recover something like a functioning, well-informed democratic polity - if it hasn't been wrecked for good by the people who… — Stephen Burt Copy Share Image
Step by step we see democracy being uprooted like an unwanted weed and the preparation for fascism, for a police state in… — Stan Moore Copy Share Image
“The duty of Republicans in the current crisis, he told them, was “simply that of magnanimity. We have learned, heretofore, the practice… — Walter Stahr Copy Share Image
“One obvious palliative of the evils of democracy in its present form would be to encourage much more publicity and initiative on… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
On all vital measures, measures necessary to protect you, the Democrats in Washington follow a simple philosophy: Just say no. — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
“Later that year, the Voting Rights Act opened the door for thousands to register for the first time.” — Junius Williams Copy Share Image
People always have been and they always will be stupid victims of deceit and self-deception in politics. — Vladimir Lenin Copy Share Image
People have become disillusioned with Parliament, and that threatens democracy. — John Rhys-Davies Copy Share Image
I believe in a democracy and we live in a democracy. We have a titular head of state as the monarch but… — Jeremy Corbyn Copy Share Image
Russia and China deride western democracy and deploy both hard and soft power to promote their alternative models of political development. — David Lidington Copy Share Image
One of the greatest perils to an extensive republic is the disregard of individual rights. — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
Democracy is just a filler for textbooks! Do you actually believe that public opinion influences the government? — Voltaire Copy Share Image
“There are two political truisms: Old people vote and Republicans eat their young.” — Eddie Whitlock Copy Share Image
A democracy when put to the strain grows weak, and is supplanted by Oligarchy. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
We should never take democracy for granted. Democracy can emerge and develop, but it can also decay. — Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj Copy Share Image
My own ideals for the university are those of a genuine democracy and serious scholarship. These two, indeed, seem to go together. — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share Image
I want to make democracy work not only for the rich and the well connected but for everyone. — Benigno Aquino III Copy Share Image
Whenever Republicans talk about immigration, people immediately think it is the part of anti-immigrant messaging. It is not. — Young Kim Copy Share Image
Make no mistake: I will work with both Democrats and Republicans to cut wasteful spending and reduce our debt in a balanced,… — Ann McLane Kuster Copy Share Image
The twentieth century was marked by two broad trends: the regulation of capitalism and the deregulation of democracy. Both experiments overreached. — Fareed Zakaria Copy Share Image
