Democracy Quotes · Page 106

Words like feminism or democracy scare me. They are words with barnacles on them, and you can't see what's underneath.

— William Collins

I think Republicans really need to be disciplined, to stay focused on sustained economic growth.

— Jeb Bush

Hong Kong is not just a global financial center. It's also a place with a lot of teens and youth who love…

— Joshua Wong

Governance should be designed as an equalizer. Democrats are more inclined towards working families and those who are struggling for a better…

— Jimmy Carter

Remember, at the end of the day [election] campaigns are always about the candidates.

— Chris Christie

Deficits are anathema to most Republicans. And Democrats widely believe that government spending should fall as the economy recovers.

— Annie Lowrey

My joke about Aaron Sorkin is that The West Wing was a great show about democracy, run by Kim Jong-Il!

— Bradley Whitford

The more government dependents, the more likely that democracy will become a conspiracy against self-reliance.

— James Bovard

With the tools of democracy, democracy was murdered and lawlessness made "legal." Raw power ruled, and its only real goal was to…

— Eric Metaxas

And, you know, money is - the money edge is really dangerous to democracy. Because what you have right now - people…

— Richard Trumka

Be assured, fellow citizens, that in a democracy it is the laws that guard the person of the citizen and the constitution…

— Aeschines

Motherland is our property and we have right to handle our properties as pleased. The jokes about death for the sake of…

— Ilkin Santak

No democracy is born perfect, and none ever gets to be perfect. Yet democracy is superior to authoritarian and totalitarian regimes because,…

— Mario Vargas Llosa

The Court is making the preposterous assumption that the People of the United States somehow silently redefined marriage in 1868 when they…

— Ted Cruz

So you know, I think that the federal government, the Democrats, and President Obama are selling a lot of hope and change,…

— Jan Brewer

Foreign rightwing fundamentalists attacked the United States. Domestic rightwing fundamentalists took the spotlight. And everywhere, progressives, liberals, and moderates either fell in…

— Ben Manski

Whenever I felt tempted to, I don’t know, watch cat videos or bad Netflix TV instead of writing this Brandeis biography, I…

— Jeffrey Rosen

The Oval Office symbolizes... the Constitution, the hopes and dreams, and I'm going to say democracy. And when you have a dress…

— Andrew Card

It is obvious that the most despotic forms of social organization would be suitable for inert men who are satisfied with the…

— Madame de Stael

“The political perspective of this book, ironically, is the progeny of the progressive potential of capitalism as an historical system. The joint…

— Samuel Bowles

... we've allowed a youth-centered culture to leave us so estranged from our future selves that, when asked about the years beyondfifty,…

— Gloria Steinem

The whole trouble with the Republicans is their fear of an increase in income tax, especially on higher incomes. They speak of…

— Will Rogers

I can say categorically that President Mohammed Buhari was only elected as president of Nigeria under the platform of APC but he's…

— Rossonero Oladapo-Olawole

“In previous eras,” Lizza noted, “ideologically extreme minorities could be controlled by party leadership. What’s new about the current House of Representatives…

— Jane Mayer

The value of one moment of ones pleasure cannot be placed in the whole history of statehood.

— Ilkin Santak

It's Democrats that created the Steele dossier and pedaled it to our law enforcement and intelligence communities.

— John Ratcliffe

The ruling class is the rich. . . . And those people are so able to manipulate our democracy that they really control the democracy.

— Walter Cronkite

Democrats haven't been functioning effectively as a party at the national level.

— Martin O'Malley

Democracy is a beautiful thing, except for that part about letting just any old yokel vote.

— Mikhail Gorbachev

Republicans are manufacturing a Social Security crisis that does not exist in order to dismantle Social Security.

— Diane Watson

National Socialism is what Marxism might have been if it could have broken its absurd and artificial ties with a democratic order.

— Adolf Hitler

Capitalism has defeated communism. It is now well on its way to defeating democracy.

— Anonymous

Support for peaceful reform by the people themselves is the right way to promote democracy, not the use of force.

— Paul Wolfowitz

I have never voted in any election - I usually have more important things to do, especially since I've had kids.

— Ben Eine

The most powerful words uttered in our democracy are the people have spoken.

— Raphael Warnock

Only a fool would try to deprive working men and working women of their right to join the union of their choice.

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

While 2013 will not see a major national election, we can be sure that most Republicans will obstruct and some Democrats will appease.

— Eliot Spitzer

Once you don't vote your ideals... that has serious undermining affects. It erodes the moral basis of our democracy.

— Ralph Nader

We need to do everything in our power to assure the American people that the election system is secured and that outside…

— Jeff Van Drew

Differences of opinion are healthy and they're a part of what makes our democracy great. We grow by understanding each other's differences.

— Gabrielle Carteris