Democracy Quotes · Page 114

Changes are inseparable from democracy. To defend democracy is to defend the possibility of change; in turn, changes alone can strengthen democracy.

— Octavio Paz

That's a fact of our federal system of government: each state runs their election differently - and that's OK.

— Josh Shapiro

Bureaucracy is not an obstacle to democracy but an inevitable complement to it.

— Joseph A. Schumpeter

Family is created to grow the Overman, not to continue the progeny; progeny is continued by the Overman anyway.

— Ilkin Santak

The shame would be if Democrats get thrown out of office without ever having tried Democratic policies.

— Bill Maher

Democracy is the common pursuit of mankind, and all countries must earnestly protect the democratic rights of the people.

— Anonymous

I feel like this idea of strategic voting has not allowed people to dream big.

— Jagmeet Singh

Democracy to me is letting the other person speak and being dissenting without being disagreeable.

— Malachy McCourt

If we are to build grassroots respect for the institutions and processes that constitute democracy, the state must treat its citizens as…

— Mo Ibrahim

“That’s got to stop,” says I. “The idea of any blood-thirsty pirate (Mexican President Diaz) sitting on a throne and reaching across…

— Jerry Ash

Our culture is at a critical cusp - a time that requires that we define what it means to be a citizen…

— Robert Neelly Bellah

Germany and Austria have had positive experiences with strong states and a cooperative democracy. I am certain that this example could be…

— Gunther Oettinger

We talk about the '68 Democratic Convention. I was too young to really know a lot about it, but - and didn't…

— Emanuel Cleaver

The Democrats are all over this. Democratic strategists feel John Kerry's war record means he can beat Bush. They say when it…

— Jay Leno

As the observance of divine institutions is the cause of the greatness of republics, so the disregard of them produces their ruin;…

— Niccolo Machiavelli

“A real democracy would be a meritocracy where those born in the lower ranks could rise as far as their natural talents…

— Doris Kearns Goodwin

“During my stay in the United States, I witnessed the spontaneous formation of committees in a country for the pursuit and prosecution…

— Alexis de Tocqueville

“In an absolutism, the autocrat is visible and tangible. The real despotism of republican institutions is far deeper, more insidious, because it…

— Alexander Berkman

I think the real, fundamental problem that the Republicans have is, 'How do we get meaner, how do we get nastier with…

— Luis Gutierrez

Under the pressure of fanaticism, and with the mob complacently applauding the show, democratic law tends more and more to be grounded…

— H. L. Mencken

The Democrats would want to keep the taxes. And Republicans want to do away with taxes that are driving up the costs…

— John Thune

Let's not use the term democracy as a play on words which is what people commonly do, using human rights as a…

— Alejandro Castro Espin

As the only class distinction available in a democracy, the college degree has created a caste society as rigid as ancient India's.…

— Florence King

“Democracy in America was never the same as Liberty in Europe. In Europe Liberty was a great life-throb. But in America Democracy…

— D.H. Lawrence

Equality may be a fiction but nonetheless one must accept it as a governing principle.

— Anonymous

It is a paradox that far too few Americans participate in the wonderful ritual of democracy that we call Election Day.

— Brad Henry

It's time to put country ahead of party. It's time to put the next generation ahead of the next election.

— Barack Obama

“Slogans seem to be dead; this world is now busy chanting fears of lost democracy”

— Munia Khan

“Local politicians of color said children and tomorrow. They said digital and democracy and history.”

— Jonathan Franzen

“Four out of five have left the party, and you say you practice social democracy?”

— Dida Mohamed

But despite this breathtaking pace, I believe in the capacity of our democracy to meet these challenges.

— Lee H. Hamilton

I've always said that the more coordinated the efforts of the international community are, the better it will be for democracy in…

— Aung San Suu Kyi

No compromise is possible and the victory of the democracies can only be complete with the utter defeat of the war machines…

— George C. Marshall

Women's fight for equal rights is essentially a humanist and peaceful struggle for true democracy, and a higher form of civilization.

— Leyla Zana

Whatever field of human activity one may take, only those trends that are in harmony with the needs of society show rapid…

— Nikolay Chernyshevsky

In a democracy, the opposition is not only tolerated as constitutional, but must be maintained because it is indispensable.

— Walter Lippmann

The best principles of our republic secure to all its citizens a perfect equality of rights.

— Thomas Jefferson

Every government is a parliament of whores. The trouble is, in a democracy, the whores are us.

— Anonymous

This schtick of calling Republicans racist when they do, well, anything is not new.

— Mollie Hemingway

I'm a firm believer that if we could restore real parliamentary democracy, the best way to do that would be to get…

— Elizabeth May