Democracy Quotes · Page 118

A statesman is he who thinks in the future generations, and a politician is he who thinks in the upcoming elections.

— Abraham Lincoln

“democracy that cannot control its own population may be worse for human rights than a dictatorship that can.”

— Robert D. Kaplan

Don't expect other nations to have a democracy like ours - they don't have enough lawyers.

— Cullen Hightower

Democracy demands sacrifice. Democracy demands that the rules of the game be respected just as the constitution requires.

— Jovenel Moise

Democracy is based upon the conviction that there are extraordinary possibilities in ordinary people.

— Harry Emerson Fosdick

I guess the Democrats have to pretend to be more pious than the Republicans because they are under suspicion of not being.

— Richard Dawkins

There is no connection between imperialism and democracy. I mean when we ran an Empire which we did when I was born,…

— Tony Benn

So many, though reluctant to admit it. Shun clever men, and rather suffer fools.

— Ivan Krylov

The Internet...has become the voice of the people in the first genuine experiment in democracy yet conducted in America. It stands ready…

— Gerry Spence

The gentlemen who wrote the Constitution were as suspicious of efficient government as they were wary of democracy, a "turbulence and a…

— Lewis H. Lapham

I'd rather support the issues I truly believe in than give my vote to parties that court votes at the time of…

— Annie Lennox

As a writer, I've often said that, among the other things that we need to reclaim, other than the obscene wealth of…

— Arundhati Roy

Somewhere in the other side of nowhere is a place in space beyond time where the Gods of mythology dwell. ... These…

— Sun Ra

If it's cynical, risky politics that brings a lighted match and a can of gas near the Democratic coalition, it should be…

— Ezra Klein

Democracy alone can supply the vitalizing force to stir the peoples of the world into triumphant action, not only against their human…

— Harry S. Truman

“Democracy is nonconformity; it is mutual loyalty, even when we have to attack one another's ideas - ideas, which, because they are…

— Joost A. M. Meerloo

The main problem in any democracy is that crowd-pleasers are generally brainless swine who can go out on a stage & whup…

— Hunter S. Thompson

So many of the new nations which were established as democracies after the second world war, during the decolonizing process, have now…

— Daniel Patrick Moynihan

As Democratic losses mounted in Senate races across the country on election night, some liberal commentators clung to the idea that dissatisfied…

— Byron York

“Citizen involvement in democracy triggers criticism and creative attitude, the spirit of competition and transparency as well. This is the dynamic of…

— Toba Beta

There is a reason the Democrats have had only two Presidents since 1968 and have managed to lose control of both houses…

— Pat Sajak

I am afraid that I think both the near future environmental reality and political landscape are not looking good - and they…

— Annie Leonard

I'm optimistic about Turkey's prospects for reaching the E.U.'s standards of development, governance, and democracy, whether inside or outside the E.U. Provided…

— Andrew Mango

democracy ... is not something that occurs overnight. It is not a gift delivered on a golden tray. Democracy is a long…

— Shirin Ebadi

I'd rather vote for something I want and not get it than vote for something I don't want, and get it.

— Eugene V. Debs

Elections have a way of cooling passions, especially when voters get what they want.

— Charles M. Blow

“The real triumph of the state occurs when its subjects refer to it as “we,” like football fans talking about the home…

— Joseph Sobran

Welcome to Israel, where chanting “Death to Arabs” is democracy, running over children is equality, and firing on funerals is peace.

— Remi Kanazi

We cannot live in a country where losing an election functions as de facto immunity deal.

— Matt Gaetz

The world must be made safe for democracy. Its peace must be planted upon the tested foundations of political liberty.

— Woodrow Wilson

I live in Europe and care about democracy and sovereignty of nation states there.

— Vaclav Klaus

The beauty of democracy is that an average, random, unremarkable citizen can lead it.

— P. J. O'Rourke

It is not enough to say we were born to be Republicans, it's more precise to say Republicanism is part of our…

— Dolours Price

Every re-election campaign is a referendum on the incumbent. Every. Single. One.

— Rick Wilson

We had to restructure our military and our politics and so on. We're a new democracy. We're a nascent democracy.

— Lukman Faily

We want councillors and MPs to be more closely involved in housing issues because this will help to strengthen local democracy and…

— Grant Shapps

We believe the way social change occurs in the United States, over the last 200 years, is the democratic process.

— Tom Steyer

“Political cynicism, disengagement, democratic decadence — call it what you will — is too often an excuse for physical and intellectual laziness.”

— Matthew Flinders

You [Republicans] are not going to cut taxes. You're going to raise taxes on the middle class.

— Tim Kaine

Democracy arose from mans thinking that if they are equal in any respect, they are equal absolutely.

— Aristotle