Democracy Quotes · Page 124

God has called us to be His representatives in our nation and in our world. Select candidates who represent your views and…

— James Dobson

ELECTOR, n. One who enjoys the sacred privilege of voting for the man of another man's choice.

— Ambrose Bierce

I think we can build democracy in Pakistan. But it will take time. And it will be a Pakistani democracy. Not one…

— Fatima Bhutto

While you only get to vote in political elections once in a while, you get to vote with your fork three times…

— Randi Zuckerberg

The problem is there is no such thing as a viable democracy made up of experts, zealots, politicians and spectators.

— Elizabeth Coleman

Democracy is a great institution and, therefore, it is liable to be greatly abused.

— Mahatma Gandhi

The Democrats are obstructionists. And you know what that's hurting? It's hurting America.

— Donald Trump

If any party fights the election on the basis of religion, it will not succeed.

— Mehbooba Mufti

Having the reins of governance, power and political influence within one family will shatter the idea of equal opportunity to all, which…

— J. Jayalalithaa

It's really Democrats who are fighting for working families and small businesses and trying to address the biggest problems that we have,…

— Cynthia Dill

The real issue, as far as Democrats are concerned, is the number of people receiving something from the government. This is exactly…

— Rush Limbaugh

You do not export democracy through the Defense Department or the Defense Secretary. You do it through trade agreements, through the Department…

— Stephen F. Lynch

The Iraqi prime minister is an anti-Semite. We don't need to spend $200 and $300 and $500 billion dollars bringing democracy to…

— Howard Dean

We want the full works of citizenship with no reservations. We will accept nothing less . . . This condition of freedom,…

— A. Philip Randolph

While we use American power to fight hard for democracy against extremism on both left and right, our critics seem suspicious of…

— Elliott Abrams

I think that democracy has a lowest common denominator thing going on, so it might be the best of a bad bunch…

— Grayson Perry

One cannot have a trade union or a democratic election without freedom of speech, freedom of association and assembly. Without a democratic…

— George Meany

The Pavlovian view of women voters - plug the words in, and they will respond - sends a chill down my spine…

— Deborah Tannen

Only a work democracy can create the foundation of genuine freedom. Long experience in sociological disputes leads me to expect that a…

— Wilhelm Reich

Because of the caste system, because of the fact that there is no social link between those who make the decisions and…

— Arundhati Roy

We talk eloquently about our commitment to the principles of Christianity, and yet our lives are saturated with the practices of paganism.…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Instead of going on a beach vacation to Hawaii, you could go to a Democratic convention, a state convention, a conference being…

— Maxine Waters

In a political sense, there is one problem that currently underlies all of the others. That problem is making Government sufficiently responsive…

— Gerald R. Ford

Both my parents were Democrats. My dad was definitely more of a fiscally conservative traditional Democrat. My mom was more of a…

— Lisa Kennedy Montgomery

I was never convinced that war was the best system to bring democracy to the country.

— Silvio Berlusconi

I am absolutely stunned how the Democrats were able to somehow say that the Republicans had a war on women... What was…

— Foster Friess

My challenge to all Republicans is to invent the systems and approaches to help people help themselves.

— Newt Gingrich

In my family, we were Americans, we were Republicans and we were Methodists.

— Hillary Clinton

Democracy is essentially anti-authoritarian--that is, it not only demands the right but imposes the responsibility of thinking for ourselves.

— John Dryden

Those religions that are oppressive to women are also against democracy, human rights, and freedom of expression.

— Taslima Nasrin

“Democracy is a poor system; the only thing that can be said for it is that it's eight times as good as…

— Robert A. Heinlein

Democracy must be internally generated. You cannot force it from the top - it's not going to work.

— Mahathir Mohamad

Democracies should be a delirium of choices - more options, not fewer; more avenues to travel, not fewer.

— B. W. Powe

If a man went simply by what he saw, he might be tempted to affirm that the essence of democracy is melodrama.

— Irving Babbitt

“Constitutional democracy can only survive if the people of our nation are moral.”

— Ronald R. Cooke

We are not asking for your permission, we are asking for our Rights... It's not for you to give, it's for us…

— Anonymous

Democrats are very good at governing. When it comes to messaging, I'm not too sure about.

— Kevin de Leon

Republicans and Democrats know Xavier Becerra to be a thoughtful leader who is always willing to listen to both sides.

— Alex Padilla

I believe that sovereignty is the twin sister of democracy. If there's no sovereignty, there's no democracy.

— Marine Le Pen

I've been doing politics 30 years. I've never seen an election like this [in 2016]. This is entirely unpredictable.

— Renee Montagne