Citizens do not just make up and preserve a Republic; they are its ultimate stakeholders and in fact pillars. — Ram Nath Kovind Copy Share Image
The whole world must see that Israel must exist and has the right to exist, and is one of the great outposts… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education. — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
No real journalist makes $5 million a year... Those in power fear and dislike real journalists. — Chris Hedges Copy Share Image
We have given up office, but not our responsibility to serve the nation. We have lost an election, but not our determination. — Atal Bihari Vajpayee Copy Share Image
A functioning democracy cannot stand when its people do not trust their leaders to uphold the law. — Raja Krishnamoorthi Copy Share Image
To truly honor our war dead, we must rededicate ourselves to the cause they sacrificed for freedom and democracy. — Tom Suozzi Copy Share Image
Israel was born under the British mandate. We learned from the British what democracy means, and how it behaves in a time… — Shimon Peres Copy Share Image
The true natural check on absolute democracy is the federal system, which limits the central government by the powers reserved, and the… — Lord Acton Copy Share Image
We have 45,000 square miles of geography in Ohio. We have a system that allows us to manage a free and fair… — Kenneth Blackwell Copy Share Image
The American flag is an enduring symbol of liberty, democracy, and justice. It is fitting that the House act to protect it… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In 2012, I see the potential for people to come together, huge moments of political and social engagement where elections are part… — Olivia Wilde Copy Share Image
We asked voters who'd never voted before... who don't believe that their vote makes a difference, to turn out in races like… — Katie Porter Copy Share Image
Policy proposals to ensure the integrity of ballots are routinely presented by Democrats as not just racist but as having no function… — Mollie Hemingway Copy Share Image
And I agree that the Democratic legislators in Massachusetts might have given some advice to Republicans in Congress about how to cooperate.… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I think that the society and our democracy are mature enough to place emphasis on the quality and the value of the… — Tsai Ing-wen Copy Share Image
“No one wants to be poor. In my view, and the view of many authors who have focused on poverty and practical… — Robert David Steele Copy Share Image
I regret that I had to leave my country. But I had to do it in order to achieve and decide my… — Martina Navratilova Copy Share Image
The public, therefore, among a democratic people, has a singular power, which aristocratic nations cannot conceive; for it does not persuade others… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
“In a sense, the Republicans and Democrats had been professional athletic teams, striving mightily to defeat each other for the money, the… — L. Neil Smith Copy Share Image
“Democratic politics is about persuasion, not self-expression. I’m here, I’m queer will never provoke more than a pat on the head or… — Mark Lilla Copy Share Image
The Republicans had their shot not long ago to address the real needs and concerns of everyday Americans, and they blew it.… — Tim Pawlenty Copy Share Image
I think there was something started under my father that I appreciate that it's time to end, and I like the symmetry… — Justin Trudeau Copy Share Image
Citizens United didn't work. Hey, Koch brothers, Karl Rove, Shellgame Adelson: Democracy trumps money sometimes. — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
“From the strain of binding opposites comes harmony. The harmony past knowing sounds more deeply than the known.” — Heraclitus Copy Share Image
Republicans have come up to me to say, 'Hey listen. My knee hurts. What do you think I should do?' I'll give… — Raul Ruiz Copy Share Image
We can be civil. We can still be friends, and be Democrats and Republicans, and have different views. — Joel Osteen Copy Share Image
Running a school where the students all succeed, even if some students have to help others to make the grade, is good… — William Glasser Copy Share Image
Real liberty is neither found in despotism or the extremes of democracy, but in moderate governments. — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
Democrats have no agenda, no plan for the future, and no sense of leadership — Jeff Miller Copy Share Image
God help this country if we're now prepared to vote for someone we don't trust. But every election cycle we do things… — Rudy Giuliani Copy Share Image
The office of president is a bastardized thing, half royalty and half democracy that nobody knows whether to genuflect or spit. — Jimmy Breslin Copy Share Image
It may take a generation to achieve democracy. But our generation must accomplish this and not pass the buck to the next. — Joshua Wong Copy Share Image
Politicians all too often think about the next election. Statesmen think about the next generation. — Linda Lingle Copy Share Image
What kind of economy grows for decades on end but doesn't allow most of the population to share in the gains from… — Mark Weisbrot Copy Share Image
Trump's first statement as president, his inaugural address, was an unprecedented assault on American democracy and American values. — Anne Applebaum Copy Share Image
If Republicans want to defend the rights of corporations and billionaires to spend unlimited, secret money in campaigns, then they should say… — Sheldon Whitehouse Copy Share Image
Democracy is not freedom. Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to eat for lunch. — Andrew Napolitano Copy Share Image
I think we learn more from those times in our history where we stumbled as a democracy than we learn from the… — George Takei Copy Share Image
