I believe in public funding of elections, absolutely. But this system iscurrently very antiquated and no longer applies to modern day politics. — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
Folk who don't know why America is the Land of Promise should be here during an election campaign. — Milton Berle Copy Share Image
We can look forward to four more years of wonderful, inspirational speeches full of wit, poetry, music, love and affection, plus more… — David Brinkley Copy Share Image
Corruption and hypocrisy ought not to be inevitable products of democracy, as they undoubtedly are today. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Every week Republicans are excited about a new candidate because the one they liked last week turned out to be a moron. — Andy Borowitz Copy Share Image
When it comes to the news, the corporate view is 'objective,' all else is propaganda. — Studs Terkel Copy Share Image
If information and knowledge are central to democracy, they are the conditions for development. — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
“I think it's hard to learn democracy when we make children prisoners until they're nineteen years old.” — Mimsy Sadofsky Copy Share Image
At the bottom of all the tributes paid to democracy is the little man, walking into the little booth, with a little… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
For politicians to be honest, the public needs to allow them to be honest, and the media, which mediates between the politicians… — Rory Stewart Copy Share Image
“Things fall apart, Ciena. Our parents saw the Republic self-destruct. The Empire might last another year or another decade, but eventually there’s… — Claudia Gray Copy Share Image
Democratic socialism means that we must reform a political system that is corrupt, that we must create an economy that works for… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
[The Democrats] will say that the Reagan administrtion has given benefits to the rich at the expense of the poor - a… — Herbert Stein Copy Share Image
We shouldn't let the Republicans off the hook. Theodore Roosevelt, we learned from Jeff Cowan's new book, was just as bad as… — Jeffrey Rosen Copy Share Image
Our political class no longer has any convictions. You can only pass along the beliefs that you hold. They no longer believe… — Marine Le Pen Copy Share Image
Resurrecting American democracy is vital to averting climate catastrophe. We must first repeal the Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling, which has flooded… — Robert F. Kennedy, Jr Copy Share Image
“In order for us to live within this finely balanced constellation of complex systems, in order for the Earth to show resilience… — Robert David Steele Copy Share Image
Suits obviously had helped to promote bad government and he was as guilty as anyone for wearing them so steadfastly for twenty… — Jim Harrison Copy Share Image
In an election like this one [in 2016], not only are voters dissatisfied, but where the foundations of our economy, our democracy,… — Jill Stein Copy Share Image
Characteristically, however, the overthrow of the dictator simply means that there will be another dictator. ... the policies they follow will probably… — Gordon Tullock Copy Share Image
It's really hard to maintain a band as a democracy. Again, I think there's been a shift. There's a lot of emphasis… — Ed Droste Copy Share Image
A democratic public forms when citizens gather together to deliberate and make public judgments about local and national issues that affect their… — Kevin Mattson Copy Share Image
Those who directed the state in the time of Solon and Cleisthenes did not establish a polity which ... trained the citizens… — Isocrates Copy Share Image
Frankly, I don't think you should perform in a plaza where thousands of Cubans have been subjected to the death penalty, by… — Zoe Valdes Copy Share Image
The trouble with Communism is the Communists, just as the trouble with Christianity is the Christians. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The Democrats are standing on one side, and the Republicans are playing games on the other. Both sides are playing games. — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
Republicans aren't bad people. They've got some views that are legitimate... and I'd like to think they believe the same of me. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Democracy is worth having, but it's something that you have to work on, you have to fight for. — Lloyd Austin Copy Share Image
“We may not have sewage, drinking water, and olympic gold medals, but we do have democracy.” — Arvind Adiga Copy Share Image
Republicans, say Democrats, are too simplistic about what ails America, and their solutions are straight out of 'J.A.G.' — Kevin Bleyer Copy Share Image
Democracy is not compatible with financial oligarchy, with discrimination against Blacks and outrages by the Ku Klux Klan. — Che Guevara Copy Share Image
The idea of an election is much more interesting to me than the election itself...The act of voting is in itself the… — Jeff Melvoin Copy Share Image
In the Soviet Union, capitalism triumphed over communism. In this country, capitalism triumphed over democracy. — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
A central claim of the Bush administration's foreign policy is that the spread of democracy in the Middle East is the cure… — Timothy Garton Ash Copy Share Image
I have no love for the Republicans, but the Democrats drive me absolutely crazy. — Cenk Uygur Copy Share Image
“In a democracy where the ignorant are in the majority, democracy always slides towards autocracy.” — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
Nobody and nothing will stop Russia on the road to strengthening democracy and ensuring human rights and freedoms. — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
The library is central to our free society. It is a critical element in the free exchange of information at the heart… — Vartan Gregorian Copy Share Image
Elections are won by men and women chiefly because most people vote against somebody rather than for somebody. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Democracy has turned out to be not majority rule but rule by well-organized and well-connected minority groups who steal from the majority. — Llewellyn Rockwell Copy Share Image
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