Democracy Quotes · Page 133

Democrats work to help people who need help. That other party, they work for people who don't need help. That's all there…

— Harry S. Truman

The Republicans have kind of painted themselves into a kind of a real demographic corner, if you will.

— Martin O'Malley

“There was something melancholic about that symbol of their nation's promise of freedom, a bell with a chipped mouth and cleft body.”

— E.A. Bucchianeri

Now one of two things is true: Either a republic is a desirable form of government, or else it is not.

— Anna Howard Shaw

I can remember when Democrats believed that it was the duty of America to fight for freedom over tyranny.

— Zell Miller

I think the advantage of democracy is that it makes us less dependent on a group of leaders.

— Azim Premji

I myself have felt the wrath of the media, but that's part of what a good democracy is.

— Naftali Bennett

To say a democracy prospers only if one set of voices is heard would be untrue.

— Smriti Irani

I note that [Benazir] Bhutto demonstrates her own deep commitment to democracy by giving herself the title chairperson for life of the…

— Ann Coulter

Together, the property rights and public choice schools show only that, if you start by assuming a purely individualistic model of human…

— Paul Starr

The Republicans initially sort of saw George W. Bush as a blank canvas, didn't they? It seems like they interviewed him when…

— Eddie Vedder

It was easy for the Democrats to attack the wealthy fat cats of Wall Street, the elite, and the privileged people -…

— Marc Faber

Unless the people can choose their leaders and rulers, and can revoke their choice at intervals long enough to test their measuresby…

— George Bernard Shaw

In our democracy, political parties have to raise funds to campaign and put their policies to the electorate, and as a proud…

— David Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Turville

What is music in America? It's this stand-in for political action in a lot of senses. We have no democracy and we…

— Ian Svenonius

Dishonesty in government is the business of every citizen. It is not enough to do your own job. There's no particular virtue…

— Dalton Trumbo

The first year I was in office, only about 800 people came out of the Soviet Union, Jews. By the third year…

— Jimmy Carter

You can forgive your leaders for not knowing the intricacies of Islamic history. You cannot forgive them for not knowing their own.…

— Michael Scheuer

Some people think elections are a game: who's up or who's down. It's about our country. It's about our kids' future. It's…

— Hillary Clinton

If you look at Indian society, it's a society made up of minorities. There's nobody who's not a minority, whether it's ethnicity,…

— Arundhati Roy

It's often said that the Democrats fight 'for the little guy.' That's true: liberals fight to make sure the little guy stays…

— Angela McGlowan

Democrats in Washington predicted that tax cuts would not create jobs, would not increase wages, and would cause the federal deficit to…

— George W. Bush

All voting is a sort of gaming, like checkers or backgammon, with a slight moral tinge to it, a playing with right…

— Henry David Thoreau

The war on drugs is not being won, and it continues to threaten stability and democracy not only in the Andes but…

— Elliott Abrams

Iraqis have held elections and have recently put together their government, all encouraging developments.

— Anonymous

The Knesset has balances that will not allow it to pass legislation that would destroy democracy from within.

— Ayelet Shaked

I enjoy getting to know the candidates in state and local contests in a way that only midterm and off-year elections allow.

— Harry Enten

Voter identification tends to solidify after a new generation votes consecutively for the same party in three presidential elections.

— Margaret Hoover

“The stench of deception permeates the air of our great American democracy--wretched.”

— Will Leamon

And one of the frustrating parts, but it's an inherent part of our democracy, is we have separation of powers.

— George Pataki

If democracy brings an undemocratic group to power, is that a victory for democracy?

— Richard Engel

A parliamentary democracy that has developed its delicate balances over hundreds of years will not give up its sovereign rights.

— Michael Portillo

Freedom in a democracy is the glory of the state, and, therefore, in a democracy only will the freeman of nature deign…

— Plato

In most places in the country, voting is looked upon as a right and a duty, but in Chicago it's a sport.

— Dick Gregory

Education and democracy have the same goal: the fullest possible development of human capabilities.

— Paul Wellstone

No one is predicting that the Democrats will get the 30 pickups they need to take back the House majority.

— Mara Liasson

Democracy should be nurtured and sustained in Nigeria and in our part of the world

— Olusegun Obasanjo

We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien philosophies, and competitive values.

— John F. Kennedy

[American Communist Party] legally exists in the U.S.A., it nominates its candidates in the elections, including Presidential elections.

— Joseph Stalin

I think the Democrats are actually worried he (Obama) may go to Indonesia and bow to more Muslims.

— Rick Santorum