And that is my definition of democracy, the right to be in a minority and not be suppressed — Lee Harvey Oswald Copy Share Image
The Democrats have always been known as the party that's negative and look at everything wrong. — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
Americans need to be engaged and invested in the legislative process that affects their daily lives, otherwise we are just democracy in… — Harris Faulkner Copy Share Image
In America, unlike England, unlike Israel, unlike Japan, other democracies, we have elections that have staggered terms. — Barney Frank Copy Share Image
The Republicans are looking after the financial interests of the wealthiest individuals in this country. — Edward Kennedy Copy Share Image
It's not about Obama, it's about the Democrats and their policies that cause consternation on the right. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Any election can be the last, or at least the last in the lifetime of the person casting the vote.” — Timothy Snyder Copy Share Image
Democrats are ready, willing, and able to provide regulatory relief for community banks and credit unions. — Sherrod Brown Copy Share Image
So I think democracy, in the long-term, in our countries will survive if it comes to be associated with leadership, will not… — Mario Monti Copy Share Image
I'm enormously interested in freedom and retaining the right to have whatever economy we want and to shape it as we want… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
A legitimate democracy cannot act against a terror organization because it is using civilians as a human shield, and therefore it should… — Benjamin Netanyahu Copy Share Image
It is assumed in many parts of the world that democracy is a group of people facing a certain problem, who come… — David Graeber Copy Share Image
The Republicans can send the nation into turmoil, but we will not come to any agreement that does not include new revenue… — Patty Murray Copy Share Image
We have to have a more realistic foreign policy and not a utopian one where we say, oh, we're going to spread… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
Such a small percentage of our population carry the burden of knowing what's really going on in our country's name, and I… — Lisa Ling Copy Share Image
Everybody now seems to be talking about democracy. I don't understand this. As I think of it, democracy isn't like a Sunday… — Dalton Trumbo Copy Share Image
The Arab spring reminds me a bit of the decolonisation process where one country gets independence and everybody else wants it. How… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
“Yet, it was infuriating that for the second time in five elections, a Democrat would win more votes but be robbed by… — Hillary Rodham Clinton Copy Share Image
“We are the bourgeoisie—the third estate, as they call us now—and what we want is a nobility of merit, nothing more. We… — Thomas Mann Copy Share Image
Rulers like Egypt's Gamal Abdel Nasser started subsidizing bread as a way to buy loyalty, or at least obedience, and this system… — Annia Ciezadlo Copy Share Image
If democracy were to be given any meaning, if it were to go beyond the limits of capitalism and nationalism, this would… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
If we were going to address what involves the biggest number of women, reproductive freedom is a fundamental human right - like… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
We are usually told that democracy originated in ancient Athens—like science, or philosophy, it was a Greek invention. It’s never entirely clear… — David Graeber Copy Share Image
There is always an element of realpolitik that has to be present in the conduct of any nation's national security affairs. At… — John McCain Copy Share Image
The true republic: men, their rights and nothing more; women, their rights and nothing less. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Wearing a Democratic label no longer matches what I know about my country and its possibilities, — Artur Davis Copy Share Image
The thing about democracy, beloveds, is that it is not neat, orderly, or quiet. It requires a certain relish for confusion. — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
The elections are rigged. It's a totally rigged system. The only way we can lose, in my opinion. — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
Again, if I was going to call Romney and the Republicans stupid, I'm certainly not going to call the Democrats and President… — Antonio Villaraigosa Copy Share Image
“As long as enough people can be frightened, then all people can be ruled. I am afraid that's how it works in… — Ziad K. Abdelnour Copy Share Image
All of our children should be able to aspire to any office in the land,including head of state.Hereditary power is outdated. — David Crabb Copy Share Image
Substantively Democrats are much closer to where the American people are than Republicans are. — Charles Schumer Copy Share Image
Of course, the aim of a constitutional democracy is to safeguard the rights of the minority and avoid the tyranny of the… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
I think the election of Trump was an expression of what happens in ruling powers as they become alarmed. — Graham T. Allison Copy Share Image
Democracy will not come to Mexico as the result of supposedly optimal policies prescribed by self-appointed saviors bent on economic stabilization. — Denise Dresser Copy Share Image
While Democrats spent the year of 2019 obstructing, President Trump spent the year achieving. — Kayleigh McEnany Copy Share Image
The way the Democrats go about seeking equality is to lower people at the top. — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
As the tension eases, we must look in the direction of agriculture, industry and education as our final goals, and toward democracy… — Naguib Mahfouz Copy Share Image
In a democracy, people always vote for their alike! Pig for the pig, raven for the raven! Dull for the dull, wise… — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
Let us not be defeated by the tyranny of the world financial markets that threaten peace and democracy everywhere. — Stephane Hessel Copy Share Image
