Democracy Quotes · Page 150

For our democracy has been marred by imperialism, and it has been enlightened only by individual and sporadic efforts at freedom.

— Pearl S. Buck

History tells us fascists, who construed the silence of people as fear, ultimately fell. People who vote for democracy is its armour…

— M. K. Stalin

Being described as a stupid bureaucrat with no link to representative democracy is difficult to take.

— Jean-Claude Juncker

It's this mingling of the economic and political elite which is really destroying our democracy.

— Jill Stein

It is impossible to build enduring institutions without solid values. For us, the fundamental value is that associated with democracy.

— Fernando Henrique Cardoso

“High school is neither a democracy nor a dictatorship - nor, contrary to popular belief, an anarchic state. High school is a…

— John Green

“Fathers are ironic, they want democracy in their country but dictatorship in their home.”

— Amit Kalantri

A free and truly independent press - fiercely independent when necessary - is the red beating heart of freedom and democracy.

— Dan Rather

'Chinese Democracy' wasn't trying to tell China to have a democracy or anything like that. I don't have an opinion on what…

— Axl Rose

Whether it is access to voting rights, representation in government, or the outsized influence of money in our political system, the opportunity…

— Nina Turner

Although Christianity has never been the guarantee of a democratic state anywhere in the world, no democracy has ever thrived successfully for…

— Theodore White

We know that communism is the right hypothesis. All those who abandon this hypothesis immediately resign themselves to the market economy, to…

— Alain Badiou

To engage in civil disobedience is to feel the abundance of courage, the gratitude for a democracy that still invites us to…

— Terry Tempest Williams

'Colonialism' and 'democracy' are two contradictory terms. In order to be 'democratic' a country has to be free. Right now, Indonesian people…

— Andre Vltchek

“Republicans always play the same game. They are for big business and money interests...We know from long experience that the people are…

— Marc Sandalow

I do not think an enormous permanent underclass is a very good thing to have if you're attempting to operate something that…

— William Gibson

We talk about spreading democracy and freedom all over the world, but they are to us words rather than conditions. We haven't…

— Charles Lindbergh

The not-visibly-insane Democrats all claim they'll get rough with the terrorists, but they can't even face Brit Hume. In case you missed…

— Ann Coulter

“Ordinary voters are beginning to sense that the democratic mechanism no longer empowers them. The world is changing all around, and they…

— Yuval Noah Harari

Israel's democracy is the bedrock on which our relationship stands. It's a shining example for people around the world who are on…

— William J. Clinton

Not enough of our society is trained how to understand and interpret quantitative information. This activity is a centerpiece of science literacy…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

“But even democracy ruins itself by excess—of democracy. Its basic principle is the equal right of all to hold office and determine…

— Will Durant

“Because it was enough for one of those favorites of His Distinguished Highness to issue a thoughtless decree. These young smart alecks…

— Ryszard Kapuściński

I think a way to behave is to think not in terms of representative government, not in terms of voting, not in…

— Howard Zinn

As one person said to me , Republicans know [Donald] Trump is a stain on their party.

— Mara Liasson

I always wonder why Republicans hate gay marriage, because they certainly don't hate gay prostitutes.

— Margaret Cho

True democracy is allowing freedom for others even though it reduces ones own.

— Robert D Dangoor

It's great that we're bringing democracy to Iraq. I can't wait to see how we do it! What are we gonna do,…

— Lewis Black

If you believe in democracy, why shouldn't you know what the government is doing?

— Noam Chomsky

In the democratic western countries so-called capitalism leads a saturnalia of 'freedom', like a bastard brother of reform.

— Wyndham Lewis

Of course in a democracy the government and the citizens have to abide by court rulings, even if we don't like them…

— Ayelet Shaked

The notion that the press was used in the [first Iraq] war is incorrect. The press wanted to be used. It saw…

— Chris Hedges

I think it's a big disservice to our country and to our democracy to continue to raise these doubts.

— Audie Cornish

Democracies are expense-averse and they think in terms of short-term, political interests rather than a long-term interest in stability.

— Samantha Power

The cornerstone of democracy rests on the foundation of an educated electorate.

— Thomas Jefferson

Republicans can nominate bad Justices, too. Earl Warren, William Brennan, Harry Blackmun, David Souter... the list goes on.

— Wendy Long

Protest beyond the law is not a departure from democracy; it is absolutely essential to it.

— Howard Zinn

The Republicans are the party of bad ideas. The Democrats are the party of no ideas.

— Lewis Black

Despite what the pundits want us to think, contested primaries aren't civil war, they are democracy at work, and that's beautiful.

— Sarah Palin

Democrats, you know, want to identify with and relate to what you're feeling, what you've been bummed out about, where your head…

— Martin Nolan