“Democracy is not just a system, it is an idea that we all have value.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more than half of the time. — E. B. White Copy Share Image
Most of the poverty and misery in the world is due to bad government, lack of democracy, weak states, internal strife, and… — George Soros Copy Share Image
The struggle is confused; our knight wins by no clean thrust of lance or sword, but the dragon somehow poops out, and… — Norman Thomas Copy Share Image
“The United States of America, as defined in The Constitution thereof, is not a democracy, nor was it ever envisioned as such… — Joseph Befumo Copy Share Image
I think democracy is on the decline in the West. Ruling parties are the same: neo-liberalism at home and wars abroad. — Tariq Ali Copy Share Image
“Democracy is not a requirement ..it is right ... Democracy is not a choice.. it is justice!” — Hesham Nebr Copy Share Image
Democrats know 'racism' doesn't exist, but they use it to silence white conservatives and to instill fear in blacks and motivate them… — Jesse Lee Peterson Copy Share Image
“Democracy in books is, for the people, by the people, democracy on street is rule of the apes in a land of… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
Democracy is a political method, that is to say, a certain type of institutional arrangement for arriving at political - legislative and… — Joseph A. Schumpeter Copy Share Image
America is not a democracy. I think if your kids understood that - and most people don't. We are a representative republic.… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
Obama and the Democrats are not focused on the moderates. They're focused on getting their base out, and they're trying to expand… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
A community of small farmers... land property owners, will be the only assurance that the freedom our republic offers will be guaranteed… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Rejecting the notion that democracy and markets are the same, young people are calling for an end to the poverty, grotesque levels… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
I believe that the E.U. should be the union of nation states and that all deepening of ties between the member states… — Andrzej Duda Copy Share Image
Let me appeal to the consciences of many silent, responsible citizens of the white community who know that a victory for democracy… — Medgar Evers Copy Share Image
“As Dio observed later, democracy sounded very well and good, “but its results are seen not to agree at all with its… — Stacy Schiff Copy Share Image
For Democrats who are feeling completely discouraged, I've been trying to remind them, everybody remembers my Boston speech in 2004. They may… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“There are two ideas of government. There are those who believe that if you just legislate to make the well-to-do prosperous, that… — Alice Schroeder Copy Share Image
Today we are faced with a challenge that calls for a shift in our thinking, so that humanity stops threatening its life-support… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
“In the classic liberal formulation, the press is seen as a pure expression of democracy. Thus, in the United States, the Constitution… — Cherian George Copy Share Image
Democracy turns upon and devours itself. Universal suffrage, in theory the palladium of our liberties, becomes the assurance of our slavery. And… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
“In early Greek society, particularly in Athens, democracy meant the equivalent of a permanent town meeting—all decisions of consequence were made in… — David H. Maister Copy Share Image
Democracy, finally, rests on a higher power than Parliament. It rests on an informed and cultivated and alert public opinion. The Members… — Eric Williams Copy Share Image
The reason women don't vote for Republicans is not that they haven't had the impact of Republican policies spelled out in simple… — Renee Ellmers Copy Share Image
