Democracy is not the law of the majority but the protection of the minority. — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
Democracy is always an unfinished experiment, testing the capacity of each generation to live freedom nobly. — George Weigel Copy Share Image
It should be the power of our vote, not the size of our bank accounts, that drives our democracy — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Whatever politicians, activists and manipulators propose, it is the phlegmatic, indifferent, ingrained electorate which disposes. — Don Aitkin Copy Share Image
“Democracy can exist only in the countries where people are brave! Coward nations always live under the authoritarian regimes!” — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
Remember one thing about democracy. We can have anything we want and at the same time, we always end up with exactly… — Edward Albee Copy Share Image
Maintain your rage and enthusiasm for the campaign for the election now to be held and until polling day. — Gough Whitlam Copy Share Image
To pretend that former President Donald Trump's Republican Party will act in good faith to preserve democracy is naive. — John Fetterman Copy Share Image
The all but unanimous judgment seems to be that we, the democracies, are just as responsible for the rise of the dictators… — Harry Emerson Fosdick Copy Share Image
Fascism begins the moment a ruling class, fearing the people may use their political democracy to gain economic democracy, begins to destroy… — Tommy Douglas Copy Share Image
The stakes are geopolitical in nature and I believe that democracies are - people want to live in free societies, democracies are… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
When Republicans are down, in disarray, feeling blue, they turn to a tried-and-true elixir, sort of a Doctor Feelgood medicine for them.… — Paul Gigot Copy Share Image
If the resistance is going to bring Trump down, it will require Democrats to follow the people, not the other way around.… — Reza Aslan Copy Share Image
We discussed the history of postwar Japan and how Japan had missed an opportunity to build a more functional democracy because of… — Joichi Ito Copy Share Image
We must look to an open, tolerant, inclusive England, which embraces the values of a Britain that still leads the world in… — David Blunkett Copy Share Image
Work democracy does not wish to prevent or prohibit anything. Its only intention is the fulfilment of the biological life functions, of… — Wilhelm Reich Copy Share Image
There's a lot of fuss on the Left about election irregularities, like, you know, the voting machines were tampered with, they didn't… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“People keep saying someone should fix the system, the system is corrupt. What they don’t get is; they are the system. It’s… — Thisuri Wanniarachchi Copy Share Image
Sooner or later a democracy which is to survive has to be able to rely upon that enlargement of vision and purpose… — Ordway Tead Copy Share Image
“issue a statement attacking the disastrous Citizens United Supreme Court decision. I announced that I would only nominate justices to the Supreme… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
Cumulatively, American society is sliding toward a new form of 'authoritarian democracy'. Elections continue, free speech is generally protected, institutions operate in… — Richard A. Falk Copy Share Image
A certain secret jealousy of the British Minister is always lurking in the breast of every American Senator, if he is truly… — Henry Adams Copy Share Image
Elections are a kind of business. I have to present myself: 'I can do this and that for this area so please… — Takafumi Horie Copy Share Image
Public charities, foodbanks and church pantries are doing more than ever before, but they can't keep up with the need. We can… — Jeff Bridges Copy Share Image
Of course, Republicans still can't believe that Barack Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize. But then Democrats can't believe that Sarah Palin… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
Given the right conditions, any society can turn against democracy. Indeed, if history is anything to go by, all societies eventually will. — Anne Applebaum Copy Share Image
We are not exercising our democratic rights properly. We need to stop looking for solutions in others. — Kamal Haasan Copy Share Image
If you say simply that pressures toward democracy are created by the market, I would say yes — Peter L. Berger Copy Share Image
“Having two non-functional parties is not a democracy, it's a losing coin flip.” — Russ Lippitt Copy Share Image
How often have we seen politicians take a principle position only to give it up three days later? That is what makes… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
It's the good old paradox of democracy. We are individually pretty small drops in the bucket, but collectively we are all powerful. — Damian Kulash Copy Share Image
The power to mould the future of the Republic will be in the hands of the journalists of future generations. — Joseph Pulitzer Copy Share Image
I worry about a democracy having nuclear weapons as much as a dictatorship having nuclear weapons. — Mohamed ElBaradei Copy Share Image
Pressure and protest is fine, but using fear and threats to force politicians to sing to a certain tune will be the… — Jess Phillips Copy Share Image
I think we need more young people; we need to elect young people to government. We need to give them a chance,… — Mikhail Gorbachev Copy Share Image
We've got a strong group of Republicans who are conservatives who know that their jobs aren't finished when they finish their speech. — Lamar Alexander Copy Share Image
“Democracy; Everyone's opinion is required! Autocracy; Someone's opinion is the best! Christocracy; What Christ said is FINAL!” — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
If Democrats don't want the government to shut down, support border security. It's that simple. — Stephen Miller Copy Share Image
Instead of creating new jobs, Republicans gave tax cuts to companies that send jobs overseas. — Joe Baca Copy Share Image
In the small group then is where we shall find the inner meaning of democracy, its very heart and core. — Mary Parker Follett Copy Share Image
