I believe the Republicans have never thought that democracy was anything but a tribal myth. — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
Democracy does not require perfect equality, but it does require that citizens share in a common life. — Michael Sandel Copy Share Image
“support the multi-party system and defend the rules of democratic elections. Vote in local and state elections while you can.” — Timothy Snyder Copy Share Image
As someone who has led his party through two general elections, I have not always been immune from feeling the pressure of… — Charles Kennedy Copy Share Image
Monarchy degenerates into tyranny, aristocracy into oligarchy, and democracy into savage violence and chaos. — Polybius Copy Share Image
I would curse people who resort to coups against democracy, liberty, republic. — Fethullah Gulen Copy Share Image
Socialism, as I understand it, is a system of democracy. Without democracy, there is no socialism. — Wen Jiabao Copy Share Image
The Democrats have concocted this whole phony 'war on women' narrative simply to mask their dreadful record on the economy and jobs. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There's something magical that happens when people eat from the same pot. The family meal is really the nursery of democracy. It's… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
You ask a politician a question, like, why they ran in an election, and you'll hear, I assume, something about wanting to… — Amitava Kumar Copy Share Image
This country has always been run by elite, and it's an elitist democracy. And that's not a radical concept. It's elitist democracy.… — Danny Glover Copy Share Image
If I like somebody else's tribe I'm going to promote the hell out of it. The whole thing is a democracy, and… — Jeremy Clarkson Copy Share Image
A vibrant civil society can challenge those in power by documenting corruption or uncovering activities like the murder of political enemies. In… — Evgeny Morozov Copy Share Image
The Right of all members of society to form their own beliefs and communicate them freely to others must be regarded as… — Thomas I. Emerson Copy Share Image
Everybody in the world is capable of democratic development. Some people in the world are unlucky enough to get stuck with really… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
We had in the West a very romantic vision of Russia back in 1991, when the Soviet Union died and whatever is… — Marvin Kalb Copy Share Image
The Republicans are not anti-Latinos. You know, I tell the story all the time that the Tea Party is the one that… — Raul Labrador Copy Share Image
The art of politics, under democracy, is simply the art of ringing it. Two branches reveal themselves. There is the art of… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
There comes a time in the life of every nation when it stands at the cross-roads of history and must choose which… — Lal Bahadur Shastri Copy Share Image
How, then,' I hear you ask, 'shall I attain my end, whether it be Christian love, socialism, or American democracy?' Your Christian… — Wilhelm Reich Copy Share Image
The image the Republicans have of themselves needs the image they have of the Democrats to bring it into sharp focus. The… — Clinton Rossiter Copy Share Image
What is the elephant in all our rooms? It is the global triumph of capitalism. Democracy is fiercely disputed. Freedom is under… — Timothy Garton Ash Copy Share Image
It would be a huge mistake to abandon democracy promotion. Peaceful political change has been enormously successful in the past years in… — Paul Wolfowitz Copy Share Image
“Agood part of the British case for having created India’s political unity and democracy lies in the evolution of three of democracy’s… — Shashi Tharoor Copy Share Image
“Democracy becomes an illusion in a nation with a centralised banking system, as such a structure inevitably leads to unequal wealth distribution.” — Mwanandeke Kindembo Copy Share Image
America is an outlier in the world of democracies when it comes to the structure and conduct of elections. — Thomas E. Mann Copy Share Image
A single party is ruling in Hungary, but democracy and the freedom of speech are still in place. — Jaroslaw Kaczynski Copy Share Image
The trouble with free elections is that you never know how they are going to to turn out. — Vyacheslav Molotov Copy Share Image
When a library is open, no matter its size or shape, democracy is open, too. — Bill Moyers Copy Share Image
democracy is that which affords a rule of living as well as a test of faith. — Jane Addams Copy Share Image
The president can violate the law, and when he does, he is supposed to be held accountable. That is supposed to be… — Cenk Uygur Copy Share Image
Aristotle might not recognize it, or others who are at the root of democracy. What type of democracy do you impose with… — Hugo Chavez Copy Share Image
The laws of economics tell us that the expansion of the central state can't go on forever. Its limit is reached when… — Llewellyn Rockwell Copy Share Image
We live in a democracy and I do not understand why highly respected scientists from top international branches are not able express… — Nina Hagen Copy Share Image
The road to democracy may be winding and is like a river taking many curves, but eventually the river will reach the… — Chen Shui-bian Copy Share Image
Customs, traditions, laws should be flexible, within good reason, if that is what it takes to make our democracy work. — John Lewis Copy Share Image
People in the voting booth are not purely rational creatures any more than they're purely rational creatures outside the voting booth. — Michael Lewis Copy Share Image
Being 'at the mercy of legislative majorities' is merely another way of describing the basic American plan: representative democracy. — Robert Bork Copy Share Image
To all the revolutionaries fighting to throw off the yoke of tyranny around the world: look at British democracy. Is that what… — Andy Zaltzman Copy Share Image
Democracy cannot long survive when the people permit their lives to be dominated - economically or politically - by a powerful few. — Helen Gahagan Douglas Copy Share Image
