The Democrats believe that if God did not want them to raise taxes, He would not have created the Internal Revenue Service. — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
In the end, that's what this election is about. Do we participate in a politics of cynicism or a politics of hope? — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary. — Reinhold Niebuhr Copy Share Image
Person, who could not go through the change of ages and got stuck in the old times, is like a fish thrown… — Ilkin Santak Copy Share Image
A functioning, robust democracy requires a healthy educated, participatory followership, and an educated, morally grounded leadership. — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
I do not believe in democracy, but I am perfectly willing to admit that it provides the only really amusing form of… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
I'm sorry, dead people generally vote for Democrats rather than Republicans. — Rudy Giuliani Copy Share Image
Millions of people walk into the voting booth and vote for someone they like. — Richard Grenell Copy Share Image
President or Prime Minister are not any individuals. They are an institutions in itself, and in democracy, we should ensure that the… — Rajnath Singh Copy Share Image
Part of the reason we like democracy is it's the portfolio of decades, which is to say you don't also get the… — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
I believe and I say it is true Democratic feeling, that all the measures of the Government are directed to the purpose… — William Henry Harrison Copy Share Image
I incline to an aristocratic republic. This would satisfy the ambitious spirit among our people. We shall learn from the historic mistakes… — Theodor Herzl Copy Share Image
“Leda: 'I would rather become an international adventuress and bring down kings and emperors.' Maxim: 'But this is the age of republics… — Michael Moorcock Copy Share Image
Democracy breaks the unity of the Romanian people, dividing it into parties, stirring it up, and so, disunited, exposing it to face… — Corneliu Zelea Codreanu Copy Share Image
Working together in helping nascent democracies in the task of reconstruction, in the task of development is another area where our two… — Manmohan Singh Copy Share Image
Under the leadership of this President, the state of the union is not strong. We are being pulled apart rather than pulling… — Jose Serrano Copy Share Image
I do think, from the other side, that George W. ush was somewhat of an innocent in his thinking about what Ronald… — Josh Brolin Copy Share Image
“Americans see democracy as a remedy for all ills-to be taken three times daily like prescription medicine. It works for them. Ergo… — Arthur Hailey Copy Share Image
Every decision, every debate, no matter how important it is, with the same question: 'What does this mean for the next election?… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Democracy, or "majority rules," is another trick of our society to force us to do things we don't want to do. Even… — William J. Murray Copy Share Image
When the Democrats are attacked for [inciting class warfare] they shrink back. They don't say what obviously should be said, "Yes, there… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
The aim of education is to enable individuals to continue their education ... (and) the object and reward of learning is continued… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
Our Republic and its press will rise or fall together," Pulitzer wrote. "An able, disinterested, public-spirited press, with trained intelligence to know… — Joseph Pulitzer Copy Share Image
Let’s not forget that American democracy started with ‘We the People’ agreeing to work hard to create ‘a more perfect union.’ We’ve… — Parker J. Palmer Copy Share Image
If pigs could vote, the man with the slop bucket would be elected swineherd every time, no matter how much slaughtering he… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
What we are doing in fact is recovering and progressing and sustaining the recovery of our democracy. — Alberto Fujimori Copy Share Image
It would perhaps be as well if things were to remain quiet for a few years yet, so that all this 1848… — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
“High hopes were once formed of democracy; but democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.” — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Only together do Europe and the U.S. stand a chance of keeping liberal democracy as the central doctrine for organizing world affairs. — Victor Ponta Copy Share Image
What we can't allow is for thugs out there, wherever they come from, to try to stop democracy taking place. — Lindsay Hoyle Copy Share Image
The virtue of democracy is that is has placed limits on the absoluteness of power. — Robert Morrison MacIver Copy Share Image
Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“The real reason for democracy is just the reverse. Mankind is so fallen that no man can be trusted with unchecked power… — C.S. Lewis Copy Share Image
Voting is something that we all have a right to. It's not something that we have to do... it's absolutely an honor… — Grace Potter Copy Share Image
But for us Democrats, Obamacare is a badge of honor. Because no matter who you are, what stage of life you're in,… — Kathleen Sebelius Copy Share Image
“A system is corrupt when it is strictly profit-driven, not driven to serve the best interests of its people.” — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
The Democrats of today, they don't care about the past, other than look at aspects of it they hate. — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
A democrat must be utterly selfless. He must think and dream not in terms of self or of party, but only of… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Democracy, material wealth, and universal education are the soil upon which modernism exists. — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
With Donald Trump as president and Republicans in control of Congress, our healthcare is under attack. — J. B. Pritzker Copy Share Image