Some have even suggested that this recent trend has transformed our democracy from one founded on, "We the people," to one ruled… — Mike DeWine Copy Share Image
Republicans have to be relieved. Given all the bad news this White House has faced, at least the president's hemorrhaging has stopped. — Stuart Rothenberg Copy Share Image
Nobody black or white who really believes in democracy can stand aside now; everybody's got to stand up and be counted. — Lena Horne Copy Share Image
If Democrats insist on looking for skeletons in the closet, they should take a long look at themselves. They've hidden more than… — Matt Gaetz Copy Share Image
The many are more incorruptible than the few; they are like the greater quantity of water which is less easily corrupted than… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Revolution means democracy in today's world, not the enslavement of peoples to the corrupt and degrading horrors of totalitarianism — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
My own students say they don't trust anyone who voted for Trump. How can you have a democracy with that? — Martha Nussbaum Copy Share Image
Since the founding of our nation, our democracy has been the beacon of hope and the standard by which other countries look… — Jeff Van Drew Copy Share Image
In Afghanistan, there is a plan to build democracy; hundreds of thousands of troops are protecting it. There is a plan to… — Jesse Jackson Copy Share Image
Civic poetry offers us a way to think and talk about issues that so much of public speech ignores, to make them… — Alissa Quart Copy Share Image
We have two responsibilities when it comes to an election as citizens. We have the responsibility to vote and then to honor… — Glenn Beck Copy Share Image
Gone is any mention of American exceptionalism. I happen to believe that twice, three times in the 20th century, the United States… — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
The [media] coverage is always, "Will [Democrats] get it? Will they get what they want?" And, really, it's even worse than that.… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
The good news is I think there are a lot of young people certainly who were involved in my campaigns, and I… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We want to be, I think, an example for the rest of the Arab world, because there are a lot of people… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
What sort of politics you people do? Such is the way of all parliaments: one can sense even beforehand the trend of… — Sri Aurobindo Copy Share Image
I call government that works the best for people open society, which is basically just another more general term for a democracy… — George Soros Copy Share Image
“I remember when I first started learning about democratic elections. I couldn’t believe it was really possible for people to choose those… — Hillary Adrienne Stern Copy Share Image
Our democracy is but a name. We vote? What does that mean? It means that we choose between two bodies of real,… — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
What with the political monopoly, the Cheka and the Red Army, all that now existed of the 'Commune-State' of our dreams was… — Victor Serge Copy Share Image
“I am a democrat [proponent of democracy] because I believe in the Fall of Man. I think most people are democrats for… — C.S. Lewis Copy Share Image
The politics of that year [2004] are old now, but the problem remains the same, the real culture clash of American life.… — Jeff Sharlet Copy Share Image
“There are a whole lot of religious people in America, including the majority of Democrats. When we abandon the field of religious… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Do not stand still disputing about your election, but set to repenting and believing. Cry to God for converting grace. Revealed things… — Joseph Alleine Copy Share Image
The Democrats and the Republicans are equally corrupt where money is concerned. It's only in the amount where the Republicans excel. — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
What is frustrating people, me included, is that democratic action affects elections but what we get then from political leaders is greenwash. — James Hansen Copy Share Image
That rifle on the wall of the labourer's cottage or working class flat is the symbol of democracy. It is our job… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
We praise the strength, the patience and the longing of the people who did not stop thinking of freedom and democracy in… — Joachim Gauck Copy Share Image
As in Athens, the right to participate was restricted to men, just as it was also in all later democracies and republics… — Robert A. Dahl Copy Share Image
Democracy has many definitions, but what's in it for me is not an element of any of them. — Jeff Cooper Copy Share Image
It is the job of government to prevent a tragedy of the commons. That includes the commons of shared values and norms… — Paul Romer Copy Share Image
I really don't think we've become a plutocracy, but I worry about the enormous influence that money has in a democracy such… — Angus Deaton Copy Share Image
Like all idolatries, democratism substitutes a false god for the real, a love of process for a love of country. — Pat Buchanan Copy Share Image
One of the necessary accompaniments of capitalism in a democracy is political corruption. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Democracy necessarily means a conflict of will and ideas, involving sometimes a war of the knife between different ideas. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
There is nothing more tyrannical than a strong popular feeling among a democratic people. — Anthony Trollope Copy Share Image
Democracy is not tolerance. Democracy is a prescribed way of life erected on the premise that all men are created equal. — Chester Himes Copy Share Image
Exporting this Western model of democracy in countries that don't want it or are not ready creates disasters. — Matteo Salvini Copy Share Image
Since an informed citizenry is the basis for a healthy democracy, independent, non-corporate media are more crucial today than ever before — Dahr Jamail Copy Share Image
The Ukrainian people should not be coerced. Make no mistake: the US stands together with the Ukrainians aspiring for democracy. — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
![“The [media] coverage is always, "Will [Democrats] get it? Will they get what they want?" And, really, it's even worse than that. It's not, "Will they get it?" It's "How soon will they get it, and what are the villains gonna do to try to stop them from getting it?"” quote by Rush Limbaugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc3/rush-limbaugh-28_coverage_the-media-coverage-is-always-will-democr_2488994.jpg)
![“I am a democrat [proponent of democracy] because I believe in the Fall of Man. I think most people are democrats for the opposite reason. A great deal of democratic enthusiasm descends from the ideas of people like Rousseau, who believed in democracy because they thought mankind so wise and good…” quote by C.S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/655/c-s-lewis-121_cs-lewis_i-am-a-democrat-proponent-of-democracy-b_140004.jpg)
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