Despotism may be able to do without religion, but democracy cannot. — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
The present crisis of Western democracy is a crisis in journalism. — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
“Democracy is the name we give the people whenever we need them.” — Gaston Arman de Caillavet Copy Share Image
History teaches that grave threats to liberty often come in times of urgency, when constitutional rights seem too extravagant to endure. — Thurgood Marshall Copy Share Image
“Lack of a strong vision is why Democrats often struggle explaining policies they want to enact.” — David Akadjian Copy Share Image
If a person is ashamed of himself, it means that the next stage of development has come. — Ilkin Santak Copy Share Image
Democracy comes naturally to him who is habituated normally to yield willing obedience to all laws, human or divine. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
I've always tried to explain democracy is not perfect. But it gives you a chance to shape your own destiny. — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
The foundation of our democracy is the ability to have a debate about any subject. That is why I am so committed… — Andrew Scheer Copy Share Image
There's a debate among Democrats about how they should approach this new [Donald's Trump] administration. — Maxine Waters Copy Share Image
I learned more about elections on election night 2000 than I ever did during my 16 years of schooling. — Rob Corddry Copy Share Image
One of the signs that things are going reasonably well for democracy is that we have the states where they're closer to… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
The voter is basically dumb and lazy. The reason I became a Democratic operative instead of a Republican was because there were… — James Carville Copy Share Image
All we want is to carry out the greatest expression of a free democracy and vote on Catalonia's future. This is not… — Carles Puigdemont Copy Share Image
We should be supportive of the president and supportive of rights of all in a pluralistic democracy that we're called to love.… — Otis Moss III Copy Share Image
The criticism of the Democrats in the past is that they were too timid. They ran on consultant-driven platitudes and didn't offer… — Ro Khanna Copy Share Image
We are a republic, very inefficient. If you want a really efficient form of government, you have a king or a dictator.… — Rick Santelli Copy Share Image
This is taking place inside Europe. This is taking place inside a once great nation. The nation that invented democracy. We are… — Nigel Farage Copy Share Image
“Nobody takes democracy or justice seriously, we are all aware of their corrupted nature, but we participate in them, we display our… — Slavoj Žižek Copy Share Image
Many Americans do not realize that we could institute proportional representation for most elections in the U.S. without amending the Constitution. In… — John Anderson Copy Share Image
The continuation of authority has frequently proved the undoing of democratic governments. Repeated elections are essential to the system of popular governments,… — Simon Bolivar Copy Share Image
Whether the mask is labeled fascism, democracy, or dictatorship of the proletariat, our great adversary remains the apparatus—the bureaucracy, the police, the… — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
“Just as people are born, live a time, and die by diseases or old age, in the same way republics are formed,… — Frederick the Great Copy Share Image
It’s sad. Marxism didn’t work. Communism didn’t work. Capitalism doesn’t work. Nothing works. Even democracy doesn’t work. Democracy-the greatest form of government… — Colin Quinn Copy Share Image
Republicans lost it some time ago. What's scary is when they lose their sense of good planning. Like dude, you know, if… — Aaron McGruder Copy Share Image
In the United States we have all across this country, we have dozens of Halakha courts, in which particularly observant Jews can… — Mark Durie Copy Share Image
Hold on to your wallets folks because with the passage of this trillion-dollar baby, the Democrats will be poised to spend as… — Christopher Bond Copy Share Image
The concepts of social equality and social justice are not always the same. — Ilkin Santak Copy Share Image
Efforts to bring about democracy have hit a wall and are going backwards. — John McCain Copy Share Image
Most liberal democracies don't try to figure out what the truth is. — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image