Librarians consider free access to information the foundation of democracy. — Marilyn Johnson Copy Share Image
“Democracy! Bah! When I hear that word I reach for my feather boa!” — Allen Ginsberg Copy Share Image
Diplomacy never stops, and, with or without an election, it never stops. — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
There may not be much difference between Democrats and Republicans anymore. — Tom Daschle Copy Share Image
Democracy is never a thing done. Democracy is always something that a nation must be doing. — Archibald MacLeish Copy Share Image
The real menace of our Republic is the invisible Government which like a giant Octopus, sprawls its slimy legs over our cities,… — John Francis Hylan Copy Share Image
If you vote for Democrats, you might as well give Al Quaeda a death ray and a manual. — John Oliver Copy Share Image
The best example of democracy I can recall is five wolves sitting down to dinner with one sheep. — Charles De Montesquieu Copy Share Image
In a democracy, the public has a right to know not only what the government decides, but why and by what process. — Gerald R. Ford Copy Share Image
For a fledging democratic system to succeed, we need citizens who understand the procedures, believe in democratic rules and get personally involved. — Friedrich Naumann Copy Share Image
To glorify democracy and to silence the people is a farce; to discourse on humanism and to negate people is a lie. — Paulo Freire Copy Share Image
I believe democracy will succeed in Tunisia, but I also believe that it will succeed in the other Arab Spring countries. — Rashid al-Ghannushi Copy Share Image
Democrats believe in reigniting the American dream by removing barriers to success and building ladders of opportunity for all, so everyone can… — Nancy Pelosi Copy Share Image
“The opportunities of the coming years should be seized; for issues like climate and debt, the elections of the coming years may… — Bruce Cannon Gibney Copy Share Image
Republicans woke up Sunday with an undeniable reality. Donald Trump's the clear front-runner now for their party's nomination. Trump, celebrated, of course,… — Chris Matthews Copy Share Image
It's all a sham: I have seen, and I know firsthand, indeed from my own pen, how the organized Right has sabotaged… — David Brock Copy Share Image
The history of our country is not the history of any other country in the world which is either practicing advanced democracy… — Ibrahim Babangida Copy Share Image
The people the Republicans should reach out to are the white votes, the white voters who didn't vote in the last election.… — Phyllis Schlafly Copy Share Image
China has a history of thousands of years of feudalism and is still lacking in socialist democracy and socialist legality. We are… — Deng Xiaoping Copy Share Image
Many who wave American flags also practice discrimination on the basis of race. Many who wave American flags practice anti-Semitism. We think… — Billy Campbell Copy Share Image
I wish I could take back some of the things I said and some of the things I did. But in the… — Bernardine Dohrn Copy Share Image
“The institution known as "school" isn't just a facility for doing classwork. It's essentially a microcosm of society, all of humanity put… — Wataru Watari Copy Share Image
“We like to stress the commonness of heroes. Essences seem undemocratic. We feel oppressed by the call to greatness. We regard an… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
Famines are easy to prevent if there is a serious effort to do so, and a democratic government, facing elections and criticisms… — Amartya Sen Copy Share Image
“You have to start donating to the Republicans,” Dave told him one day. “You can’t be Republican nominee if the only people… — Corey R. Lewandowski Copy Share Image
“Typically, in politics, more than one horse is owned and managed by the same team in an election. There's always and extra… — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
Everybody now seems to be talking about democracy. I don't understand this. As I think of it, democracy isn't like a Sunday… — Dalton Trumbo Copy Share Image
In our time, the great task for libertarians is to find an escape from politics in all its forms—from the totalitarian and… — Peter Thiel Copy Share Image
Every time the Tories are in government, our democracy takes a battering. — Clive Lewis Copy Share Image
