Art is not a democracy. People don't get to vote on how it ends. — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
“Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others.” — Winston S. Churchill Copy Share Image
I believe that everyone should participate in democracy and enjoy doing it. — David Stern Copy Share Image
To make democracy work, we must be a notion of participants, not simply observers. One who does not vote has no right… — Louis L'Amour Copy Share Image
The practice of arbitrary imprisonments have been, in all ages, the favorite and most formidable instruments of tyranny. — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
“The idea that democracy was the most, or indeed the only, legitimate form of government spread to every corner of the world.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Democracy means that when there's a knock in the door at 3 am, it's probably the milkman. — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
Europe tends to favor stability over democracy, America democracy over stability. — Daniel Hannan Copy Share Image
All the people ought to decide, but now most states are tossed on the scrap heap and ignored — John Anderson Copy Share Image
“Democracy thrived on a clash of ideas, a tolerance of viewpoints, and robust debate.” — Steve Berry Copy Share Image
The Supreme Court of the United States is too important to our democracy for it to be understaffed for partisan reasons. — Patrick Leahy Copy Share Image
“We can hardly pride ourselves on being the world’s preeminent democracy, after all, if the large numbers of citizens spend half their… — Barbara Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
Ironically, the very fact that democracy has such a lengthy history has actually contributed to confusion and disagreement, for 'democracy' has meant… — Robert A. Dahl Copy Share Image
They say it's the responsibility of the media to look at government - especially the President - with a microscope. I don't… — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
Everyone living under the social contract we call democracy has a duty to act responsibly, to obey the laws, and to abandon… — Simon Mainwaring Copy Share Image
But until Democrats and Republicans, blacks and whites, liberal activists and conservative activists decide division is no longer the most valuable unit… — S.E. Cupp Copy Share Image
From 2016 through 2020, the easiest way to achieve stardom on the political left was to loudly proclaim your belief that 2016… — Mollie Hemingway Copy Share Image
It's no secret that the financial demands regarding running a party have skyrocketed... The key issue, especially for a budding democracy like… — M. K. Stalin Copy Share Image
The reason we tend to support Republicans is they're taking us toward the cliff at only 70 miles per hour miles an… — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
“I, too, like yourself was a good party man: my party was that of the Church; I was ultramontane. Your party system… — Henry Adams Copy Share Image
In my view, it is not a question of Trump having won the election, it's a question of Democrats having lost the… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
What does a political revolution look like? It means that 80 percent of the people vote in national elections, not 40 percent.… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
“Antidemocracy, executive predominance, and elite rule are basic elements of inverted totalitarianism. Antidemocracy does not take the form of overt attacks upon… — Sheldon S. Wolin Copy Share Image
“Literate, affluent, self-confident people do not like living under either dictatorship or chaos. As more nations move into modernity and find themselves… — Oliver H. Woshinsky Copy Share Image
“this is the conversation I’ve been having since the 2016 election ended and liberals and progressives have been scrambling to figure out… — Ijeoma Oluo Copy Share Image
James Comey had nine interactions with Bob Mueller after the Donald Trump's election. And in none of those, Comey testified, did he… — Angus King Copy Share Image
Remember, there are two things that keep us oppressed: them and us. We are half of the equation. There will not be… — Tammy Baldwin Copy Share Image