Based on what our country stands for. We can't fail to stand for democracy. — Kelly Ayotte Copy Share Image
In India, elections happen every year in at least a few states. — Nirmala Sitharaman Copy Share Image
A messy participatory process is representative democracy at its best. — Mark McKinnon Copy Share Image
As soon as I came in as leader, we had seven weeks to an election, so we had to be entirely focused… — Jacinda Ardern Copy Share Image
There can only be democracy when money is not allowed to be spent in Politics. — Imran Khan Copy Share Image
A son of a poor man is standing in front of you today. This is the strength of a democracy. — Narendra Modi Copy Share Image
Republicans are relentless and they're smart, too - they're not all dumb - and on Election Day, they'll be up at five… — Michael Moore Copy Share Image
But democracy isn't a state of perfection. It has to be improved, and that means constant vigilance. — Antonio Tabucchi Copy Share Image
I have campaigned in many states across the country. Lok Sabha, assembly, corporation elections... I have worked in all of them. — Nagma Copy Share Image
Virtue in a republic is the love of one's country, that is the love of equality. — Baron de Montesquieu Copy Share Image
I find the Democratic party overall, on a macro level, to be institutionally corrupt. — Cenk Uygur Copy Share Image
Donald Trump believes in nation-state democracy; Hillary Clinton used the E.U. as a prototype for a larger global union. Donald Trump believes… — Nigel Farage Copy Share Image
The sense the great democracies of the world - Europe, the United States, Japan, others - are going to set the agenda… — Daniel Fried Copy Share Image
It would be foolish and wrong to ignore the fact that all our universities today tread a very dangerous path. Increasingly, they… — Vincent Massey Copy Share Image
The Nuremberg trials of Nazi leaders, in open court before an international tribunal, had a profound long-term effect in bringing Germans back… — Anthony Lewis Copy Share Image
The reason societies with democratic governments are better places to live in than their alternatives isn't because of some goodness intrinsic to… — Nathan Myhrvold Copy Share Image
The United Kingdom has committed the heresy of breaking the chains of the E.U. This is a signal victory for democracy. It… — Marine Le Pen Copy Share Image
These words that you have heard regarding women in the future Islamic government are all hostile propaganda. In the Islamic Republic women… — Ayatollah Khomeini Copy Share Image
Until the courts put a stop to it, public debate over same-sex marriage displayed American democracy at its best. Individuals on both… — Antonin Scalia Copy Share Image
It is subversive to set up inquisitions like this, state or national, into the thoughts and consciences of Americans. . . .… — Florence Luscomb Copy Share Image
“Democracy failed in Europe in the 1920s, '30s, and '40s, and it is failing not only in much of Europe but in… — Timothy Snyder Copy Share Image
“Our concept of truth becomes more universal as we reach higher levels of consciousness and awareness, taking in a wider spectrum of… — Robert David Steele Copy Share Image
There are all kinds of devices invented for the protection and preservation of countries: defensive barriers, forts, trenches, and the like... But… — Demosthenes Copy Share Image
Texans for Public Justice, an anti-corruption group based in Texas applauded the indictment. No jury can undo the outcome of Texas 2002… — Craig McDonald Copy Share Image
I do think that our democracy is so great, we can withstand even a candidacy of Donald Trump. And when we emerge… — Nancy Pelosi Copy Share Image
Remember the vast majority of the Democrats as well as all the Republicans in the House of Representatives in Louisiana voted for… — David Duke Copy Share Image
No one can learn tolerance in a climate of irresponsibility, which does not produce democracy. The act of tolerating requires a climate… — Paulo Freire Copy Share Image
In democracy both a deep reverence and a sense of the comic are requisite. — Carl Sandburg Copy Share Image
The soviet people want full-blooded and unconditional democracy. — Mikhail Gorbachev Copy Share Image
I think, at times of stress, you have to trust the pillars of democracy. — Jay Nixon Copy Share Image