Democracy and dependence on the military and police are incompatible. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Republicans are so empty-headed, they wouldn't make a good landfill. — Jim Hightower Copy Share Image
I don't think the Democrats should think in narrow tactical terms about mid-term elections. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“Democrats will get back to obsessing over the “rule of law” if and when Republicans win another presidential election.” — Andrew McCarthy Copy Share Image
Democrats need to define themselves - not what they're against or who they're against, but we have got to define ourselves with… — Cory Booker Copy Share Image
Democracy is cumbersome, slow and inefficient, but in due time, the voice of the people will be heard and their latent wisdom… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
Democracy or breakdown in Syria would change the whole Middle East overnight. — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
Newspapers write ringing editorials declaring that this is and always was a democracy. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Widespread use of online voting will create the potential for abuse that will make the problems inherent in e-voting pale in comparison. — Bob Barr Copy Share Image
We won't shrink from protecting our democracy and the voting rights of all Americans. — Ruben Gallego Copy Share Image
“Democracies are not lucky. They do not attract civic-minded leaders by chance. Rather, they attract survival-oriented leaders who understand that, given their… — Bruce Bueno De Mesquita Copy Share Image
Watching people getting absorbed in news, I have learned that if the media wants, it can empower citizens with its brave questions.… — Ravish Kumar Copy Share Image
The challenge of leadership in a plural democracy is to construct policies that ensure political stability, social equity, and economic progress on… — Sanjaya Baru Copy Share Image
President Obama is currently on a week-long trip to Africa, where he will promote freedom, democracy, and economic opportunity. I guess he… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
In a democracy, the well-being, individuality and happiness of every citizen is important for the overall prosperity, peace and happiness of the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Democrats have been doing everything they can to get young people and college students to vote in the midterms. Though if you… — Jimmy Fallon Copy Share Image
I sometimes read that it's time for German democracy to finally grow up. I don't see it as a sign of maturity… — Guido Westerwelle Copy Share Image
You know, there were 29 Democratic votes for censure in the Senate. And if the Republicans had any sense, they would have… — Chris Matthews Copy Share Image
“Because it is a curious challenge for western man to distinguish between aristocracy and plutocracy, it will be his unhappy fate to… — Tom Fahy Copy Share Image
Yet optimism is in order, because day by day democracy is proving itself to be a not-at-all-fragile flower. From Stettin on the… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
We must face the bitter fact that we have forsaken our great dream of a life of, for, and by the people;… — Saul Alinsky Copy Share Image
When some people ask me about voting, they would say will you support this candidate or that candidate? I say: "I will… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
The United States presents a value system to the world that is based on democracy, based on economic freedom, based on individual… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
When you fight, you don't fight for abstract values like the flag, or the nation, or democracy. You fight for your buddy.… — Richard Marcinko Copy Share Image
“Harry Truman—the man who won the four-way 1948 presidential campaign, triumphing over the segregationist Thurmond, the Progressive candidate Henry A. Wallace, and… — Jon Meacham Copy Share Image
I think there are a lot of Republicans who recognize that investment in adolescent girls and empowering them is good for our… — Jeanne Shaheen Copy Share Image
The future of this republic is in the hands of the American voter. — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
Get ready; if the Democrats take the House, your taxes are going up. — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
