In democracy both a deep reverence and a sense of the comic are requisite. — Carl Sandburg Copy Share Image
A messy participatory process is representative democracy at its best. — Mark McKinnon Copy Share Image
In India, elections happen every year in at least a few states. — Nirmala Sitharaman Copy Share Image
I'd like to think that "President Obama believed deeply in this democracy and the American people." — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I think I bring a perspective that local communities are what make this country great, and they are the laboratories of democracy. — Eric Garcetti Copy Share Image
The thing about Republicans is that they don't care so much about respect, but they love fear, at least in others. — Jane Smiley Copy Share Image
“There is no such thing as not voting: you either vote by voting, or you vote by staying home and tacitly doubling… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
Without a strong educational system democracy is crippled. Knowledge is not only key to power. It is the citadel of human freedom. — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
Republicans who criticize the use of two languages, I think, make a great mistake. — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
I've been able to bridge divides in a very partisan time and get Republicans and Democrats to work with me to try… — Steve Bullock Copy Share Image
The only way that we can win over potential jihadists to liberal democracy is by winning the battle of ideas. — Maajid Nawaz Copy Share Image
Kellyanne's [Conway] pointing out, you people say we don't have a mandate? You don't have a [Democratic] party. You've lost a thousand… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
The Democrats believe they need more of your money to spend because they can spend it better than you can. But you… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
“Observing the volatile nature of the new democracies, I came vividly to see how unimportant a part of democracy are elections, in… — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
I think that Republicans are going to deeply, fundamentally, and profoundly regret the way that they have - the way Trump has… — Rick Wilson Copy Share Image
It's a big and growing problem, the amount of power possessed by Google and Facebook. President Eisenhower said it about the military-industrial… — Tim Sweeney Copy Share Image
As legislators, it's our job to create accessible voting systems that inspire confidence in the accuracy of tabulation and verifiability of results.… — Jamaal Bowman Copy Share Image
I make it a policy every election to only debate once, Democrats and Progressives. And I will say that the way that… — Matt Shea Copy Share Image
Nigeria shed the last of a succession of brutal military dictatorships in 1997 and adopted a democratic form of government only in… — Uzodinma Iweala Copy Share Image
Our real battlefield today is Asia and our real battle is the one between democracy and communism. . . . We have… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
For a long time, early industrializing countries were absorptive. They were endlessly able to absorb new labor inputs to keep expanding. This… — Joshua Clover Copy Share Image
Everything has been for the [President] election for the last couple of months. Since the Democratic National Convention, it's been a dead… — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
The procedure we are pursuing is that of true democracy. Semi-democracy accepts the dictatorship of a majority in establishing its arbitrary, ergo,… — R. Buckminster Fuller Copy Share Image
Naturally the smart thing to do to solve your economic woes is to demonize the Democrats. And of course, Sarah Palin is… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
“Wait till Buzz takes charge of us. A real Fascist dictatorship!" "Nonsense! Nonsense!" snorted Tasbrough. "That couldn't happen here in America, not… — Sinclair Lewis Copy Share Image
Is the purpose of free elections to allow the most clever and vicious person to aggregate power, or is the purpose of… — Newt Gingrich Copy Share Image
New information technologies-including email, the web, and computerized blast-faxes and phone calls-have fundamentally changed the landscape of political competition in modern democracies.… — Thomas Homer-Dixon Copy Share Image
“The class war had turned democracy into a contest in legislative looting.” — Will Durant Copy Share Image
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