I have said democracy and freedom do not work too well if you are hungry, if you are starving. — Pete Domenici Copy Share Image
Where you see wrong or inequality or injustice, speak out, because this is your country. This is your democracy. Make it. Protect… — Thurgood Marshall Copy Share Image
I can't think of an election that is more important, certainly in my lifetime. — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
In my personal opinion, Russia is no less democratic than it used to be. It is a democratic country. It is democratic… — Roman Abramovich Copy Share Image
“A general who wages war for a republic whose cause is not just would make devils of soldiers, and turn honor to… — Christopher Moore Copy Share Image
There is no more dangerous thing for a democracy than a foreign policy based on presidential preventive war. — Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr Copy Share Image
Sometimes it's better to have a benign dictator than a dumb democracy, to be honest. — Serj Tankian Copy Share Image
I believe I have voted for both Democrats and Republicans. Am I either one? Absolutely not. Ladies and gentlemen, I am an… — David Letterman Copy Share Image
The Republicans are calling the Democrats' plan to have a deadline for US troop withdrawal from Iraq an 'admission of failure', as… — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
Reformist kings can save their dynasties now by helping their countries move smoothly into democracy, or they will end their years in… — Elliott Abrams Copy Share Image
During my election campaign I was not giving out empty promises, but invited every member of society to join the efforts to… — Dalia Grybauskaite Copy Share Image
From a constitutional point of view there is an advantage to democracy and it must be balanced and the Supreme Court should… — Ayelet Shaked Copy Share Image
The Republicans have been baying at the moon for seven years, in March it was seven years since the president signed the… — Nancy Pelosi Copy Share Image
How can anyone trust Republicans to solve our most complex issues around the border, national security, foreign affairs or the economy, when… — Jasmine Crockett Copy Share Image
In a free Europe... the system of power lies on three pillars. These are democracy, rule of law, and human rights. It's… — Frans Timmermans Copy Share Image
What makes America's election system unique is the fact that even when elections are close, we find a resolution, which leads to… — Mercedes Schlapp Copy Share Image
There's a lot of fuss on the Left about election irregularities, like, you know, the voting machines were tampered with, they didn't… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“issue a statement attacking the disastrous Citizens United Supreme Court decision. I announced that I would only nominate justices to the Supreme… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
Sooner or later a democracy which is to survive has to be able to rely upon that enlargement of vision and purpose… — Ordway Tead Copy Share Image
“People keep saying someone should fix the system, the system is corrupt. What they don’t get is; they are the system. It’s… — Thisuri Wanniarachchi Copy Share Image
Cumulatively, American society is sliding toward a new form of 'authoritarian democracy'. Elections continue, free speech is generally protected, institutions operate in… — Richard A. Falk Copy Share Image
“Republicrat” is a portmanteau word comprised of the names of the two main political parties in the United States: the Republicans and… — Joseph Befumo Copy Share Image
After the First World War, Germany was trying to build a democracy. Then when the Reichstag, the legislature, was burned down in… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
It is equally unreasonable to run a university as a "participatory democracy," the approach to governance that once existed in Europe. That… — Henry Rosovsky Copy Share Image
What ass first let loose the doctrine that the suffrage is a high boon and voting a noble privilege? — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
I will not take 'but' for an answer. Negroes have been looking at democracy's 'but' too long. — Langston Hughes Copy Share Image
In a republic the first rule for the guidance of the citizen is obedience of the law. — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
If you try to make the Democrats be what they are not, and never will be, you will end up being more… — Bob Avakian Copy Share Image
'In a democracy,' said Mr Pinfold, with more weight than originality, 'Men do not seek authority so that they may impose a… — Thomas Babington Macaulay Copy Share Image
Change' - Obama's election mantra - is a direct, in-your-face affront to the very vision of our Founding Fathers. — Wayne LaPierre Copy Share Image
My slice of the millennial generation, as we grew up, became - to the dismay of the GOP - a bloc of… — Kristen Soltis Anderson Copy Share Image
The tragedy of the modern democracies is that they have not yet succeeded in realizing democracy. — Jacques Maritain Copy Share Image
“the best argument against a democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.” — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
Nationhood is more likely to guarantee autocracy, decadence and corruption than real democracy. — Martin Dansky Copy Share Image
Millions around the world increasingly see America not as a model of democracy but as relying solely on brute force — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
I wrote the tunes. I was the driving force. The rest were quite happy just to go along with things. But it… — Wayne Hussey Copy Share Image
You'll never change anything in this country through voting. Nothing. Absolutely nothing. — Jair Bolsonaro Copy Share Image
Everyone agrees Russia has been working to undermine our democracy, as well as democracies throughout Europe, including Central and Eastern Europe. — Tom Suozzi Copy Share Image
“Every American election summons the individual voter to weigh the past against the future.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Our country's democracy is based on free and fair elections, the wisdom of the voters and the peaceful transfer of power. — Tom Suozzi Copy Share Image
