A healthy democracy requires a decent society; it requires that we are honorable, generous, tolerant and respectful. — Charles W. Pickering Copy Share Image
Democracy is only an experiment in government, and it has the obvious disadvantage of merely counting votes instead of weighing them. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Democrats can't survive in any kind of adversity. Look at how they're crying and whining like a bunch of stuck pigs over… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
Our democratic richness arrives when we're able to comprehend our collective humanity accurately. — Stanley Crouch Copy Share Image
Tony Blair personified the shift away from democracy, towards control by bankers. — Max Keiser Copy Share Image
My parents were of the generation who thought they were the children of a free Czechoslovakia, the only democracy in central Europe. — Madeleine Albright Copy Share Image
What we have is two important values in conflict: freedom of speech and our desire for healthy campaigns in a healthy democracy.… — Dick Gephardt Copy Share Image
False rhetoric and false boastfulness spell moral ruin and lead unfailingly to political extinction. — Vladimir Lenin Copy Share Image
I know this isn't a widespread view in the Anglo Saxon world, but I believe that much of the reconciliation between more… — Mario Monti Copy Share Image
I fully realize that every promise I make, the Republicans will double and the Democrats will redouble. They think this will make… — Gracie Allen Copy Share Image
Now undoubtedly, we face some very British challenges when it comes to infrastructure. We rightly cherish our back yards and green spaces,… — Evan Davis Copy Share Image
The continued vitality of our Constitution and the survival of each freedom it protects depend upon the right to vote and the… — Amy Klobuchar Copy Share Image
The 2008 presidential election was a triumph of hope and unity over fear and divisiveness. Barack Obama's election reshapes America's political landscape… — Amy Klobuchar Copy Share Image
Democrats being Democrats, count on those nettlesome conversations about whether Biden will or should run for reelection to reemerge with end-of-the-world urgency. — Jonathan Capehart Copy Share Image
As even a democracy like the United States has shown, waging war can benefit a leader in several ways: it can rally… — Samantha Power Copy Share Image
When the public loses faith in democracy's ability to solve the problems it has created for itself, the game's almost over. And… — Bill Moyers Copy Share Image
The kind of capitalism we are seeing today under this expansion of property into living resources is a whole, new, different phase… — Vandana Shiva Copy Share Image
Our faith in democracy, personal freedoms and human 'rights', and the other comforting prescriptions of the humanist liberal credo stem from the… — Peter Padfield Copy Share Image
“A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote… — Allen West Copy Share Image
“. . . the only legitimate reason that kingship is not attractive to us is because in this age and this world… — John Piper Copy Share Image
It's an old story; it's as old as our history. The difference between Democrats and Republicans has always been measured in courage… — Mario Cuomo Copy Share Image
“Before continuing further, it is important to gain an understanding of how democracy is perceived by the ordinary people of the Middle… — Abdel Fattah el-Sisi Copy Share Image
Democratic institutions are necessary and very important, and if I remained at the head of government, it could be an obstacle to… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
In the neuter austerity of that terrain all phenomena were bequeathed a strange equality and no one thing nor spider nor stone… — Cormac McCarthy Copy Share Image
Democracy means despair of finding any heroes to govern you, and contented putting up with the want of them — Anonymous Copy Share Image
General rebellions and revolts of a whole people never were encouraged now or at any time. They are always provoked. — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
Republicans have come up to me to say, 'Hey listen. My knee hurts. What do you think I should do?' I'll give… — Raul Ruiz Copy Share Image
We can be civil. We can still be friends, and be Democrats and Republicans, and have different views. — Joel Osteen Copy Share Image
Running a school where the students all succeed, even if some students have to help others to make the grade, is good… — William Glasser Copy Share Image
Democrats have no agenda, no plan for the future, and no sense of leadership — Jeff Miller Copy Share Image
Real liberty is neither found in despotism or the extremes of democracy, but in moderate governments. — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
God help this country if we're now prepared to vote for someone we don't trust. But every election cycle we do things… — Rudy Giuliani Copy Share Image
It may take a generation to achieve democracy. But our generation must accomplish this and not pass the buck to the next. — Joshua Wong Copy Share Image
The office of president is a bastardized thing, half royalty and half democracy that nobody knows whether to genuflect or spit. — Jimmy Breslin Copy Share Image
No real journalist makes $5 million a year... Those in power fear and dislike real journalists. — Chris Hedges Copy Share Image
Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
We have given up office, but not our responsibility to serve the nation. We have lost an election, but not our determination. — Atal Bihari Vajpayee Copy Share Image
To truly honor our war dead, we must rededicate ourselves to the cause they sacrificed for freedom and democracy. — Tom Suozzi Copy Share Image
A functioning democracy cannot stand when its people do not trust their leaders to uphold the law. — Raja Krishnamoorthi Copy Share Image
“From the strain of binding opposites comes harmony. The harmony past knowing sounds more deeply than the known.” — Heraclitus Copy Share Image
