Democracy Quotes · Page 95

“We may not have sewage, drinking water, and olympic gold medals, but we do have democracy.”

— Arvind Adiga

Republicans, say Democrats, are too simplistic about what ails America, and their solutions are straight out of 'J.A.G.'

— Kevin Bleyer

The idea of an election is much more interesting to me than the election itself...The act of voting is in itself the…

— Jeff Melvoin

Democracy is not compatible with financial oligarchy, with discrimination against Blacks and outrages by the Ku Klux Klan.

— Che Guevara

Well, I don't think any of the Republicans have expressed any interest in supporting the vision of Robert Kennedy at all. At…

— Kerry Kennedy

Thus our democracy was from an early period the most aristocratic, and our aristocracy the most democratic.

— Thomas B. Macaulay

Just because a group does not take its decisions by voting does not mean they have no understanding of the essence of…

— George Ayittey

I am partisan to some extent on the Democratic side, but I consider myself more of an independent.

— Jay Roach

As for piracy, I love to be pirated. It is the greatest compliment an author can have. The wholesale piracy of Democracy…

— Henry Adams

The corporatist-economic model of society appears to be governing us. Economists, often in the pay of transnationals, are deciding, for us, what…

— B. W. Powe

As a Republic governed through the utilization of a democratic process, elections are necessary in order to give every United States citizen…

— Byron Goines

Seven years is a short time in the history of a country's democracy. But in this short time, people of Bhutan have…

— Narendra Modi

In politics, Joseph Smith was something of a radical. He preached, instead of democracy, a version of theocratic rule within a framework…

— Noah Feldman

The masses of Negroes...particularly in the South, still breed carelessly and disasterously, with the result that the increase among Negroes, even more…

— Margaret Sanger

Elections are also about the future - the pledges that we are making for this country. For those who care about equality…

— Anne Campbell

“The forces of Zion seek to hastily discard democratic practices in favor of inducing widespread anarchy, exploiting despondency, and dismantling societal structures…

— Shaikh Mahmud bin Ilyas

[T]he democratic principle of "one man, one vote," viewed against a background of voting masses numbering several millions, only serves to demonstrate…

— Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn

The result of the revolution in Germany has been to establish a democracy in the best sense of the word. We are…

— Adolf Hitler

I'll never believe that Americans have racticed in our history anything close to the purest form of democracy of the world. Because…

— Steve Earle

The reality is that the founding fathers were land speculators. The fact was that you couldn't vote in this country if you…

— Winona LaDuke

It would appear that the traditional parliamentary democracies can offer no fundamental opposition to that automatism of technological civilization and the industrial-consumer…

— Vaclav Havel

The image the Republicans have of themselves needs the image they have of the Democrats to bring it into sharp focus. The…

— Clinton Rossiter

How, then,' I hear you ask, 'shall I attain my end, whether it be Christian love, socialism, or American democracy?' Your Christian…

— Wilhelm Reich

There comes a time in the life of every nation when it stands at the cross-roads of history and must choose which…

— Lal Bahadur Shastri

I know in the past Republicans have agreed to minimum-wage increases that there's built-in protections for small and midsize businesses.

— Marco Rubio

Democrats can't get elected unless things get worse-and things won't get worse unless they get elected.

— Jeane Kirkpatrick

Poor people have been voting for Democrats for the last 50 years and they're still poor.

— Charles Barkley

I am the son of a freedom fighter, and a son of a freedom fighter automatically imbibes the value of democracy.

— Narendra Modi

If, in a democracy, the cognition of the majority is not much better than the cognition of the sheep, democracy will surely…

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

Our platform is crafted by Democrats but it is not about partisanship, its about pragmatism.

— Cory Booker

So long as we have enough people in this country willing to fight for their rights, we'll be called a democracy.

— Roger Nash Baldwin

For countries to succeed, for democracies to succeed, the women and men in those countries need to be free. Women and men…

— Laura Bush

Elections should be about making the people a part of the development journey. That is when India will move ahead.

— Narendra Modi

Here in Maine, we know that the system of special interests influencing elections runs contrary to our democratic values.

— Sara Gideon

Democracy means not "I am as good as you are" but "You are as good as I am.".

— Theodore Parker

I'm going to take part in the elections, not just as a candidate but as a mouthpiece for those who can't become…

— Ksenia Sobchak

It's the Democrats whose position is that the only problem in Washington, D.C., is the peasants aren't sending enough cash in for…

— Grover Norquist

Politics matters. Ideas matter. Democracy matters, because all of us need to be able to make a difference.

— Jack Layton

The birth of democracy in Iraq is one of the great positive changes of our era.

— Ernest Istook

My participation in the presidential elections can truly be a step on the path towards the transformation that our country needs so…

— Ksenia Sobchak