Democracy Quotes · Page 98

“...they say if you don't vote, you get the government you deserve, and if you do, you never get the results you…

— E.A. Bucchianeri

No one is predicting that the Democrats will get the 30 pickups they need to take back the House majority.

— Mara Liasson

Democracy should be nurtured and sustained in Nigeria and in our part of the world

— Olusegun Obasanjo

We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien philosophies, and competitive values.

— John F. Kennedy

I think the Democrats are actually worried he (Obama) may go to Indonesia and bow to more Muslims.

— Rick Santorum

[American Communist Party] legally exists in the U.S.A., it nominates its candidates in the elections, including Presidential elections.

— Joseph Stalin

If democracy brings an undemocratic group to power, is that a victory for democracy?

— Richard Engel

And one of the frustrating parts, but it's an inherent part of our democracy, is we have separation of powers.

— George Pataki

If as a voter you think what we need is more Republicans in Washington to cut a deal with Harry Reid and…

— Ted Cruz

The Constitution rightly commits the authority of state elections to state legislatures, not Congress, but Congress must protect the Electoral College and…

— Bill Hagerty

Democracy is not a mere consequence, a certain stage in the development of society. It is the condition on which the survival…

— Wei Jingsheng

I consider anybody a twerp who hasn't read 'Democracy in America' by Alexis de Tocqueville. There can never be a better book…

— Kurt Vonnegut

As California's former chief elections officer, I was proud to strengthen election security and boost voter turnout by implementing the critical reforms…

— Alex Padilla

One of the features of a democracy is the disentanglement of the sacred from the secular because in religiously pluralistic countries, no…

— Michael Shermer

We have Mr. Putin in Russia. And he appears to be a popular president of Russia. And I don't think it's the…

— Pat Buchanan

I do not admire 'the people,' as such. No one really does. Their folk wisdom is usually false, their instincts predatory. Even…

— Gore Vidal

When I was secretary of state, I had to be responsible for getting a nuclear arms reduction treaty with Russia through the…

— Hillary Clinton

As a form of government, imperialism does not seek or require the consent of the governed. It is a pure form of…

— Chalmers Johnson

“Tonight, I say to the American people, to Democrats and Republicans and Independents across this great land: enough! This moment, this election…

— Barack Obama

“And this is a small point by comparison, but why do Republicans persist in substituting "Democrat," with its "rat" ending, when "Democratic"…

— Karen Joy Fowler

A state too expensive in itself, or by virtue of its dependencies, ultimately falls into decay; its free government is transformed into…

— Simon Bolivar

Things need to be properly named. Political confusion starts with terminology confusion. Islamism implies some sort of political and social plan for…

— Tariq Ramadan

We don't stand here alone, it's possible through the great organisations that support us. The disclosures that Edward Snowden revealed aren't only…

— Laura Poitras

The two-party system is a bad joke on the American people; when it comes to Republicans and Democrats remember they are two…

— Aaron Russo

“The stench of deception permeates the air of our great American democracy--wretched.”

— Will Leamon

A parliamentary democracy that has developed its delicate balances over hundreds of years will not give up its sovereign rights.

— Michael Portillo

In most places in the country, voting is looked upon as a right and a duty, but in Chicago it's a sport.

— Dick Gregory

Freedom in a democracy is the glory of the state, and, therefore, in a democracy only will the freeman of nature deign…

— Plato

Education and democracy have the same goal: the fullest possible development of human capabilities.

— Paul Wellstone

And that is my definition of democracy, the right to be in a minority and not be suppressed

— Lee Harvey Oswald

The Republicans are looking after the financial interests of the wealthiest individuals in this country.

— Edward Kennedy

In America, unlike England, unlike Israel, unlike Japan, other democracies, we have elections that have staggered terms.

— Barney Frank

Americans need to be engaged and invested in the legislative process that affects their daily lives, otherwise we are just democracy in…

— Harris Faulkner

The Democrats have always been known as the party that's negative and look at everything wrong.

— Rush Limbaugh

“Any election can be the last, or at least the last in the lifetime of the person casting the vote.”

— Timothy Snyder

It's not about Obama, it's about the Democrats and their policies that cause consternation on the right.

— Anonymous

Democrats are ready, willing, and able to provide regulatory relief for community banks and credit unions.

— Sherrod Brown

The true republic: men, their rights and nothing more; women, their rights and nothing less.

— Anonymous

How do we protect the soul of democracy against bad theology in service of an imperial state?

— Bill Moyers

As citizens of this democracy, you are the rulers and the ruled, the law-givers and the law-abiding, the beginning and the end.

— Adlai E. Stevenson