Democratic Quotes · Page 21

In a democratic scheme, money invested in the promotion of learning gives a tenfold return to the people even as a seed…

— Mahatma Gandhi

Values are most important. Democratic values have to be instilled from childhood and the child sees at an early stage in life…

— Ela Bhatt

The teachings of the Church line up more with the Democratic Party than the Republican Party.

— James Carville

“Democracy in books is, for the people, by the people, democracy on street is rule of the apes in a land of…

— Abhijit Naskar

[Democratic National Convention] was high, it was exciting. The hotel that I stayed at, they had music in the lobby and [Hillary]…

— MC Lyte

From that viewpoint, America, free country, democratic country, so more opportunity. Still is more sort of Alive. This is my feeling.

— Dalai Lama

Our country is blessed with a democratic political system that is sensitive to the wishes of our people.

— Denzil Douglas

I think it's been time for a new party. I think it's time for two new parties. If you watch the Democratic…

— Glenn Beck

“I have always thought that in revolutions, especially democratic revolutions, madmen, not those so called by courtesy, but genuine madmen, have played…

— Alexis de Tocqueville

They [British people] told us to restore democratic control of immigration policy and to spend their money on national priorities such as…

— Michael Gove

The examples of female success stories are important on the global scale, as they help to disseminate the idea of gender equality…

— Dalia Grybauskaite

He has systematically violated, over the course of the past 11 years, every significant UN resolution that has demanded that he disarm…

— Henry Waxman

When public men indulge themselves in abuse, when they deny others a fair trial, when they resort to innuendo and insinuation, to…

— J. William Fulbright

The emancipation of the scholars and scientists from philosophy is according to [Nietzsche] only a part of the democratic movement, i.e. of…

— Leo Strauss

No democratic delusion is more fatuous than that which holds that all men are capable of reason, and hence susceptible to conversion…

— H. L. Mencken

This book is the best treatment of the best American Marxist philosopher-and the best philosopher to emerge from American slums. Young Sidney…

— Cornel West

Democratic politicians want to solve the crisis of poor education by taking more of your money and using it to reduce classroom…

— Harry Browne

Things have changed in Latin America now. We mostly have democratic governments in Latin America, so the position of the writer has…

— Carlos Fuentes

In all of my speeches I talk about why a strong Europe is necessary in order for Germany to be strong over…

— Martin Schulz

I think there are some in the Democratic Party - not all - but I think there are some people in the…

— Marco Rubio

Alliances are crucial to success in the political sphere. However, if we are to approach other organizations to propose alliances for the…

— Arthur Curley

What I like about the internet, what I see there is that its much more democratic. I have much more control, and…

— Robert Greene

Democracy is essentially a means, a utilitarian device for safeguarding internal peace and individual freedom. As such it is by no means…

— Anonymous

I am far more concerned about policies of the Democratic administration and Democratic Party that infringe on the rights of religious institutions…

— John I. Jenkins

The politics around trade has always been tough, particularly in the Democratic party, because people have memories of outsourcing and job loss.

— Barack Obama

The transformation of the United States from a traditional republic to a democratic nation run in large measure by a single executive…

— Noah Feldman

The court's recent decisions have made life more difficult for the democratic institutions that perform the day- to-day work of our nation.

— Mike DeWine

I don't accept armed struggle. Maybe it was the way in the '50s and '60s, but we want a democratic revolution.

— Evo Morales

So I'm in the Republican Party for the same reason I was in the Democratic Party: to make sure blacks are included,…

— Charles Evers

It is hostile to a democratic system to involve the judiciary in the politics of the people.

— Felix Frankfurter

The Democratic Party likes to remind people that the Russian force around that was very strong, remarkably strong.

— Rachel Maddow

We mustn't be stiff and stand-off, you know. We must be thoroughly democratic, and patronize everybody without distinction of class.

— George Bernard Shaw

What Democratic congressmen do to their women staffers, Republican congressmen do to the country.

— Bill Maher

There are a lot of countries, oil-producing countries, that aren't very democratic, but supported by the United States. That's odd.

— Sam Richards

Domination has its own aesthetics, and democratic domination has its democratic aesthetics.

— Herbert Marcuse

In any country, if you don't have countervailing institutions, the power of any one president is problematic for democratic development.

— Condoleezza Rice

Democratic institutions are based on a reality of human nature: that those with power, however benign or even noble their intentions, will…

— Rebecca MacKinnon

The [Democratic] party's become an urban party, and they don't get rural America. They don't get agriculture.

— Collin Peterson

The way forward is by building political support for republican and democratic objectives across Ireland and by winning support for these goals…

— Gerry Adams

Politics in a democratic society should not be treated like a baseball game, a game show or a soap opera. The times…

— Bernie Sanders