Democratic Quotes · Page 26

Tony Rezko and Bill Ayers should lead the Democratic Party. They are the only Democrats with any convictions.

— Evan Sayet

Fifty-one percent of a nation can establish a totalitarian regime, suppress minorities and still remain democratic.

— Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn

Someone who does an act. In a democratic society, you're supposed to be an activist; that is, you participate. It could be…

— Studs Terkel

Our modern democratic ideal is based on the hope that inequalities will be based on merit more than inheritance or luck.

— Thomas Piketty

I think that the Democratic Party is a big tent, which means that there are positions I may not agree with.

— Barack Obama

Today's Communism can survive only if it abandons the myth of an infallible party, if it continues to think, and if it…

— Friedrich Durrenmatt

The policies of the Democratic Party have always been in cultural consonance with the culture of the working class. And, somehow, they…

— David Brooks

Some people think that as the Chinese economy becomes more and more capitalistic it will inevitably become more democratic

— Peter L. Berger

Sabotage did not involve loss of life, and it offered the best hope for future race relations. Bitterness would be kept to…

— Nelson Mandela

Democratic institutions are necessary and very important, and if I remained at the head of government, it could be an obstacle to…

— Dalai Lama

While it is important that black women begin to receive the accolades and assistance they are due from the Democratic Party, they…

— Anthea Butler

President Obama's recommended reduction in the tax deduction for charitable giving reflects his fundamental belief that only the government can or should…

— Dick Morris

Hillary Clinton's such a classic Democratic political figure and believes so much in institutions and in gradualism in the old way of…

— George Packer

Now we are immersed in deep democratic revolutions, for the recovery of our resources, and to transform a resource into a basic…

— Evo Morales

Mike Huckabee said he's the only person who has fought the Clinton political machine and won. As opposed to Democratic candidate Bernie…

— Jimmy Fallon

The downfall of democratic institutions in Russia doesn't add to the self-confidence of either [Vladimir] Putin or his friends, as the loss…

— Garry Kasparov

To oppose the policies of a government does not mean you are against the country or the people that the government supposedly…

— Michael Parenti

I was morose that the Era of Barack Obama has returned us to a period where everything is racist, everyone is walking…

— Ann Coulter

Radicals, on the other hand, want to advance from the jungle of laissez-faire capitalism to a world worthy of the name of…

— Saul Alinsky

The Bush administration continues to coddle China, despite its continuing crackdown on democratic reform, its brutal subjugation of Tibet, its irresponsible export…

— William J. Clinton

June 17, 1972. Nine o'clock Saturday morning. Early for the telephone. Woodward fumbled for the receiver and snapped awake. The city editor…

— Carl Bernstein

My goal is to try to weaponize the American people, try to weaponize the conservative movement, try to weaponize the underground conservative…

— Andrew Breitbart

I must say that, in the first instance, we got the request from many African countries who said, look, you people had…

— Thabo Mbeki

And what do Democrats stand for, if they are so ready to defame concerned citizens as the 'mob' - a word betraying…

— Camille Paglia

I am aware of the thesis that the United States has long since invested exclusively in stability and this has obviated democratic…

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

I'm not a political guy. I've been a Democrat my whole life, but that didn't mean I went in and just pulled…

— Toby Keith

We have new developing ties with Japan whom always supports our democratic process and economic development.

— Ali Abdullah Saleh

For nothing is more democratic than logic; it is no respecter of persons and makes no distinction between crooked and straight noses.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

I think the Democratic Party realizes, having lost two presidential elections, we need to do a better job of creating a farm…

— John Mahoney

The revolution has no time for elections. There is no more democratic government in Latin America than the revolutionary government.

— Fidel Castro

You cannot force a country to do something that is against its own interests or against the democratic process.

— Marine Le Pen

I think it was my study of history that convinced me that the Democratic Party was more on the side of the…

— George McGovern

To create a minimum standard of life below which no human being can fall is the most elementary duty of the democratic…

— Walter Lippmann

Democracy can only spring from practising it early, and democratic action was not to expected from young people brought up under a…

— Dora Russell

The much-lauded parliamentary democracy in India has been unable to protect a genuine democratic set-up in Kashmir.

— Nyla Ali Khan

The limitations imposed by democratic political practices makes it difficult to conduct our foreign affairs in the national interest.

— Dean Acheson

If you value the democratic process, you have to value the protection of political speech.

— Ana Kasparian

What is at stake in the debate over health care is more than the mere crafting of policy. The issue is now…

— Thomas Frank

The Democratic Party looks at massive immigration, legal and illegal, as a source of voters.

— Tom Tancredo

To get noticed, I had to take my films in a space which was much more democratic in terms of cinema -…

— Anurag Kashyap