Democratic Quotes · Page 33

Still, corruption and oppression are far too common threats to the democratic society.

— Anna Lindh

There is little hope for democracy if the hearts of men and women in democratic societies cannot be touched by a call…

— Margaret Thatcher

I personally believe that a democratic society is morally entitled to set and enforce a limit on the number of new immigrants…

— Jan C. Ting

Democracy is about voting and it's about a majority vote. And it's time that we started exercising the Democratic process.

— Debbie Stabenow

Every president, Democratic or Republican, simply works on the supposition that it's better to keep jobs in America than let them go…

— Paul Bloom

“Lions don't leave society in the hands of government. Government is second in command - civilians, chief commander.”

— Abhijit Naskar

No longer should we rely on oil from countries that are not necessarily friendly or democratic.

— Anonymous

But we don't have an example of a democratic society existing in a socialist economy - which is the only real alternative…

— Peter L. Berger

The debates of that great assembly are frequently vague and perplexed, seeming to be dragged rather than to march, to the intended…

— Alexis de Tocqueville

I believe we need a more opportunistic and democratic approach to lunar exploration, now that we're shifting from U.S. government-sponsored space exploration…

— Naveen Jain

In 2003, this House voted to kill a Democratic amendment to add $250 million for port security grants; then again, in 2005,…

— Russ Carnahan

In democratic ages men rarely sacrifice themselves for another, but they show a general compassion for all the human race. One never…

— Anonymous

FDR, JFK, LBJ [all Democratic presidents ] we have a pretty long list of presidents who maybe were not entirely forthcoming with…

— Barack Obama

Capitalism brainwashes us through advertising and the skewing of priorities … We need economies that promote human values, seek to limit suffering,…

— Sulak Sivaraksa

The Democratic Party is a coalition. Its strength and its weakness is, it's a coalition of interest groups, caucuses. It's a lot…

— Mark Shields

Folks should be able to harvest, store, use, or sell their own energy as they see fit. This is not a Democratic…

— Mark Ruffalo

I want people to understand that, look, we're in a period of democratic deficit, democratic recession. There are fewer democracies in the…

— David Frum

Let us say in passing that since (philosophical) remedies are often worse than the malady, our age, in order to be cured…

— Alain Badiou

The Unheavenly Chorus is the definitive study of participatory inequality in America. Marshaling prodigious evidence, the authors show how money not only…

— Robert Kuttner

Grace Bell lived in Belhaven, North Carolina her entire life, all 100 years of her life. Just a few weeks ago Republicans…

— Barack Obama

One major difference between Mormons and evangelicals on the subject of revelation is that Latter-day Saints believe that God has appointed modern-day…

— John Turner

A good novel is one that shows the complexity of individuals, and creates enough space for all these characters to have a…

— Azar Nafisi

You know, there are two good things in life, freedom of thought and freedom of action. In France you get freedom of…

— Anonymous

How about something more interesting? How about you come forward and say, [Donald] Trump supporters, I absolutely know what you think about…

— Bernie Sanders

No one in the planet can ever tell anyone else what they should do. For example, I do not go around the…

— Martin Luther King III

The Democratic Party is uniquely virulently racist and pro-slavery to a degree unseen anywhere in the English-speaking world!

— Mark Steyn

I absolutely intend to return every penny given to me by my Democratic colleagues and Democratic leaders

— Rodney Alexander

So the question rises: How much liberty can you get away with? Well, you get no more liberty than you give!

— Will Rogers

Only two countries in this hemisphere are not democratic, but many countries in both Central and South America, and in the Caribbean,…

— Warren Christopher

Barack Obama is not going to beat Hillary Clinton in a single Democratic primary. I’ll predict that right now.

— William Kristol

He is racist, he's homophobic, he's xenophobic and he's a sexist. He's the perfect Republican candidate. [California Democratic Party chairman about Pat…

— Bill Press

Democratic nation states remain far more capable of managing the circuit of coercion, taxation and legitimation than any transnational bodies.

— Geoff Mulgan

A democratic government is the only one in which those who vote for a tax can escape the obligation to pay it.

— Alexis de Tocqueville

For every African state, like Ghana, where democratic institutions seem secure, there is a Mali, a Cote d'Ivoire, and a Zimbabwe, where…

— Michael Ignatieff

National parks are the best idea we ever had. Absolutely American, absolutely democratic, they reflect us at our best rather than our…

— Wallace Stegner

I would ask [protesters] to please respect - I'd ask them to please respect the democratic process.

— Rudy Giuliani

You cannot be democratic one day, and undemocratic on another. It is a state of mind, it is a way of living,…

— Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj

As Gerhard Schröder said in the Oval Office, a democratic Iraq is important not only to Germany, but to Europe, and he's…

— George W. Bush

We must build a trickle-up media that reflects the true character of this country and its people. A democratic media serving a…

— Amy Goodman

The Internet is the more democratic media them last times. And for being anarchical, it's open to all manifestations, artistic also.

— Katya Chamma