Democratic Quotes · Page 34

Ensuring the access of all citizens to government information and to essential information for human development is a must for every democratic…

— Koichiro Matsuura

The security of the United States, which is so dependent on having accurate and timely intelligence, is not a Republican or a…

— Saxby Chambliss

Imagine if the United States, in its war against Hitler, had said to Stalin: we don't want your support until you make…

— Natan Sharansky

I move that Hillary Clinton be selected as the nominee of the Democratic Party for president of the United States.

— Bernie Sanders

I am, you know, a Democrat through and through. I've always voted Democratic. You know, that is where my heart lies.

— Caroline Kennedy

I come from people who dreamed of a free democratic system. I believe so strongly in the process and equal access.

— Ilhan Omar

To the contrary, I think we bent over backwards to press for elections and for democratic reform.

— John Negroponte

Mediocrity triumphs because it presents itself as democratic and because it is dull, and so for many does not seem worth struggling…

— Anthony Daniels

We've been so preoccupied with getting the government to behave in a fair and democratic way, we were not able to focus…

— Jesse Jackson

The [nonprofit] sector enhances our creativity, enlivens our communities, nurtures individual responsibility, stirs life at the grassroots, and reminds us that we…

— John W. Gardner

The citizens of Love Canal provided an example of how a blue-collar community with few resources can win against great odds (a…

— Lois Gibbs

Let us not despair but act. Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer but the right answer. Let…

— John F. Kennedy

I'm so proud to represent the people of South Florida. I was so honored when President Obama asked me to serve as…

— Debbie Wasserman Schultz

My feeling is that in the purest form, an actor is a service to the people. It's democratic in its purest form.…

— Scott Cohen

The democratic youth lives along day by day, gratifying the desire that occurs to him, at one time drinking and listening to…

— Plato

In fairness, Latin America's elected civilian leaders have made progress in some areas. They have brought their countries back to international respectability,…

— Stephen Kinzer

Can we say that the constitutional monarchies in Spain, Belgium or England are democratic? Those with superior chambers like the House of…

— Alejandro Castro Espin

I would say that the people, largely, who I met were Democrats. But really it's what - people want to change the…

— Jonathan Tasini

There is something very consistent about governance in the Arab world. Among the Arab countries today in which there is a modicum…

— Michael Totten

The Democratic party should say, "Thank you very much, but you know what, we're going back to be a big-tent party. Broad…

— Peggy Noonan

The democratic principle, enunciated in the words of the Declaration of Independence, declared that government was secondary, that the people who established…

— Howard Zinn

Let us build our own political machine. You've been in the Democratic Party, you got nothing. We were Republicans at one time,…

— Louis Farrakhan

It's a pity I am so impatient and careless, as any ordinary person could learn all the techniques of photography in a…

— W. H. Auden

The ranks of educated professional swelled as more Americans went to college and more Americans sort of adopted a more cosmopolitan lifestyle…

— George Packer

Wall Street has enormous power over the Republican Party, enormous power over the Democratic Party.

— Bernie Sanders

The Democratic Party is like a mule. It has neither pride of ancestry nor hope of posterity.

— Ignatius Donnelly

It seems strange to the rest of the world, but we Americans can't seem to stop talking about how other countries should…

— Noah Feldman

I feel sanguine enough to say that there has never been a better set of conditions for open democratic politics because there…

— Lee Kuan Yew

I will not be responsible for the loss of the Democratic majority in the United States Senate.

— Robert Torricelli

Our suspicions are being confirmed that Nashi will serve as a cover for storm brigades that will use violence against democratic organisations.

— Ilya Yashin

Well, I believe that when you are confirming a United States Supreme Court Justice, that it really isn't Democratic or Republican; it's…

— Arlen Specter

It's impossible to imagine the Democratic Party seeking a pro-life, free-trading, non-protectionist, deficit hawk.

— John McCain

Israel is a democratic state with an independent judiciary, a free press and a diverse population of many cultures, religions and creeds.

— Jonathan Sacks

We need to put strong Democratic pressure on President Obama in the name of poor and working people.

— Cornel West

A democratic government that respects no limits on its power is a ticking time bomb, waiting to destroy the rights it was…

— James Bovard

At various periods in American history, people get pretty rambunctious when it comes to our democratic debate.

— Barack Obama

The Democratic position seems to be everything is going to be free. Free education. Free health care. Free housing. Free love. Free…

— John Kennedy

The Democratic Party is on the move across the country. Voters are responding to our message of progress and fiscal responsibility.

— Joe Andrew

The Democratic National Committee is virtually 100 percent anti-firearms ownership, and the Republican National Committee stands on the side of the freedom.

— Wayne LaPierre

Democracy is the common pursuit of mankind, and all countries must earnestly protect the democratic rights of the people.

— Anonymous