Democratic Quotes · Page 57

Information is a basic human right and the fundamental foundation for the formation of democratic institutions.

— Nelson Mandela

The thing now is to seem concerned in a vaguely social-democratic way.

— Thomas Frank

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

— Joe Andrew

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 created the Dikembe Mutombo Foundation back in 1997 for the purpose of going in and improving the living conditions of my…

— Dikembe Mutombo

What I question is the extent to which any of us truly knows what the facts really are. I mistrust every ideal…

— Boyd Rice

Kellyanne's [Conway] pointing out, you people say we don't have a mandate? You don't have a [Democratic] party. You've lost a thousand…

— Rush Limbaugh

I think a decent society should protect rights to private property within limits, but not concentrations of private power that infringe on…

— Noam Chomsky

It is almost universally felt that when we call a country democratic we are praising it; consequently, the defenders of every kind…

— George Orwell

The web's democratic in one way and distinctly undemocratic in another way. And I think a lot of the confusion about the…

— Clay Shirky

We all operate in two contrasting modes, which might be called open and closed. The open mode is more relaxed, more receptive,…

— John Cleese

The [Democratic] party pulled out its kill switch against Bernie [Sanders] and sabotaged him. As we saw from the emails revealed, showing…

— Jill Stein

I'm a constitutional conservative. I'm a Reagan constitutional conservative. I can think of no three better words to describe my political philosophy.…

— Bobby Jindal

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

Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry came down pretty hard on fellow candidate Howard Dean this weekend. After Dean misspoke several times, Kerry…

— Jay Leno

With all due respect, many in the entertainment industry are deep into mind-altering substance abuse, and when one's logic and intellectual calculating…

— Ted Nugent

What the public does is not to express its opinions but to align itself for or against a proposal. If that theory…

— Walter Lippmann

Feminists who want to censor what they regard as harmful pornography have essentially the same motivation as other would-be censors: They want…

— Susan Jacoby

University presidents should be loud and forceful in defending the university as a social good, essential to the democratic culture and economy…

— Henry Giroux

Married women vote Republican; single women vote Democratic. That's why liberals promote policies to break up families. Every social malady is a…

— Ann Coulter

The foundations of democratic transition should be laid in accordance with a sincere and committed strategy that is supported by various policy…

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

I love disagreements. I love the democratic process. If I'm in a room where everybody agrees, I start to nod off.

— Gina McCarthy

While it may be difficult to understand why cities and even entire states would doom themselves to insolvency by undertaking these obligations,…

— Devin Nunes

I'm the one who initiated the democratic process.

— Jean-Claude Duvalier

Western civilization, Christianity, decency are struggling for their very lives. In this worldwide civil war, race prejudice is our most dangerous enemy,…

— Anonymous