Democratic Quotes · Page 74

I did a lot of reading. I read about democratic socialism. And I read about the efforts of people for such a…

— Bernie Sanders

The moral and social aspiration proper to American life is, of course, the aspiration vaguely described by the word democratic; and the…

— Herbert Croly

The ideal may seem remote of execution, but the democratic ideal of education is a farcical yet tragic delusion except as the…

— John Dewey

Trump is dividing people against each other; he's going to try and sow racial division; so you have to figure out an…

— Neera Tanden

In its current form, globalization cannot be sustained. Democratic societies will not support it. Authoritarian leaders will fear to impose it.

— John J Sweeney

The moral case is, people say, "Oh they're not ready for democracy," but that's something someone who lives in a democracy would…

— Condoleezza Rice

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 taste for well-being is the prominent and indelible feature of democratic times.

— Alexis de Tocqueville

Victimhood and a “can't do” spirit is what the Democratic Party has mostly been about since the Great Depression.

— Cal Thomas

I know that if the peace movement takes its message boldly to the Negro people a powerful force can be secured in…

— Paul Robeson

Clinton passed his first budget without a single Republican vote in either the House or the Senate. Before it led to the…

— Tina Brown

For nearly two centuries, scholars and politicians have debated the future of capitalism. Its critics, most prominent among them Karl Marx, have…

— Raghuram Rajan

The Democratic line is that the Republican House does nothing but block and oppose. In fact, it has passed hundreds of bills…

— Charles Krauthammer

A democratic form of government, a democratic way of life, presupposes free public education over a long period; it presupposes also an…

— Eleanor Roosevelt

I have long been convinced that institutions purely democratic must, sooner or later, destroy liberty or civilization, or both.

— Anonymous

As a whole, the election process before the election and on the day of election was successful, and I think Azerbaijan had…

— Ilham Aliyev

I grew up in a world where the social democratic state was the norm, not the exception.

— Tony Judt

Romney and Democratic rival President Obama have led their partisan backers down a trail of lies, negativity and vacuous policies that seem…

— Ron Fournier

I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal…

— Nelson Mandela

Free verse seemed democratic because it offered freedom of access to writers. And those who disdained free verse would always be open…

— James Fenton

I'm personally a moderate and a registered independent, so I'm not strongly Democratic or strongly Republican.

— Elon Musk

The politics of personal destruction, the politics of division, the politics of fear, it's all there. It helps you to define the…

— Michael Ignatieff

Defeatism about the feasibility of plans for disarmament and ordered peace has been the most calamitious of all the errors made by…

— Philip Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker

A democratic constitution, not supported by democratic institutions in detail, but confined to the central government, not only is not political freedom,…

— John Stuart Mill

Where's that toxic rhetoric coming from? Let's not make a false pretense of balance: it's coming, overwhelmingly, from the right. It's hard…

— Paul Krugman