Democracy Quote by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Download Open image “Our democracy is designed to speak truth to power.” — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.0 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Democracy Our Power Speak Speak Truth To Power Truth
It is vital to speak up in a democracy. Otherwise we are living in dictatorships. — Katharine Gun Copy Share Image
Democracy is a constant tension between truth and half-truth and, in the arsenal of truth, there is no greater weapon than fact. — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
Democracy relies on free speech. Yes, say anything you want, but it relies even more on the speech being truthful. It is the truth,… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
“The true nature of a democracy is its ability to say yes when even the powerful say no” — Colum McCann Copy Share Image
Democracy makes us articulate our views, defend them, and refine them. — Lee H. Hamilton Copy Share Image
The most powerful words uttered in our democracy are the people have spoken. — Raphael Warnock Copy Share Image
We want to assert the very principle that truth is absolute, truth is supreme, truth is never disposable in national political life. — John Howard Copy Share Image
Democracy is a device that insures we shall be governed no better than we deserve. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
When people feel like they are being spoken directly to, I do feel like... they'll do things like turn out in an off-year, mid-year… — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Copy Share Image
I do think that sometimes, especially coming into this going straight from activism to being a candidate or to being a person who potentially,… — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Copy Share Image
There's this false notion that you have to separate and choose between issues of class and issues of race. What people do when they… — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Copy Share Image
It's disingenuous to... pretend the sources of our money don't impact the policy we write - you just can't serve two masters. — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Copy Share Image
I felt like the only way to effectively run for office is if you had access to a lot of wealth, high social influence,… — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Copy Share Image
We absolutely do need to make sure that our borders are secure. But what we need to realize and remember is that ICE was… — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Copy Share Image
To me, what socialism means is to guarantee a basic level of dignity. It's asserting the value of saying that the America we want… — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Copy Share Image
I just hope that more people will ignore the fatalism of the argument that we are beyond repair. We are not beyond repair. We… — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Copy Share Image
Before ICE, we had Immigration and Naturalization Services, but it wasn't until about 1999 that we chose to criminalize immigration at all. And then,… — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Copy Share Image
Elections belong to the people. It's their decision. If they decide to turn their back on the fire and burn their behinds, then they… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Philosopher is a dictator who modifies accepted standards with his thoughts. — Ilkin Santak Copy Share Image
If the members of parliament no longer consider themselves mandatories of the taxpayers but deputies of those receiving salaries, wages, subsidies, doles, and other… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
For not only every democracy, but certainly every republic, bears within itself the seeds of its own destruction. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
America is a democracy and has no Hitler, but I am afraid for her future; there are hard times ahead for the American people,… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
There is plenty of time for Republicans to have a Macaca moment. But right now, as of October 17, 2014, the Republican Senate candidates… — Matthew Continetti Copy Share Image
Democracy is based on the conviction that man has the moral and intellectual capacity, as well as the inalienable right, to govern himself with… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
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The peaceful transition of power is one of the hallmarks of our democracy. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If you believe in democracy, why shouldn't you know what the government is doing? — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Failure to find a way to incorporate political Islam in democracy, however uncomfortable its ideology is for secular liberals, will mean we have given… — Crispin Blunt Copy Share Image