Blood Quote by Bill Moyers

democracy ... begins from the ground up. Anything living grows from the bottom up. Everything dangerous, like bombs, gets dropped from the sky down.

— Vandana Shiva

“Surely the Board knows what democracy is. It is the line that forms on the right. It is the don’t in Don’t Shove. It…

— E. B. White

Democracy, like the human organism, carries within it the seed of its own destruction.

— C. V. Wedgwood

Let’s not forget that American democracy started with ‘We the People’ agreeing to work hard to create ‘a more perfect union.’ We’ve lost the…

— Parker J. Palmer

When threatened, the first thing a democracy gives up is democracy.

— Mignon McLaughlin

democracy ... is not something that occurs overnight. It is not a gift delivered on a golden tray. Democracy is a long process of…

— Shirin Ebadi

The notion of democracy beginning to emerge scares the ideologues, the totalitarians, those who want to impose their vision. It just frightens them.

— George W. Bush

Democracy forever teases us with the contrast between its ideals and its realities, between its heroic possibilities and its sorry achievements.

— Agnes Repplier

Democracy requires common ground on which all can stand, but that ground is sinking beneath our feet, and democracy may be going down the…

— Pat Buchanan

Democracy is like a raft: It won't sink, but you will always have your feet wet.

— Russell B. Long

The whole idea of a democracy is that we ourselves, the people, are supposed to make a path of our politics, and it is…

— Eugene Jarecki

Democracy is an extraordinary adventure. It's difficult, full of daring and risk and danger. But it's the greatest gift we have.

— Jon Voight