American Democracy Quotes

34 quotes by 33 authors

• That's what American democracy has come down to at these town hall meetings: old people and gun nuts, which is a terrible combination. I heard… — Bill Maher
• That's what separates out American democracy from dictators and horrible governments across the world and the reason why that works is that we have a… — Charles R. Chamberlain
• The paradox of American democracy has been that its slogan of equal opportunity has meant, often, equal opportunity to get power over your fellows. — Mary Parker Follett
• It [concentration of wealth and power] has been a menace to . . . American democracy. — Franklin D. Roosevelt
• If American democracy is to remain the greatest hope of humanity, it must continue abundantly in the faith of the Bible — Calvin Coolidge
• And I'd like to say to the Senate, I hope you will say yes to a stronger American democracy in the year 2000. — William J. Clinton
• Find the enemy that wants to end this experiment (in American democracy) and kill every one of them until they're so sick of the killing… — James Mattis
• A day will come when our children and grandchildren will look back and they'll ask one of two questions. Either they will ask: "what in… — Al Gore
• We've got to understand that the whole nature of the way American democracy guards its freedom has been changed — John Ashcroft
• 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 idea… — Parker J. Palmer
• This will be the day when we shall bring into full realization the dream of American democracy -- a dream yet unfulfilled. A dream of… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
• Franklin may . . . be considered one of the founding fathers of American democracy, since no democratic government can last long without conciliation and… — Samuel Eliot Morison
• The survival of American democracy depends less on the size of its armies than on the capacity of its individual citizens to rely... on the… — Lewis H. Lapham
• American democracy is a chess-game in which pawns imagine themselves to be free individuals with wills of their own: that delusion is one of the… — Kenny Smith
• They attack the victim, and then the criminal who attacked the victim accuses the victim of attacking him. This is American justice. This is American… — Malcolm X
• Why do Americans find government so baffling and irritating-even though many of us depend on public programs for a secure retirement, an affordable mortgage, or… — Theda Skocpol
• How, then,' I hear you ask, 'shall I attain my end, whether it be Christian love, socialism, or American democracy?' Your Christian love and your… — Wilhelm Reich
• American democracy is the inalienable right to sit on your front porch, in your pyjamas, drinking a can of beer and shouting out 'Where else… — Peter Ustinov
• But you have to understand, American democracy is not like the system you have. We're not an ocean liner that sails across the ocean from… — Colin Powell
• In democracy, as quaintly understood, voters pick their representatives. American democracy increasingly reverses that. Legislative districts are drawn to protect incumbents who, effectively, pick their… — George Will

Who Wrote These American Democracy Quotes

33 authors contributed a total of 34 American Democracy Quotes, led by these top contributors:

• 1 American Democracy Quote by George Will
• 1 American Democracy Quote by Herbert Croly
• 1 American Democracy Quote by Cornel West
• 1 American Democracy Quote by Winston Churchill
• 1 American Democracy Quote by Arlen Specter
• 1 American Democracy Quote by Jennifer Granholm
• 1 American Democracy Quote by Wynton Marsalis
• 1 American Democracy Quote by Russell Simmons
• 1 American Democracy Quote by John Oliver
• 1 American Democracy Quote by Stewart Udall
• 1 American Democracy Quote by Chellie Pingree
• 1 American Democracy Quote by Thomas Babington Macaulay
• 1 American Democracy Quote by Willie Herenton
• 1 American Democracy Quote by Bill Maher
• 1 American Democracy Quote by Os Guinness
• 1 American Democracy Quote by Charles R. Chamberlain
• 1 American Democracy Quote by Mary Parker Follett
• 1 American Democracy Quote by Franklin D. Roosevelt
• 1 American Democracy Quote by Calvin Coolidge
• 1 American Democracy Quote by William J. Clinton
• 1 American Democracy Quote by James Mattis
• 1 American Democracy Quote by Al Gore
• 1 American Democracy Quote by John Ashcroft
• 1 American Democracy Quote by Parker J. Palmer
• 1 American Democracy Quote by Martin Luther King, Jr.