Best Democracy Words
3156 Democracy quotes by 1535 unique authors
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A marvel that has nothing to offer, democracy is at once a nation's paradise and its tomb.
— Emile M. Cioran
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The Constitution of the United States was made not merely for the generation that then existed, but for posterity- unlimited, undefined, endless, perpetual posterity.
— Henry Clay
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The ship of democracy, which has weathered all storms, may sink through the mutiny of those on board.
— Grover Cleveland
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Voting is the most precious right of every citizen, and we have a moral obligation to ensure the integrity of our voting process.
— Hillary Clinton
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The worst thing that can happen in a democracy - as well as in an individual's life - is to become cynical about the future…
— Hillary Clinton
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Democracies have to be careful that they do not become so process-driven.
— Hillary Clinton
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Democracy is still a radical idea in a world where we often confuse images with realities, words with actions.
— Hillary Clinton
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I've never understood multi-party democracy. It's hard enough with two parties.
— Hillary Clinton
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American and Israel share a special bond. Our relationship is unique among all nations. Like America, Israel is a strong democracy, a symbol of freedom,…
— William J. Clinton
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Our democracy must be not only the envy of the world but the engine of our own renewal. There is nothing wrong with America that…
— William J. Clinton
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In Iran the whole reform and democracy movement has been based on the emerging free press.
— Christiane Amanpour
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A democracy is a volcano which conceals the fiery materials of its own destruction. These will produce an eruption and carry desolation in their way.
— Fisher Ames
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Education is a human right with immense power to transform. On its foundation rest the cornerstones of freedom, democracy and sustainable human development.
— Kofi Annan
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Freedom of expression - in particular, freedom of the press - guarantees popular participation in the decisions and actions of government, and popular participation is…
— Corazon Aquino
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I don't have any formula for ousting a dictator or building democracy. All I can suggest is to forget about yourself and just think of…
— Corazon Aquino
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It is true you cannot eat freedom and you cannot power machinery with democracy. But then neither can political prisoners turn on the light in…
— Corazon Aquino
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The unconscious democracy of America is a very fine thing. It is a true and deep and instinctive assumption of the equality of citizens, which…
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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The sceptic ultimately undermines democracy (1) because he can see no significance in death and such things of a literal equality; (2) because he introduces…
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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Anti-democracy...is a virus that exists, and pro-democracy is the antibody to that virus, and I think we have to become vigilant, and we have to…
— Harry Belafonte
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Democracy was being saved from Communism by getting rid of democracy.
— Juan Bosch
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Our modern Western culture only recognises the first of these, freedom of desires. It then worships such a freedom by enshrining it at the forefront…
— Ajahn Brahm
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Democracy, the practice of self-government, is a covenant among free men to respect the rights and liberties of their fellows.
— Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Democracy is a form of government that cannot long survive, for as soon as the people learn that they have a voice in the fiscal…
— Karl Marx
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A politician normally prospers under democracy in proportion ... as he excels in the invention of imaginary perils and imaginary defenses against them.
— H. L. Mencken
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We are now forming a republican government. Real liberty is never found in despotism or the extremes of democracy, but in moderate governments.
— Alexander Hamilton
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