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Democracy Quotes by Ronald Reagan
- For too long, too many people dependent on Social Security have been cruelly frightened by individuals seeking political gain through demagoguery and outright falsehood, and…
- Politics and morality are inseparable. And as morality's foundation is religion, religion and politics are necessarily related. We need religion as a guide. We need…
- It is the Soviet Union that runs against the tide of history . . . . [It is] the march of freedom and democracy which…
- Good citizenship and defending democracy means living up to the ideals and values that make this country great.
- This democracy of ours, which sometimes we've treated so lightly, is more than ever a comfortable cloak, so let us not tear it asunder, for…
- Concentrated power has always been the enemy of liberty. Democracy is worth dying for, because it's the most deeply honorable form of government ever devised…
- I welcome this chance to further strengthen the unbreakable ties between the United States and Israel and to assure you of our commitment to Israel's…
- Since the foundation of the State of Israel, the United States has stood by her and helped her to pursue security, peace, and economic growth.…
- Revolution means democracy in today's world, not the enslavement of peoples to the corrupt and degrading horrors of totalitarianism
- Without God, democracy cannot and will not long endure.
- In America, our origins matter less than our destination, and that is what democracy is all about.
- America is a melting pot, and education has been a mainspring for our democracy and freedom, a means of providing gifts of knowledge and opportunity…
- America's foreign policy supports freedom, democracy, and human dignity for all mankind, and we make no apologies for it. The opportunity society that we want…
- In Israel, free men and women are every day demonstrating the power of courage and faith. Back in 1948 when Isreal was founded, pundits claimed…
- The other day, someone told me the difference between a democracy and a people's democracy. It's the same difference between a jacket and a straitjacket.
- The future is best decided by ballots, not bullets.
- Democracy is worth dying for, because it's the most deeply honorable form of government ever devised by man.
- Our government needs the church, because only those humble enough to admit they're sinners can bring democracy the tolerance it requires to survive
- Without God, there is no virtue because there is no prompting of the conscience... without God, there is a coarsening of the society; without God,…
- Democracy is less a system of government than it is a system to keep government limited, unintrusive; a system of constraints on power to keep…
- Without God there is no virtue because there is no prompting of the conscience,...without God democracy will not and cannot long endure.
More Democracy Quotes
- Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers. — Aristotle
- In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of… — Aristotle
- Republics decline into democracies and democracies degenerate into despotisms. — Aristotle
- If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when… — Aristotle
- Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects; because men are… — Aristotle
- Jeans represent democracy in fashion. — Giorgio Armani
- I think, as a general matter, clearly, the United States globally supports the development of democracy and the democratic yearnings of all… — Richard Armitage
- Politics, it seems to me, for years, or all too long, has been concerned with right or left instead of right or… — Richard Armour
- Fundamentalists are not friends of democracy. And that includes your fundamentalists in the United States. — Karen Armstrong
- A functioning, robust democracy requires a healthy educated, participatory followership, and an educated, morally grounded leadership. — Chinua Achebe
- Democracy is not something you put away for ten years, and then in the 11th year you wake up and start practicing… — Chinua Achebe
- Reading and writing, like everything else, improve with practice. And, of course, if there are no young readers and writers, there will… — Margaret Atwood