Democratic Quotes

1368 Democratic quotes by 898 unique authors

What is freedom? What is slavery? Does man's freedom consist in revolting against all laws? We say No, in so far as laws are natural,… — Mikhail Bakunin
Iraq is the central battleground in the war on terror. The terrorists certainly know what is at stake, which is why they are pulling out… — Elizabeth Dole
There are credentials for admission to our democratic society [...]. You have to be educated in order to be a participant in our conversation So… — Richard Rorty
There are different kinds of truths for different kinds of people. There are truths appropriate for children; truths that are appropriate for students; truths that… — Irving Kristol
I think it is important for all those young out there, who someday hope to play real football, where you throw it and kick it… — Jack Kemp
When I saw how the European Union was developing, it was very obvious what they had in mind was not democratic. In Britain, you vote… — Tony Benn
If one meets a powerful person - Adolf Hitler, Joe Stalin or Bill Gates - ask them five questions: 'What power have you got? Where… — Tony Benn
People in debt become hopeless and hopeless people don’t vote. They always say that that everyone should vote but I think that if the poor in… — Tony Benn
Change from below, the formulation of demands from the populace to end unacceptable injustice, supported by direct action, has played a far larger part in… — Tony Benn
There is only one hope for mankind — and that is democratic Socialism. — Aneurin Bevan
The ANC, we believe, stands at the head of the whole liberation front, the whole Mass Democratic Movement. — Joe Slovo
The time has come to recognize that the U.S. will continue to exercise unprecedented power in a world where international rules are still unreliable and… — Stephen Harper
Sadly, a U.S. invasion of Iraq 'would threaten the whole stability of the Middle East' - or so Amr Moussa, secretary-general of the Arab League,… — Mark Steyn
Being desirous of allaying the dissensions of party strife now existing within our realm, I do hereby dissolve and abolish the Democratic and Republican parties,… — Emperor Norton
What's very important is that we build a space that matters in the world, one that operates according to democratic rules, and that small and… — Jean-Pierre Raffarin
Art forms of the past were really considered elitist. Bach did not compose for the masses, neither did Beethoven. It was always for patrons, aristocrats,… — David Cronenberg
Some people think that as the Chinese economy becomes more and more capitalistic it will inevitably become more democratic — Peter L. Berger
It has been true in Western societies and it seems to be true elsewhere that you do not find democratic systems apart from capitalism, or… — Peter L. Berger
Those who have the immense dishonesty to fight with a ballot box in one hand and a rifle in the other have no place in… — Neil Kinnock
A social democratic party without deep roots in the working class movement would quickly fade into an unrepresentative intellectual sect — Roy Jenkins
Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa. If Nigeria succeeds at democratic governance it will be an anchor for all of West Africa. Africa… — Ed Royce
Communist regimes were not some unfortunate aberration, some historical deviation from a socialist ideal. They were the ultimate expression, unconstrained by democratic and electoral pressures,… — Margaret Thatcher
There is something fundamentally antidemocratic about relinquishing control of the public education policy agenda to private foundations run by society's wealthiest people; when the wealthiest… — Diane Ravitch
It’s not that Egypt doesn’t have a recipe for a democratic transition. It seems to lack even the basic mental ingredients. — David Brooks
The citizens of Love Canal provided an example of how a blue-collar community with few resources can win against great odds (a multi-billion-dollar international corporation… — Lois Gibbs

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