Democratic Quotes

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The man who will go where his colors go, without asking, who will fight a phantom foe in the jungle and mountain range, without counting,… — T. R. Fehrenbach
The adoring crowds and overwhelming Democratic support in the 2008 election was based largely on joy at jettisoning Bush and the appeal of electing a… — Mary Frances Berry
Finally, it was about how people treat one another. It was about human dignity. We forced the employers to treat us as equals, to sit… — Harry Bridges
Running is perhaps the most fundamental of all sports, and it is economically the least costly to perform. As a consequence, it is the most… — Bernd Heinrich
During the presidential primaries of 1940, I received a request from the Democratic National Committee to sing God Bless America before the speeches. — Kate Smith
The Democratic Party will never desert the freedoms of our people under the guise of pretending to protect them. — Emanuel Celler
Whatever promises offered by dictators in any negotiated settlement, no one should ever forget that the dictators may promise anything to secure submission from their… — Gene Sharp
Further, democratic negotiators, or foreign negotiation specialists accepted to assist in the negotiations, may in a single stroke provide the dictators with the domestic and… — Gene Sharp
Democratic societies can no longer give religious fanatics a free hand to abuse and murder non believers. Such action betrays contempt for the basic human… — Armstrong Williams
In England it is bad manners to be clever, to assert something confidently. It may be your own personal view that two and two make… — George Mikes
We cannot use a double standard for measuring our own and other people's policies. Our demands for democratic practices in other lands will be no… — Hubert H. Humphrey
To those who say, my friends, to those who say, that we are rushing this issue of civil rights, I say to them we are… — Hubert H. Humphrey
That democratic socialism, the great utopia of the last few generations, is not only unachievable, but that to strive for it produces something so utterly… — Friedrich August von Hayek
The arts reflect profoundly the most democratic credo, the belief in an individual vision or voice . . . The arts' belief in potential gives… — Wendy Wasserstein
I've had very good meetings with Unionist leaders, Democratic Unionist Party, Ian Paisley and his team. — Peter Hain
With Taiwan, it took about 40 years to go from an authoritarian to a democratic society. — Ma Ying-jeou
And if you like socialized medicine, you will love this government bureaucracy under [then-Vice President and Democratic presidential nominee] Al Gore that will actually cost… — J D Hayworth
The motivating force of the theory of a Democratic way of life is still a belief that as individuals we live cooperatively, and, to the… — Eleanor Roosevelt
I always worked as an individual artist even when Group Material asked me to join the group. There are certain things that I can do… — Felix Gonzalez-Torres
... an essential feature of a decent society, and an almost defining feature of a democratic society, is relative equality of outcome - not opportunity,… — Noam Chomsky
Money power cannot be separated from democratic power without miscarriage and ensuing frustration - political and economic. Democracy implies the sovereignty of man; and, since… — E.C. Riegel
The fact is that the average man's love of liberty is nine-tenths imaginary, exactly like his love of sense, justice and truth. Liberty is not… — H. L. Mencken
There isn't much point arguing about the word "libertarian." It would make about as much sense to argue with an unreconstructed Stalinist about the word… — Noam Chomsky
Markets are interested in profits and profits only; service, quality, and general affluence are different functions altogether. The universal, democratic prosperity that Americans now look… — Thomas Frank
For over a century, popular struggles in the democracies have used the nation-state to temper raw capitalism. The power of voters has offset the power… — Robert Kuttner

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