Democratic Quotes

1368 Democratic quotes by 898 unique authors

Traffic in Joburg is like the democratic process. Every time you think it's going to get moving and take you somewhere, you hit another jam. — Lauren Beukes
Being adequately informed is a democratic duty, just as the vote is a democratic right. A misinformed electorate, voting without knowledge, is not a true… — Jay Griffiths
It is my expectation that Teacher Education for Democracy and Social Justice will become a rich resource for continuing this multi-layered conversation-from democratic belief to… — John Goodlad
Israel is the only country in the Middle East where Arabs can be elected to the parliament in a democratic election. — Adam Michnik
That is why I took up the gun - not to shoot, not to kill, not to destroy, but to stop those who would do… — Unknown Author
I have argued in favor of a reformulation of First Amendment law. The overriding goal of the reformulation is to reinvigorate processes of democratic deliberation,… — Cass Sunstein
International institutions ought to be, as the national ones in democratic countries, established by the peoples and for the peoples — Henri La Fontaine
It is not enough to profess faith in the democratic process; we must do something about it. — Ella T. Grasso
We're all in the race game, so to speak, either consciously or unconsciously. We can overtly support white-supremacist racial projects. We can reject white supremacy… — Robert Jensen
Even 51 per cent of a nation can establish a totalitarian and dictatorial règime, suppress minorities, and still remain democratic; there is, as we have… — Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn
We don't want to impose our solutions by force, we want to create a democratic space. We don't see armed struggle in the classic sense… — Subcomandante Marcos
We must face the ultimate contradiction that our free and democratic society was made possible by massive slave labor. — Unknown Author
Christianity is completely and radically anti-democratic; it is committed to spiritual aristocracy, — R.J. Rushdoony
It’s not just Israel who refuses to speak to Hamas. It’s the whole international community… Most of the democratic world refuses to have a relationship… — Mark Regev
The citizen who sees his society's democratic clothes being worn out and does not cry it out, is not a patriot, but a traitor. — Mark Twain
The next time they give you all that civic bullshit about voting, keep in mind that Hitler was elected in a full, free democratic election — George Carlin
A Democratic congressman said that he worries that the IRS scandal might have a chilling effect on the IRA and that they might be afraid… — Jay Leno
A democratic government that respects no limits on its power is a ticking time bomb, waiting to destroy the rights it was created to protect. — James Bovard
If we desire a society without discrimination, then we must not discriminate against anyone in the process of building this society. If we desire a… — Bayard Rustin
In the United States, commentators recognize that, generally speaking, most people who hold liberal positions over a range of issues will likely vote Democratic, while… — Stockwell Day
I think the Democratic Party has picked a lot of the wrong candidates, the kind that Middle America, or people who are more down the… — Glenn Danzig
More and more too, the old name absorbs into me. Mannahatta, 'the place encircled by many swift tides and sparkling waters.' How fit a name… — Walt Whitman
Each time I visit such a classroom, where the teacher is more interested in creating a democratic community than in maintaining her position of authority,… — Alfie Kohn
I don't see anything immoral, unethical or illegal for a person in a democratic society to be able to spend their own money on the… — Brian Day
A democratic civilization will save itself only if it makes the language of the image into a stimulus for critical reflection - not an invitation… — Umberto Eco

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