Democratic Quotes

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Democracy is the common pursuit of mankind, and all countries must earnestly protect the democratic rights of the people. — Hu Jintao
What's crucial is that the IRA produce a credible statement that paramilitary and criminality activity is a thing of the past. That they are committed… — Peter Hain
Governments that use violence to stop democratic development will not earn themselves respite forever. They will pay an increasingly high price for actions which they… — William Hague
Lists are anti-democratic, discriminatory, elitist, and sometimes the print is too small. — David Ives
There is simply no room for anti-Semitism in a democratic and law-abiding state. — Aleksander Kwasniewski
The democratic process is only as great as the people who participate in it. — Jeff Miller
The 2004 Election marks the first time in modern political history that Republican voter turnout matched Democratic turnout in a presidential election year. — Jeff Miller
The right to dissent is the only thing that makes life tolerable for a judge of an appellate court... the affairs of government could not… — William O. Douglas
What if the Soviet intervention was a blessing in disguise? It saved the myth that if the Soviets were not to intervene, there would have… — Slavoj Å½iÅ¾ek
Fox opposes a Syria peace plan because its modus operandi is to foment dissent in the form of a relentless and irrational contrarianism to Barack… — Jon Stewart
Had history been democratic in its ways, there would have been no farming and no indsturial revolution. Both leaps into the future were occasioned by… — Yanis Varoufakis
A great democratic revolution is taking place in our midst. — Alexis de Tocqueville
I firmly believed throughout 1971 that the major hurdle to winning the presidency was winning the Democratic nomination. I believed that any reasonable Democrat would… — George McGovern
Democracy is essentially a means, a utilitarian device for safeguarding internal peace and individual freedom. As such it is by no means infallible or certain.… — Friedrich August von Hayek
My books may highlight corruption, brutality and venality, but they also show that if these things come to light, there is rectification. The voiceless do… — Vikas Swarup
Cities must urge urban planners and architects to reinforce pedestrianism as an integrated city policy to develop lively, safe, sustainable and healthy cities. It is… — Jan Gehl
To my mind, there is a solution which has to do with democracy, because democratic governments are subject to the will of the people. So,… — George Soros
Many think it not only inevitable but entirely proper that liberty give way to security in times of national crisis--that, at the extremes of military… — Antonin Scalia
As the Republican Party has moved farther and farther to the right, I have found myself increasingly at odds with the Republican philosophy and more… — Arlen Specter
I can't quite remember the exact moment when I became obsessed with writing a play about the seemingly endless war in the Democratic Republic of… — Lynn Nottage
It’s unlikely to change – there’s nothing in King Salman’s past as governor of Riyadh for about forty years that suggests that he was particularly… — Elliott Abrams
The Democratic Party is the party of the status quo. — Jack Kemp
It is the political task of the social scientist — as of any liberal educator — continually to translate personal troubles into public issues, and… — C. Wright Mills
A fraternity is an association of men, selected in their college days by democratic processes, because of their adherence to common ideals and aspirations. — Newton D. Baker
All of my life I have stayed away from violence and the instruments of violence, and have seen a legal, democratic struggle as the only… — Osman Baydemir

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