Democratic Quotes

1368 Democratic quotes by 898 unique authors

I am far from denying that newspapers in democratic countries lead citizens to do very ill-considered things in common; but without newspapers there would be… — Alexis de Tocqueville
Once wide coercive powers are given to governmental agencies for particular purposes, such powers cannot be effectively controlled by democratic assemblies. — Friedrich August von Hayek
It is possible for a dictator to govern in a liberal way. And it is also possible for a democracy to govern with a total… — Friedrich August von Hayek
Sycophancy toward those who hold power is a fact in every regime, and especially in a democracy, where, unlike tyranny, there is an accepted principle… — Allan Bloom
I am leading a war against the British Empire. I'm not worried about what Democratic Party hacks say or do. — Kesha
With people's revolutionary rage, the king will be ousted and a democratic state, Islamic Republic, will be established. — Ruhollah Khomeini
You may ask what kind of a republic I dream of. Let me reply: I dream of a republic independent, free, and democratic, of a… — Vaclav Havel
Never before has a populist democracy attained international supremacy. But the pursuit of power is not a goal that commands popular passion, except in conditions… — Zbigniew Brzezinski
It matters enormously to a successful democratic society like ours that we have three branches of government, each with some independence and some control over… — Sandra Day O'Connor
In a Society becoming steadily more privatized with private homes, cars, computers, offices and shopping centers, the public component of our lives is disappearing. It… — Jan Gehl
De Tocqueville considered the impulse toward well-being as one of the strongest impulses of a democratic society. He can't be blamed for underestimating the destructive… — Saul Bellow
I'm not up on the Internet, but I hear that is a democratic possibility. People can connect with each other. I think people are ready… — Studs Terkel
But I know that the vote of 9 out of 10 black Americans for the Democratic Party or for leftist kinds of policies just is… — Clarence Thomas
As a matter of constitutional tradition, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, we presume that governmental regulation of the content of speech is… — John Paul Stevens
As long as there is democracy, there will be people wanting to play jazz because nothing else will ever so perfectly capture the democratic process… — Wynton Marsalis
One of the emphases of the new democratic order is no impunity. — Yoweri Museveni
We want only peace, to build up our country. World opinion is paying great attention to the threat against Democratic Kampuchea. They are anxious. They… — Pol Pot
If we could shut down all sport hunting in a moment, we would. [. . .] Only 7% of Americans are hunters. That means there… — Wayne Pacelle
Our march to freedom is irreversible. We must not allow fear to stand in our way. Universal suffrage on a common voters' roll in a united,… — Nelson Mandela
There's too many people that paint with a broad brush that we're all corrupt, we're all amoral. … And having these kinds of things happen,… — John Ensign
The people of Iraq realize that a stable, successful, democratic Iraq can only come about if average Iraqis are willing to sacrifice to build it. — John Ensign
Among the basic freedoms to which men aspire that their lives might be full and uncramped, freedom from fear stands out as both a means… — Aung San Suu Kyi
Television is the first truly democratic culture - the first culture available to everybody and entirely governed by what the people want. The most terrifying… — Clive Barnes
There is an absence of democratic accountability and control in every sphere of government and the state. To address this debilitating legacy requires determined action… — Nelson Mandela
Most of us are conditioned for many years to have a political viewpoint - Republican or Democratic, liberal, conservative, or moderate. The fact of the… — John F. Kennedy

Who Wrote These Democratic Quotes

898 authors contributed a total of 1,368 Democratic Quotes, led by these top contributors: