Best Our Democracy Sayings
133 Our Democracy quotes by 109 unique authors
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We will not let terrorists change our way of life; we will not live in fear; and we will not undermine the civil liberties that…
— Adam Schiff
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I am more convinced than ever that a lively two party system is essential to our democracy.
— Stockwell Day
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America is a melting pot, and education has been a mainspring for our democracy and freedom, a means of providing gifts of knowledge and opportunity…
— Ronald Reagan
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We, the people, are not free. Our democracy is but a name. We vote? What does that mean? It means we choose between Tweedledee and…
— Helen Keller
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The role of citizen in our democracy does not end with your vote.
— Barack Obama
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I swore an oath to uphold the laws on the books . Now, I know some people want me to bypass Congress and change the…
— Barack Obama
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Inequality also distorts our democracy. It gives an outsized voice to the few who can afford high-priced lobbyists and unlimited campaign contributions, and runs the…
— Barack Obama
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We need to remind our core supporters that we have not forgotten their concern with the way our democracy is being replaced by European bureaucracy…
— John Redwood
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Even if I were knocked down by one gunshot it wouldn't affect our democracy and I wasn't knocked down and I have great confidence in…
— Chen Shui-bian
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I also know that there have been many times in our history when the proximity of an election has induced exactly the kind of leadership…
— Joe Lieberman
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The creed of our democracy is that liberty is acquired and kept by men and women who are strong and self-reliant, and possessed of such…
— Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Not enough of our society is trained how to understand and interpret quantitative information. This activity is a centerpiece of science literacy to which we…
— Neil deGrasse Tyson
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Judicial review has been a part of our democracy in this constitutional government for over 200 years.
— Ron Kind
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With effort we can protect the foundation of our democracy, for which so many marched across this bridge, the right to vote.
— Barack Obama
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In a democracy, hostage tactics are the last resort for those who can’t otherwise win their fights through elections, can’t win their fights in Congress,…
— Elizabeth Warren
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When people generally are aware of a problem, it can be said to have entered the public consciousness. When people get on their hind legs…
— Hubert H. Humphrey
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To say that most of us today are purely expansive is only another way of saying that most of us continue to be more concerned…
— Irving Babbitt
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Our democracy is not a product but a continual process. It is preserved not by monuments but deeds. Sometimes it needs refining; sometimes it needs…
— Lee H. Hamilton
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I think we are dying in America, I think our democracy is over.
— Rickie Lee Jones
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If there was one decision I would overrule, it would be Citizens United. I think the notion that we have all the democracy that money…
— Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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No one should ever be locked away simply because they share the same race, ethnicity, or religion as a spy or terrorist. If that principle…
— Fred Korematsu
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Our democracy is but a name. We vote? What does that mean? It means that we choose between two bodies of real, though not avowed,…
— Helen Keller
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Having women in office is vital to the health of our democracy because women play a unique role in our society. By and large, women…
— Ellen Malcolm
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The only title in our democracy superior to that of President is the title of citizen.
— Louis D. Brandeis
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It seems to rise again when the crisis times come, and this is a time of most severe crisis, as we all know, not just…
— Walter Cronkite
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