Our Democratic Quotes
36 quotes by 31 authors
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The best way to enhance freedom in other lands is to demonstrate here that our democratic system is worthy of emulation.
— Jimmy Carter
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The discrepancy between American ideals and American practice - between our aims and what we actually do - creates a moral dry rot which eats…
— Helen Gahagan Douglas
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It is much simpler and easier to collect and caress the trophies of our democratic inheritance than it is to fashion up-to-date tools with which…
— Charles Ferguson
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Every child must be encouraged to get as much education as he has the ability to take. We want this not only for his sake…
— Lyndon B. Johnson
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Credible reporting indicates that Al Qaeda is moving forward with its plans to carry out a large-scale attack in the United States in an effort…
— Tom Ridge
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Virtually everywhere in the world, people still wake up and want their country to be more like the United States than any other nation. We…
— Eliot Spitzer
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We are governed, our minds are molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested, largely by men we have never heard of. This is a logical…
— Edward Bernays
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There are credentials for admission to our democratic society [...]. You have to be educated in order to be a participant in our conversation So…
— Richard Rorty
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The citizens of Love Canal provided an example of how a blue-collar community with few resources can win against great odds (a multi-billion-dollar international corporation…
— Lois Gibbs
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In our democratic society, the library stands for hope, for learning, for progress, for literacy, for self-improvement and for civic engagement. The library is a…
— Vartan Gregorian
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Even in our democratic New England towns the accidental possession of wealth, and its manifestation in dress and equipage alone, obtain for the possessor almost…
— Henry David Thoreau
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If we really love and cherish Taiwan, we should hold our hands in unity to protect our country and our democratic values with the most…
— Chen Shui-bian
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It is a pity that so many Americans today think of the Indian as a romantic or comic figure in American history without contemporary significance.…
— Felix S. Cohen
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This wasn’t just an attack against the Boston Marathon... It was an attack against the American public and our democratic use of the streets. We…
— Amby Burfoot
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Radical Islamic fundamentalists harbor contempt for our democratic way of life and, given the opportunity, will stop at nothing to accomplish their goal of bringing…
— Paul Weyrich
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Western civilization, Christianity, decency are struggling for their very lives. In this worldwide civil war, race prejudice is our most dangerous enemy, for it is…
— Mordecai
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When public men indulge themselves in abuse, when they deny others a fair trial, when they resort to innuendo and insinuation, to libel, scandal, and…
— J. William Fulbright
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I think that's most unfortunate about our Democratic system, that you're confining it to people who are either very wealthy in their own right or…
— Birch Bayh
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We have new developing ties with Japan whom always supports our democratic process and economic development.
— Ali Abdullah Saleh
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In our democratic culture people often think it is threatening to judge another person's taste. Some are even offended by the suggestion that there is…
— Roger Scruton
Who Wrote These Our Democratic Quotes
31 authors contributed a total of 36 Our Democratic Quotes, led by these top contributors: