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Without the confidence to know our democracy is functioning properly, we risk more disillusionment, more cynicism, and even more public apathy toward the entire…

— Alan K. Simpson

Democracy is only as strong as our commitment to it, and we can't let our guard down in the face of threats to it,…

— Phil Scott

Our democracy is predicated on the belief that our government should be accessible by the people. We cannot allow ourselves to give in to…

— Erik Paulsen

Democracy is not being well served as we're accustomed to. There is less information, there's less investigation, there's less analysis, there's less accountability.

— Edward Greenspon

Democracy is an insecure landscape.

— Terry Tempest Williams

Ultimately, freedom and democracy are stronger than fear and tyranny.

— Gijs de Vries

Our strength as a democracy relies on voter confidence.

— Jamaal Bowman

“The fewer responsibilities we have, the less free we are. Communism and democracy differ in this only by a matter of degree. We can…

— David Miller

Democratic elections alone do not remedy the crisis of confidence in government. Moreover, there is no viable justification for a democratic system in which…

— Beth Simone Noveck

I understand democracy as something that gives the weak the same chance as the strong.

— Mahatma Gandhi

The continued vitality of our Constitution and the survival of each freedom it protects depend upon the right to vote and the vibrant democracy…

— Amy Klobuchar

In America, the system itself of democracy is being threatened.

— Barbara Boxer