American democracy Quote by George Takei

The father of democracy is Patrice Lumumba, the first prime minister after our independence, who was assassinated under conditions that to this day nobody…

— Joseph Kabila

“It was through the Declaration of Independence that we Americans acknowledged the eternal quality of man. For by it we abolished a cut-and-dried aristocracy.…

— Owen Wister

My father loved democracy. He loved the ancient Greeks because they invented democracy, and he shared their contempt for those who refused to participate…

— Kerry Kennedy

“It was through the Declaration of Independence that we Americans acknowledged the eternal inequality of man. For by it we abolished a cut-and-dried aristocracy.…

— Owen Wister

“Fathers are ironic, they want democracy in their country but dictatorship in their home.”

— Amit Kalantri

Not only does democracy make every man forget his ancestors, but also clouds their view of their descendants and isolates them from their contemporaries.…

— Alexis de Tocqueville

My father died without knowing even this kind of democracy exists in the world. He didn't even know this much food was available in…

— Park Yeon-mi

My father was a very powerful influence, well, always, through our life. He taught us very much that... we were very lucky and that…

— Jean Kennedy Smith

My father was a politician, and a very important politician, and one of the leaders of the Iraqi Democratic Party, who believed in progress.

— Zaha Hadid

“Democracy is...the conviction that there are extraordinary possibilities in ordinary people.”

— Harry Emerson Fosdick

America is not a democracy, it's an absolute monarchy ruled by King Kid. In a nation of immigrants, the child is automatically more of…

— Florence King

My parents were true believers in the efficacy of American constitutional democracy, and I was thoroughly inculcated with reverence for what we the people…

— Al Gore