Country Quote by Hubert H. Humphrey

It seems strange to the rest of the world, but we Americans can't seem to stop talking about how other countries should be democratic…

— Noah Feldman

In any democratic country you have more than one view.

— Shimon Peres

People are constantly applying double standards. Take the United States, for example. Washington wants the whole world to admire the country for its democracy.…

— Jacob Zuma

Perhaps our national ambition to standardize ourselves has behind it the notion that democracy means standardization. But standardization is the surest way to destroy…

— Ida Tarbell

The democratic thought is based on that 'ordinary people' are suitable to rule themselves.

— Torbjorn Tannsjo

In democratic republics such as ours, citizens rely on public criticism of ideas and people to determine national policy.

— Michael J. Knowles

A democratic society depends upon an informed and educated citizenry.

— Thomas Jefferson

“When distinction of any kind, even intellectual distinction, is somehow resented as a betrayal of the American spirit of equal opportunity for all, the…

— Harold Edmund Stearns

If there is one conclusion to which human experience unmistakably points it is that democratic ends demand democratic methods for their realization.

— John Dewey

We must recognize that every nation determines its policies in terms of its own interests.

— John F. Kennedy

I believe that in order for our democratic system to work as intended, the average person must have faith in their government. Citizens must…

— Elissa Slotkin

I grew up in a world where the social democratic state was the norm, not the exception.

— Tony Judt