Democracy Quote by Louise Erdrich

Democracy is not something we have. It's something we do.

— Doris "Granny D" Haddock

Democracy is not what we have. It is what we do.

— Frances Moore Lappé

Democracy doesn't work unless people are well informed, and I don't know that we are. People just don't have the time. Most people's daily…

— Brad Pitt

Every democracy is constructed day-to-day. And the electoral process reduces and minimalizes every single aspect of human complexity. We're putting it into pamphlets. We're…

— Gael Garcia Bernal

Democracy in some ways is a very illogical political system. When you win an election, you have to preserve the institutions that would make…

— Anne Applebaum

Democracy is a process, not a static condition. It is becoming, rather than being. It can be easily lost, but is never finally won.

— William H. Hastie

Democracy is not something that happens, you know, just at election time, and it's not something that happens just with one event. It's an…

— Jim Hightower

So little of what makes a democracy work is written down. So much of it is just the things you don't do. There are…

— David Frum

If we haven't got democracy, what have we got?... It is about the respect of politicians, it's building trust with our constituents. It's a…

— Lindsay Hoyle

America is not just a democracy, it represents a certain culture of competitive mobility and personality aspirations, politics is not merely a clash of…

— David Brooks

We have a natural constant craving for leadership. Democracy is always a fragile and imperfect achievement. Yet a distinct feeling of malaise in our…

— Tim Soutphommasane

Democracy is an extraordinary adventure. It's difficult, full of daring and risk and danger. But it's the greatest gift we have.

— Jon Voight