Around the world Quote by Michelle Obama

Our country's democracy is based on free and fair elections, the wisdom of the voters and the peaceful transfer of power.

— Tom Suozzi

We are a democracy, and we get the leaders we deserve because we elect them.

— Blase J. Cupich

Democracy, though slowly attained and never by revolutionary jumps, is the best government on earth when it tries to make all its citizens aristocrats.…

— Peter Viereck

But our perfect democracy, which neither needs nor particularly wants voters, is a rarity. It is important to remember there still exist many other…

— Jon Stewart

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

Rather than a democracy, we increasingly have an elective dictatorship. People are merely permitted to choose who will violate the laws and the Constitution.

— James Bovard

In a democracy, supposedly we hold power by what we do at the ballot box, so therefore the more we know about political power…

— Robert Caro

“As heirs to a legacy more than two centuries old, it is understandable why present-day Americans would take their own democracy for granted. A…

— Jon Stewart

The beauty of our democracy is that the final authority is not the president of the United States, but instead the American public through…

— Lee Zeldin

I always assume that democracy is the only good form of government, quite frankly, and democracy is always to be preferred

— Jeane Kirkpatrick

Democracy is not just voting for your leaders; it's really premised upon ordinary citizens understanding the issues.

— Howard Rheingold

With all its faults, the American political system is the freest and most democratic in the world.

— Eldridge Cleaver