Being Quote by Robert Caro

“Thomas Jefferson taught that a democracy was impractical unless the people were educated.”

— Carl Sagan

We, in Africa, have no more need of being 'converted' to socialism than we have of being 'taught' democracy. Both are rooted in our…

— Julius Nyerere

Russian democracy is the power of the Russian people with their own traditions of national self-government, and not the realisation of standards foisted on…

— Vladimir Putin

Democracy is the power of equal votes for unequal minds

— Charles I of England

In a democracy, power is not permanent.

— Lalu Prasad Yadav

No government really rooted in limited, parliamentary democracy should have the power to make its citizens fight and kill and die in a war…

— Bill Clinton

“And that brings me to my definition of power, which is simply this: the capacity to make others do what you would have them…

— Eric Liu

“Democracy is the spawn of despotism. And like father, like son. Democracy is power and rule. It's not the will of the people, remember;…

— B.F. Skinner

“In other words, the government of the democracy is the only one under which the power which lays on taxes escapes the payment of…

— Alexis de Tocqueville

I came into office to do what was correct, not to see what was politically expedient to get re-elected.

— Luis Fortuno

We hope that the elected officials will respond positively to a ground swell of letters, phone calls, e-mails and visits from parents. The law…

— Anonymous

When you're running, when you're in elected office, you're surrounded with power. And, so every single day, you have to remind yourself why you're…

— Sam Rasoul