Being responsible Quote by Sam Shepard

Democracy is like a totalitarian.

— Ted Yoho

The notion of democracy beginning to emerge scares the ideologues, the totalitarians, those who want to impose their vision. It just frightens them.

— George W. Bush

It 's really hard to impose democracy. It has to emerge naturally. You have to get out of the way and let it happen.

— Wesley Clark

democracy ... is not something that occurs overnight. It is not a gift delivered on a golden tray. Democracy is a long process of…

— Shirin Ebadi

So much of democracy is built on antagonism. It institutionalizes a certain kind of antagonism. This is not to say that we shouldn't have…

— Pankaj Mishra

Democracy is not what we hate the most and what we fear the most. We need to stand up.

— Jill Stein

Democracy is a problem and we don't want to get rid of it.

— Frank Gehry

When threatened, the first thing a democracy gives up is democracy.

— Mignon McLaughlin

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

— Frances Moore Lappé

Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide.

— John Adams

Democracy tends to ignore, even deny, threats to its existence because it loathes doing what is needed to counter them," explained Revel. "It awakens…

— Jean Francois Revel

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