American democracy Quote by Steven Levitsky

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

“Parker Palmer puts it, “Democracy gives us the right to disagree and is designed to use the energy of creative conflict to drive positive…

— John Fea

“These two norms undergirded American democracy for most of the twentieth century. Leaders of the two major parties accepted one another as legitimate and…

— Steven Levitsky

I worry about the entire structure of American democracy under Trump.

— Jonathan Chait

The truth is that America has been closely divided politically for quite some time. That was reflected in some of the challenges I had…

— Barack Obama

We now live in a very polarized nation, divided not between Republicans and Democrats but between those who want to defend our liberties and…

— Tom Tancredo

“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

“American democracy rests on a foundation of competing tensions among local, state, and federal laws,”

— Ted Koppel

The issue for us is rebuilding a governing majority that is comfortable with differences that can transcend the divisiveness and unify behind the principles…

— Eric Cantor

Let’s not forget that American democracy started with ‘We the People’ agreeing to work hard to create ‘a more perfect union.’ We’ve lost the…

— Parker J. Palmer

And every historic effort to forge a democratic project has been undermined by two fundamental realities: poverty and paranoia. The persistence of poverty generates…

— Cornel West

In American politics, the deepest rivalry is between the rational world and the right wing of the GOP, who are increasingly marginalized in their…

— Tom Steyer