Democracy Quote by T. R. Fehrenbach

“Well, I've worried some about, you know, why write books ... why are we teaching people to write books when presidents and senators do…

— Kurt Vonnegut

I think it's a big disservice to our country and to our democracy to continue to raise these doubts.

— Audie Cornish

“A democracy is always temporary in nature; it simply cannot exist as a permanent form of government. A democracy will continue to exist up…

— Alexander Fraser Tytler

New Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said that he is open to letting transgender people serve in the military. He said there's no reason to…

— Jimmy Fallon

I will uphold the principle of civilian control of the military as intended.

— Lloyd Austin

The reason we've always had a civilian in that job [Secretary of Defence] is because we really believe that it is policymakers who ought…

— Leon Panetta

If there is one basic element in our Constitution, it is civilian control of the military.

— Harry S. Truman

The American people have no control over what the military does. We have no say in American foreign policy.

— Aaron McGruder

It's important. One of the principles in the United States is civilian control of the military.

— Wesley Clark

If you look back through history in the United States, there have been very few landslide elections. Half the country always voted for someone…

— Kevin Spacey

“The political history of the twentieth century is the story of greater and more direct political participation. And success kept expanding democracy's scope. Whatever…

— Fareed Zakaria

For not only every democracy, but certainly every republic, bears within itself the seeds of its own destruction.

— Anonymous