Democracy Quote by Ted Greenfield

“The right to vote is the foundation of our free society, and protecting that right is the single most important thing we can do…

— Hillary Rodham Clinton

“The United States of America, as defined in The Constitution thereof, is not a democracy, nor was it ever envisioned as such or intended…

— Joseph Befumo

“Voting isn’t the most we can do, but it is the least. To have a democracy, you have to want one. Still,”

— Gloria Steinem

“Constitutional democracy, you see, is no romantic notion. It's our defense against ourselves, the one foe who might defeat us.”

— Bill Moyers

“While there is still time, we must exercise what freedom we still have to vote every Democrat and every Republican out of our federal,…

— Joseph Befumo

“Americans have always thought they had a democracy form of government. We don’t. We have a constitutional republic – a representative form of government.”

— David R. Johnson

“Here the only one who has the right to prohibit anything is the government, we live in a democracy.”

— Gabriel García Márquez

“Keep in mind that democracy merely gives power to the people; it does not ensure that power will be used wisely or humanely.”

— Rodney Stark

“Constitutional democracy can only survive if the people of our nation are moral.”

— Ronald R. Cooke

“Democracy requires accountability and consent of the governed, which is only possible if citizens know what is being done in their name.”

— Glenn Greenwald

“These various remedies, eugenic, educational, ethical, populist and socialist, all assume that either the voters are inherently competent to direct the course of affairs…

— Walter Lippmann

“America is a land where a citizen will cross the ocean to fight for democracy - and wont cross the street to vote in…

— Anonymous