American democracy Quote by Ted Koppel

“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

The US States are our laboratories of democracy.

— Louis D. Brandeis

“Americans became so thoroughly democratic that much of the period's political activity, beginning with the Constitution, was diverted to finding means and devices to…

— Gordon S. Wood

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

— Bill Moyers

One of the signs that things are going reasonably well for democracy is that we have the states where they're closer to the people.…

— Condoleezza Rice

“The most baffling mystery about American democracy is why putting such a brilliant idea into practice seems to attract all the wrong people.”

— David Gustafson

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

“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

“Democracy, as a form of government, is utterly repugnant to—is the very antithesis of—the traditional American system: that of a Republic, as expressed in…

— Joseph Befumo

The problem with American democracy is the American corporation, which is a slave holder construct, pure and simple. It's totally invasive, and people are…

— Richard Grossman

Democracy is an experimental system. I like it when states try out new ideas. I think we ought to expand, not contract, our federalist…

— Alex Tabarrok

“The only sure way to alter today’s patently unequal democracy is for average Americans to mobilize politically—to break out of their political inertia and…

— Hedrick Smith