Can not Quote by Y. C. James Yen

This country has always been run by elite, and it's an elitist democracy. And that's not a radical concept. It's elitist democracy. When people…

— Danny Glover

I'm fed up with democracy. In a democracy, people vote for the mayors. I wanted to build a city where I will choose the…

— Emir Kusturica

Even if the politics needed doesn't exist today, we still need to use our voices to make sure that the people in power are…

— Greta Thunburg

I talk democracy to these men and women. I tell them that they have the vote, and that theirs is the kingdom and the…

— George Bernard Shaw

Talk of democracy has little content when big business rules the life of the country through its control of the means of production, exchange,…

— John Dewey

We have these old fashioned ideas. For instance, here in America, we talk about democracy - but we don't have a democracy. There are…

— Wadada Leo Smith

There's much talk about how there can't be democracy in a region that has problems of illiteracy and poverty. But I bring a different…

— Bobby Ghosh

As a writer, I've often said that, among the other things that we need to reclaim, other than the obscene wealth of billionaires, is…

— Arundhati Roy

Africans should be talking and ask questions, like why does America and Russia have the right to veto votes? These countries talk about democracy…

— Femi Kuti

Here is the crisis of the times as I see it: We talk about problems, issues, policies, but we don't talk about what democracy…

— Bill Moyers

All those who talk about democracy, freedom, and the rule of law, of human rights, of the fight against corruption are, I believe, important…

— Juan Guaido

Lincoln, they used to talk about him almost as bad as they talk about me. So democracy has never been for the faint of…

— Barack Obama