Democracy Quotes

Democracy needs support, and the best support for democracy comes from other democracies. Benazir Bhutto
Government Best Needs Democracy Other Support
America's greatest contribution to the world is its concept of democracy, its concept of freedom, freedom of action, freedom of speech, and freedom of thought. Benazir Bhutto
Freedom Democracy World Thought Freedom Of Speech Action Concept Greatest America Contribution Speech
We are a democracy, and we get the leaders we deserve because we elect them. Blase J. Cupich
Democracy Leaders Because Get Them Elect Deserve
A healthy democracy requires a decent society; it requires that we are honorable, generous, tolerant and respectful. Charles W. Pickering
Politics Democracy Healthy Society Honorable Respectful Generous Decent Requires Tolerant
El Salvador is a democracy so it's not surprising that there are many voices to be heard here. Yet in my conversations with Salvadorans... I have heard a single voice. Dan Quayle
Democracy Single Voice Voices Surprising Heard Salvador Conversations El Salvador Many Here
Most people associate reading with laying on the beach. They don't see that it's crucial for a democracy! David Baldacci
Democracy People Reading See Beach Laying Crucial Most Associate
You can't be a full participant in our democracy if you don't know our history. David McCullough
Democracy History You Our Participant Know Full
There is one safeguard known generally to the wise, which is an advantage and security to all, but especially to democracies as against despots - suspicion. Demosthenes
Democracy Wise Despot Security Generally Advantage Safeguard Known Suspicion Which Against
Either we are all free, or we fail; democracy must belong to all of us. Dennis Chavez
Democracy Free Must Fail Either Us Belong
Let the people decide whom to vote for, who has more authority. And only people, only our citizens, are able to place the final emphasis, voting for this or that person or political force, or rejecting it. That's democracy. Dmitry Medvedev
Democracy Vote People Voting Political Final Our Citizens Able More Only Emphasis Force Person Authority Decide Place Who Whom Rejecting
Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more than half of the time. E. B. White
Politics Time Democracy People Half More Than Suspicion Right
So, two cheers for Democracy: one because it admits variety and two because it permits criticism. E. M. Forster
Democracy Criticism Admit Variety Cheers Because Permits Two
Two cheers for Democracy; one because it admits variety, and two because it permits criticism. E. M. Forster
Democracy Criticism Admit Variety Cheers Because Permits Two
The word democracy has no meaning. Duty has gone. Only rights remain. Fiona Shaw
Democracy Rights Word Duty Gone Only Remain Meaning
A democracy is a volcano which conceals the fiery materials of its own destruction. These will produce an eruption and carry desolation in their way. Fisher Ames
Democracy Destruction Will Own Desolation Way Carry Volcano Materials Eruption Which Fiery Produce
Popularity makes no law invulnerable to invalidation. Americans accept judicial supervision of their democracy - judicial review of popular but possibly unconstitutional statutes - because they know that if the Constitution is truly to constitute the nation, it must trump some majority preferences. George Will
Democracy Constitution Law Nation Possibly Must Constitute Some No Law Supervision Unconstitutional Know Majority Accept Because Makes Judicial Judicial Review Review Truly Trump American Preferences Popular Popularity
You can never have a revolution in order to establish a democracy. You must have a democracy in order to have a revolution. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Democracy You Revolution Must Never Establish Order
As I have shown, I will defend democracy with arms when it is threatened by violence; with firmness when it is weakened by division; with law and order when it is subverted by anarchy; and always, I will try to sustain it by wise policies of economic progress so that a democracy means not just an empty liberty, but a full life for all. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
Life Democracy Wise Progress Liberty Law Try Will Anarchy Weakened Threatened Law And Order Economic Division Firmness Policies Arms Empty Always Just Sustain Order Means Full Full Life Shown Violence Defend
Throughout American history many of our social gains and much of our progress toward democracy were made possible by the active intervention of the federal government. Harold Washington
Government Democracy History Progress Made Active Intervention Our Possible Federal Throughout Federal Government Toward Were American American History Gains Social Much Many
Bring it on. Dissent is central to any democracy. Harry Belafonte
Democracy Dissent Any Central Bring
You don't spread democracy through the barrel of a gun. Helen Thomas
Democracy You Gun Through Spread Barrel
In a democracy, if you don't get the votes, nothing else is possible, no matter how wonderful your dreams. Helmut Kohl
Dreams Democracy You Wonderful Matter Nothing Else Possible Votes How Get Your Your Dreams
Democracy is not the end point of mankind. There may be developments in many different directions in the coming centuries. Democracy has only existed for about 200 years. It started out with the American Declaration of Independence. The Americans got their ideas from the Europeans, in the main from the French, the Dutch and the British. Helmut Schmidt
Democracy Independence Out About Only Directions Point Main Developments Ideas French Got Coming Years Existed End American Dutch May Different Different Directions Declaration Centuries Mankind Many Europeans Started British
The worldwide, agelong struggle between fascism and democracy will not stop when the fighting ends in Germany and Japan. Henry A. Wallace
Democracy Struggle Will Fighting Worldwide Between Germany Stop Ends Japan Fascism
Democracy as a promise means that society can never be just enough and that the self-reflection and struggles that enable all members of the community to participate in the decisions and institutions that shape their lives must be continually debated, safeguarded, and preserved at all costs. Henry Giroux
Democracy Community Society Preserved Enough Members Promise Must Costs Struggles Shape Never Participate Institutions Enable Continually Debated Just Decisions Means Lives
Neoliberalism considers the discourse of equality, justice, and democracy quaint, if not dangerous and must be either trivialized, turned into its Orwellian opposite, or eviscerated from public life. Henry Giroux
Life Democracy Justice Equality Dangerous Considers Must Quaint Opposite Discourse Either Public Turned Public Life
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