1222 Democracy Quotes for You to Enjoy

While we enjoy the benefits of living in the greatest democracy in the world, we must be ever conscious of the fact that none of the achievements or freedoms enjoyed in America would be possible without the price that has been paid for by our servicemen and women. Mark Kennedy

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If our republican form of government is perishing because communications - the infrastructure of that republic - is under the yoke of international business how, at last, do we save it? We must build a confrontational movement to reclaim our democracy, a movement committed to active and sustained protest against the present order. Mark Lloyd

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Democracy is but an experiment in the long history of the world. Mark McKinnon

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I've always been a huge supporter of the only democracy in the Middle East. Mark Pellegrino

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People are even more wary of politicians and they are realizing that democracy isn't just about putting a cross on a ballot every four years, it's about deciding what you want and fighting for it. Mark Thomas

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It's an ancient idea that the leader of a democracy should not be the cleverest but the most average. That's an arguable point, but the world has decided otherwise - except in America, where it still divides the country right down the middle. Martin Amis

Tennis is the purest form of democracy. There was a symbiotic, chicken-and-egg relationship for me between democracy and tennis. Martina Navratilova

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Without the ability to criticize unjust laws in powerful symbolic ways, we can't change them. And the point of a democracy is that people should be able to convince other people to change a law. Marvin Ammori

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Political institutions are fair game in political debates in a democracy. Nothing is more fair game, in fact, than political matters of public concern. Marvin Ammori

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To find ways of practicing democracy, not ways of orating about it, is our great problem. Mary Barnett Gilson

Great Democracy Problem Our Ways Find About Practicing

Democracy requires information. Plato knew that informed decision-making requires knowledge. Mary Beard

Democracy Knowledge Knew Information Decision-Making Informed Requires Plato

Democracy still has a real hope and chance in Iraq, and true freedom in this country would be the greatest testament to those who gave their lives for it. Mary Landrieu

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Democracy doesn't require a whole lot of work of its citizens, but it requires some: It requires taking a good look outside once in a while, and considering the bad news and what it might mean, and making the occasional tough choice, and soberly taking stock of what your real interests are. Matt Taibbi

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Israel is one of the greatest and most modern democracies on the planet. Matteo Salvini

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I have always been really troubled by the amount of poverty in America. Americans are matched in their rich democracy with the depth and expanse of poverty. That's really always unsettled me. Matthew Desmond

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Celebrity distorts democracy by giving the rich, beautiful, and famous more authority than they deserve. Maureen Dowd

Beautiful Democracy Giving Rich More Celebrity Than Authority Famous Deserve

Tony Blair personified the shift away from democracy, towards control by bankers. Max Keiser

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If you elect a religious party into power, you no longer have a democracy. Maysoon Zayid

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Everybody's for democracy in principle. It's only in practice that the thing gives rise to stiff objections. Meg Greenfield

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Social media changed Chinese mindset. More and more Chinese intend to embrace freedom of speech and human rights as their birthright, not some imported American privilege. But also, it gave the Chinese a national public sphere for people to, it's like a training of their citizenship, preparing for future democracy. Michael Anti

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If we, as individuals, want to keep control of our democracy - rather than have a government paid for by corporate interest checks - then we have to fight back now and make sure our system reflects the belief that people, not corporations, control our democracy. Michael Bennet

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I don't believe that government is good at picking technology, particularly technology that is changing. By the time you get it done and go through democracy, it's so outdated. Michael Bloomberg

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Through the inspiration of Vaclav's words, the courage of his dissidence and the integrity of his leadership, Czechoslovakia successfully transitioned from an authoritarian state to a free democracy at the heart of Europe. Michael D. Higgins

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