Democracy Quotes

I'm not overly alarmist about it, but I do think there are some worrying signs, like the growing accumulation of wealth by a very small proportion of the population, plus elections in the US are much more dominated by money than anywhere else calling itself a democracy.

Peter Singer

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Greece gave democracy to the rest of the world.

Alexis Tsipras

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The Arab Spring, nobody's in the streets demonstrating for radical Islam; they're in the streets with a window of democracy. They want our political reform, our social justice, and our economic opportunity.

Jack Keane

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That was the miracle of Abraham Lincoln, politician. He pursued the high purpose of moving justice forward via the low arts of patronage and patronization. Indeed, in a democracy, it is usually the only way great deeds are done.

Joe Klein

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A democracy depends on its people, the literate and the well read.

Dev Anand

PeopleDemocracyWellReadDepends

Let me reassure that the Kingdom of Cambodia a country with independence, neutrality, peace, freedom, democracy and human rights as you all have seen, shall be existing with no end.

Hun Sen

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We will not let terrorists change our way of life; we will not live in fear; and we will not undermine the civil liberties that characterize our Democracy.

Adam Schiff

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Until defense of democracy in the digital era is taken up by governments collectively, both in NATO and outside the alliance, liberal democracies will remain vulnerable to the cyberthreats of the 21st century.

Toomas Hendrik Ilves

DemocracyWillDigitalOutsideUp

Democracy for us tends to be has to do with who shouts the loudest!

Peter Hook

DemocracyLoudestUsWhoTends

A monoculture is not only Hollywood, but Americans trying to export democracy.

Bernardo Bertolucci

DemocracyTryingHollywoodOnly

Trump is an anathema to America's democracy and values.

J. B. Pritzker

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For any young democracy, the most difficult but important step is burying the legacy of tyranny and establishing an economy and a government and institutions that abide by the rule of law. Every country faces challenges to the rule of law, including my own.

Joe Biden

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I think it's important in a democracy such as ours that we have multiple sources to get news and information and utilize the media only if we want to get a different opinion.

Donna Brazile

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China recognizes and also respects the universality of human rights. We will continue our efforts to promote democracy and the rule of law.

Hu Jintao

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Jazz is about freedom within discipline. Usually a dictatorship like in Russia and Germany will prevent jazz from being played because it just seemed to represent freedom, democracy and the United States.

Dave Brubeck

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Ironically, the very fact that democracy has such a lengthy history has actually contributed to confusion and disagreement, for 'democracy' has meant different things to different people at different times and places.

Robert A. Dahl

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A robust democracy requires active participation.

Pete Gallego

DemocracyParticipationActiveRobust

I think the advantage of democracy is that it makes us less dependent on a group of leaders.

Azim Premji

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Democracy is the road to socialism.

Karl Marx

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If you can't put your values into your vote, we don't have a democracy.

Jill Stein

DemocracyYouValuesVoteYourPut

Britain has been responsible for the undermining of democracy, turning a blind eye to abuses by its allies, using extraordinary rendition to get around the rule of law, passing over the denial of individual liberties to dissidents, and the evasion of the dismal situation for religious minorities.

Deeyah Khan

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I believe the Republicans have never thought that democracy was anything but a tribal myth.

Hunter S. Thompson

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Democracy demands that judges confine themselves to a narrow sphere of influence - that is why the late Alexander Bickel called the judiciary the 'Least Dangerous Branch.' In a world governed by a proper conception of their role, judges don't play at being legislators - they leave that job to our elected representatives.

Edwin Meese

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One doesn't want one's democracy to behave like a dictatorial or fascistic police. One doesn't.

Tom Stoppard

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