Democracy Quotes
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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.
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No democracy can exist unless each of its citizens is as capable of outrage at injustice to another as he is of outrage at unjustice to himself.
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The E.U. is more than just a trade organization or a common market; it is a guarantee of democracy, freedom, justice, and human rights. Nations cannot stay in the E.U. if they do not respect these guarantees.
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There is no uniform, global model for democracy.
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...and was disposed too often to idealize as a virtue that habit of mean subservience to wealth and social position which, after more than half a century of political democracy, is still the characteristic and odious vice of the Englishman.
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Democracy is itself, a religious faith. For some it comes close to being the only formal religion they have.
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Democracy is stronger than terrorism, and we will not cower to the terrorists' campaign of fear.
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The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was indeed a vital instrument of democracy, ensuring the integrity and reliability of a democratic process that we as a Country hold so dear.
Charles B. Rangel
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Liberal education reminds those members of a mass democracy who have ears to hear, of human greatness.
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We need a government which, yes, guarantees basic standards in public services, but which also steps in to protect people's wellbeing as they take part in our consumer democracy - particularly online.
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The main point of democracy is to deliver positive results for the majority.
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What we are doing in fact is recovering and progressing and sustaining the recovery of our democracy.
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My parents were lured to America by the democracy here promised. In our family, freedom was a word to conjure by. Hoping for larger privileges for the growing family of children, they brought them to the New World, the world of many intellectual as well as material advantages.
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Politics matters. Ideas matter. Democracy matters, because all of us need to be able to make a difference.
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Now, I mentioned yesterday at the town hall - like America’s first President, George Washington, he understood that democracy can only endure when it’s bigger than just one person. So his willingness to leave power was as profound as his ability to claim power.
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The Capitol serves as a beacon of American liberty, freedom and democracy, and Rosa Parks served as the mother of the America we grew to be.
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I support our democracy. And sometimes you win, sometimes you lose. But I certainly will support the outcome of this election.
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A free and open Internet is essential to our democracy, economy, and modern way of life.
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Nobody black or white who really believes in democracy can stand aside now; everybody's got to stand up and be counted.
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If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible; who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time; who still questions the power of our Democracy; Tonight is your answer.
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America has never seen itself as a national state like all others, but rather as an experiment in human freedom and democracy.
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Democracy and socialism are means to an end, not the end itself.
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And I don't see that popular measures, self-abnegation and democracy have done anything for Man but push him further into the mud. Currently, popularity endorses degraded novels, self-abnegation has filled the Southeast Asian jungles with stone idols and corpses, and democracy has given us inflation and income tax.
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I believe we are on an irreversible trend toward more freedom and democracy - but that could change.
