Famous Quotes & Sayings

Edward Bond

Violence is hidden within democratic structures because they are not radically democratic - Western democracy is merely a domestic convenience of consumerism.

Edward Bellamy

The primal principle of democracy is the worth and dignity of the individual.

Edward Albee

Remember one thing about democracy. We can have anything we want and at the same time, we always end up with exactly what we deserve.

Jon Stewart

Here in the U.S., we've made democracy into a science. A cold, impersonal science.

Lee H. Hamilton

Our democracy is not a product but a continual process. It is preserved not by monuments but deeds. Sometimes it needs refining; sometimes it needs amending; sometimes it needs defending. Always, it needs improving.

Lee H. Hamilton

Democracy fascinates me.

Lee Harvey Oswald

And that is my definition of democracy, the right to be in a minority and not be suppressed

Rush Limbaugh

The Democrats can't lose, so they got rid of Bob Torricelli, way beyond when it was permissible. The time for a replacement had passed, but the New Jersey Supreme Court made up of Democrat hacks said, "Hey, if our candidate can't go, sure you can put in a replacement."

Rush Limbaugh

It's abundantly clear the Democrats want to eliminate us.

Rush Limbaugh

They [Democrats] don't even want us around.

Thomas Jefferson

The best defense of democracy is an informed electorate.

Thomas Jefferson

If the measures which have been pursued are approved by the majority, it is the duty of the minority to acquiesce and conform.

Thomas Jefferson

Eternal Vigilance is the price of democracy.

Thomas Jefferson

The cornerstone of democracy rests on the foundation of an educated electorate.

Robert Pattinson

I've never met anyone who's left a comment on anything. It's just demons who live in basements.

Wesley Clark

It 's really hard to impose democracy. It has to emerge naturally. You have to get out of the way and let it happen.

Walter Lippmann

The present crisis of Western democracy is a crisis in journalism.

Voltaire

History is fables agreed upon.

Wilhelm Reich

Work democracy does not wish to prevent or prohibit anything. Its only intention is the fulfilment of the biological life functions, of love, work and knowledge.

Walter Gropius

A modern, harmonic and lively architecture is the visible sign of authentic democracy.

Vladimir Putin

There can be no democracy without observing the law and everyone must observe it - that is the most basic and important thing that we all should remember.

Vladimir Putin

Democracy is not possible without effectively working legal system.

Vladimir Putin

There is no uniform, global model for democracy.

Winston Churchill

If you want a good argument against democracy, spend five minutes with a voter.

Woodrow Wilson

An invisible empire has been set up above the forms of Democracy

Woodrow Wilson

The world must be made safe for democracy.

Woody Allen

The dictatorship is shut up, democracy is always concerned.

William J. Clinton

Democracy does not have to be a bloodsport, it can be an honorable enterprise that advances the public interest.

Wesley Willis

Schizophrenia demons live in my head.

Samuel P. Huntington

Since the revolution of the 18th century, America has basically had an ideology of liberal democracy and constitutionalism.

Samuel P. Huntington

Fascism and communism have not entirely disappeared but have been sidelined certainly, and liberal democracy has come to be accepted, in theory at least, around the world, if not always in practice.

Yasser Arafat

We are a democratic - we are living in democracy.

Youssou N'Dour

Senegal needs to free itself, to rediscover its democracy,