Famous Quotes & Sayings

I don't think you can sell democracy at the point of an M-16. We're just trying to force it down their throats.

I feel very strongly as a partisan Democrat that this will be a major issue in the 2006 election.

David Anderson

I feel like it is a dictatorship instead of a democracy.

C. S. Lewis

Beauty is not democratic; she reveals herself more to the few than to the many...

C. S. Lewis

It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies.

C. S. Lewis

Those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.

C. S. Lewis

Love, having become a god, becomes a demon.

Al Gore

American democracy has been hacked.

Al Gore

Take it from me - every vote counts. In our Democracy, every vote has power. And never forget - that power is yours. Don't let anyone take it away or talk you into throwing it away. And let's make sure that this time every vote is counted.

Charles Kennedy

You won't catch Liberal Democrats describing trade unionists as wreckers.

Brad Pitt

Democracy doesn't work unless the public is informed.

Barbara Boxer

Our democracy is the centerpiece of who we are as a nation. And it is the fondest hope of all Americans that we can help bring democracy to every corner of the world.

Colin Powell

Our model of politics is one that it is inclusive of all members of the society; all should be represented. That is the nature of our democracy.

Susan Brooks

For too long, the Democratic majority in Washington has failed to see the value in the sound model of working hard and living within your means.

I wish to express my hope that the efforts of our nations, nationalities and peoples in the direction of the development of our democratic order will be successful.

What are we Democrats fighting for? We are not fighting for salvation and going to heaven. But we are fighting for Medicaid, Medicare, health care, education, jobs, helping old folks.

Cullen Hightower

Don't expect other nations to have a democracy like ours - they don't have enough lawyers.

David Fincher

I have demons you can't even imagine.

Douglas Adams

So long, and thanks for all the fish.

Aneurin Bevan

There is only one hope for mankind — and that is democratic Socialism.

Anatole France

In every well-governed state wealth is a sacred thing; in democracies it is the only sacred thing.

Andrew Vachss

Journalism is what maintains democracy. It's the force for progressive social change.

Chuck Hagel

Imposing democracy through force is a roll of the dice.

Chuck Hagel

The United States can't impose democracies. We can't impose our will. The Russians found that out in Afghanistan.

Amos Oz

All of my novels are democracies.

Anthony Eden

Drift is the demon of democracy.

Annette Lu

Taiwan matters because of its vital role in spreading democracy in East Asia. Taiwan matters because of its strategic importance to promote peace in the Pacific region.

Annette Lu

Taiwan's democracy has grown very fast and we enjoy a certain degree of freedom, as other developed democracies like the United States.

Angela Davis

When Bush says democracy, I often wonder what he's referring to.

Andre Malraux

Communism destroys democracy. Democracy can also destroy Communism.

Ambrose Bierce

The only distinction that democracies reward is a high degree of conformity.

Anthony Kennedy

Democracy is something that you must learn each generation. It has to be taught.

Alexis de Tocqueville

What is the most important for democracy is not that great fortunes should not exist, but that great fortunes should not remain in the same hands. In that way there are rich men, but they do not form a class.