Famous Quotes & Sayings

Drew Carey

What good is democracy if you can't get what you want?

Douglas Adams

So long, and thanks for all the fish.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Patronage is almost a wicked word. By itself it could well-nigh defeat democracy.

Clare Boothe Luce

They [Democrats] are the troubadours and the crooners of catastrophe.

Dolores Huerta

If we don't have workers organized into labor unions, we're in great peril of losing our democracy.

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.

Ann Coulter

Liberals could not be less interested in democracy when it came to taking out Saddam Hussein Now a loyal American ally [Mubarak] comes under attack and they are burning for democracy.

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.

Roseanne Barr

There is no real third party in America. There's this one party that has two sides to it - the Democratic and Republican side. It's one party that has two heads.

Joseph Campbell

The demon that you can swallow gives you its power, and the greater lifes pain, the greater lifes reply.

The Demo Derby is one of the most popular events at Tri-County. The fans, especially the kids, like the crashing. The participants get to do what everyone would like to do at one time or another and that's run into and over other cars. It's a lot of fun for everyone.

Monica Crowley

The Democrats handle dissent by isolating it, smearing it and delegitimizing it in order to crush it.

The Democrats are driving by the accident, and they're looking out the window wondering what's going on.

David Blunkett

The democratic state can sometimes abuse its power as much as those who seek to destroy it abuse fundamental rights and democratic practices.

Luis Gonzalez

The democratic process has passed the hardest test of all. The people of Paraguay have triumphed!

Bill Richardson

The Democratic Party is back. This is a good omen for 2006 and 2008,

The Democratic Party has long thought that its success is dependent on some support in the South.

Abraham Lincoln

Elections belong to the people. It's their decision.

Ali Babacan

Whatever the scenario, the dynamism of developing nations, their demographics and competitive power are great sources for superiority.

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.

Dick Gephardt

In every issue there are winners are losers, and the losers are plenty. But they have to be willing to grudgingly accept the result. That's the genius of our democracy.

Dick Gregory

If democracy is such a good thing, let's have more of it.