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- Nov 07, 2020
Democracy Quotes
On civic duty, accountability, and defending democratic ideals.
These quotes treat democracy as something requiring active maintenance, from elections as the basic tool for keeping leaders answerable to broader concern about democratic accountability eroding over time. Explore Democratic quotes for related ideas.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
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- Nov 07, 2020
Well my briefing was that Honduras was a small and vulnerable country just back on the path towards democracy it was about to have just before I arrived, the first elections for a civilian president in more than 9 years.
- Feelings
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- Nov 07, 2020
My Democratic friends just can't accept the fact that the American people chose Donald Trump to be president - it's called democracy. My advice to them, and I say this gently: Fill out a 'Hurt Feelings Report' and let's move on.
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the democracy of the dead all men at last are equal. There is neither rank nor station nor prerogative in the republic of the grave.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
A short exposure to the convention convinced me that the Internet may save the Democracy in that it is a way for the people, for the citizens, to have some direct influence on the government.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Therefore, until the day I die, I am going to do what I can, regardless of the cost to me, to try to stop this awful corruption that is destroying our beloved democracy.
- How
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- Nov 07, 2020
Shakespeare examines how democracy is built.
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- Nov 07, 2020
The act of voting by ordinary Iraqis in the face of extreme danger confirms President Bush's belief that people around the globe, when given a chance, will choose liberty and democracy over enslavement and tyranny.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Since 1945, no one in the U.S. military has liked the end result of the military conflicts we've been in: Vietnam, Korea, certainly Iraq, and probably Afghanistan. But in a democracy, you salute.
- Nov 07, 2020
Democracy is stronger than terrorism, and we will not cower to the terrorists' campaign of fear.
- Freedom
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- Nov 07, 2020
America's Veterans have served their country with the belief that democracy and freedom are ideals to be upheld around the world.
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- Nov 07, 2020
The one pervading evil of democracy is the tyranny of the majority, or rather of that party, not always the majority, that succeeds, by force or fraud, in carrying elections.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
The fate of every democracy, of every government based on the sovereignty of the people, depends on the choices it makes between these opposite principles, absolute power on the one hand, and on the other the restraints of legality and the authority of tradition.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Far from being the product of a democratic revolution and of an opposition to English institutions, the constitution of the United States was the result of a powerful reaction against democracy, and in favor of the traditions of the mother country.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Our electoral process has created perverse incentives that have warped our democracy and empowered special interests and a vocal minority.
- Peace
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- Nov 07, 2020