- 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.
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- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always assume that democracy is the only good form of government, quite frankly, and democracy is always to be preferred.
- Person
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- Nov 07, 2020
Democracy not only requires equality but also an unshakable conviction in the value of each person, who is then equal.
- Duty
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being adequately informed is a democratic duty, just as the vote is a democratic right. A misinformed electorate, voting without knowledge, is not a true democracy.
- Addiction
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- Nov 07, 2020
The need to help spread democracy and the ability to do that will be much greater if we break this addiction to oil, which gives the oil princes and sultans the power in the Mideast.
- Hurts
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- Nov 07, 2020
Voter suppression anywhere hurts our democracy everywhere.
- Effort
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't believe that there's such a thing as objectivity in much of journalism, but I think there is a serious effort to and a regard for facts and into taking that stuff seriously is very important to the public discourse and it's very important to democracy.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
Now that we have a democracy and you can go back and the airport air is not laden with evil any more, you can actually breathe oxygen when you land in Johannesburg.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
Since the birth of our Nation, no other right has been more important than having the ability to vote. Unfortunately, as history has shown, the denial of this right to minorities is a scar on our system of democracy.
- Country
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is greater income inequality in the United States than in any other industrialized country. Yes, the debt is a problem that must be dealt with. To me, however, the disappearing middle class is even worse - bad for our economy and really bad for our democracy.
- Freedom
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- Nov 07, 2020
Nobody should have the right to eavesdrop, or you become a totalitarian state - the kind of state I escaped as a kid to come to this country where you have democracy and freedom of speech.
- Power
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- Nov 07, 2020