- 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
- Greatest Threat
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- Nov 07, 2020
We must challenge this statement and this sentiment that the news media is the enemy of the American people. This sentiment may be the greatest threat to democracy in my lifetime.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is nothing more important to a democracy than an active and engaged press.
- Help Others
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- Nov 07, 2020
Running a school where the students all succeed, even if some students have to help others to make the grade, is good preparation for democracy.
- Ignorance
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- Nov 07, 2020
Ignorance is an evil weed, which dictators may cultivate among their dupes, but which no democracy can afford among its citizens.
- Memory
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think we're at risk with our democracy. I think we're dealing with the most closed, imperialistic, nastiest administration in living memory. They even put Richard Nixon to shame.
- American
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- Nov 07, 2020
The American public should simply accept no distractions. In our democracy, it is our duty to hold our elected leaders accountable. We do it at the ballot box.
- Inequality
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- Nov 07, 2020
Persistent inequality costs the U.S. hundreds of billions of dollars a year, undermining our global competitiveness, our democracy, and our ideals as a nation.
- Must
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- Nov 07, 2020
But if we had to trade with a Europe dominated by the present German trade policies, we might have to change our methods to some totalitarian form. This is a prospect that any lover of democracy must view with consternation.
- Socialism
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- Nov 07, 2020
Socialism, as I understand it, is a system of democracy. Without democracy, there is no socialism.
- Freedom
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believe I and all the Chinese people have such a conviction that China will make continuous progress and the people's wishes for and needs for democracy and freedom are irresistible.
- Nature
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- Nov 07, 2020
The nature of a democracy consists to an important degree in the right of the people to criticize problems and mistakes.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020