- 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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- Church
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- Nov 07, 2020
One area where American Jews have something to teach Israel is religious pluralism, something that living in a democracy with a separation between church and state has helped us fine-tune.
- Rest
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- Nov 07, 2020
The last two elections were stolen. They were stolen and so we will not rest until we reclaim our democracy and this is what today is all about.
- Free
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- Nov 07, 2020
The American people need to know the truth. The American people need to see the truth. In a democracy, letting the people know the truth is the essence of what it means to be free.
- Gaining
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- Nov 07, 2020
To win the cause we all believe in, the spread of true democracy all over the world, we need to win by example, not just with speeches but by example; not just with military might but by gaining the respect of the world.
- Hands
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- Nov 07, 2020
We need to give the Iraqis a chance to build their own future. It should be in their hands. It must be in their hands. That is what democracy is all about. We can teach it, we can explain it, but they must want it enough to make it work for them.
- Nation
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Looks
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- Nov 07, 2020
New York is one of the greatest cities in the world. It is a fitting host to its many international visitors, who can come to witness first-hand what a vibrant multicultural democracy looks like.
- Nov 07, 2020
The struggle for equality is really a struggle for democracy, and that's why it's a struggle for all the population.
- Past
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- Nov 07, 2020
The stories from Iran's present and past are reminders that freedom, democracy and human rights, or fundamentalism, fascism and terrorism are not geographically and culturally determined, but universal.
- Nov 07, 2020
I think the advantage of democracy is that it makes us less dependent on a group of leaders.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
'Chinese Democracy' wasn't trying to tell China to have a democracy or anything like that. I don't have an opinion on what kind of government they should have. My thing is, I went to stay there for about three months, and everywhere I went, the people are so shielded from what's going on in the world.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Over the course of my life, I have made many transitions - most of them taking me further away from my Somali roots and steadily toward the enlightened mentality of Western democracy.
- Law
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- Nov 07, 2020
Christians - at least Christians in a liberal democracy - have accepted, after Thomas Hobbes, that they must obey the secular rule of law; that there must be a separation of church and state.
- Freedom
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- Nov 07, 2020
We live in a democratic country, and in a democracy freedom of speech is for the people and also for the leaders.
- Agree
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- Nov 07, 2020