Best 251 quotes in «democratic quotes» category

Botswana is actually very peaceful. It's democratic. It never was in debt. They've been fortunate, they've had diamonds.

Clearly, a stable, unified and democratic Iraq cannot be achieved militarily by the U.S.

Democratic dissent is not disloyalty, it is a positive civic duty.

Democracy is disruptive... there is no right in a democratic civil society to be free of disruption.

Democratic elections alone do not remedy the crisis of confidence in government. Moreover, there is no viable justification for a democratic system in which public participation is limited to voting.

Democratic senators are more scared of their base than they are of the voters.

Democrat leaders are not only out of the American mainstream, but are also out of the Democratic mainstream.

Democratic Party is a party that's just out of touch with who the electorate is and who Americans are.

Democratic societies are unfit for the publication of such thunderous revelations as I am in the habit of making.

De Tocqueville considered the impulse toward well-being as one of the strongest impulses of a democratic society. He can't be blamed for underestimating the destructive powers generated by this same impulse.

Domination has its own aesthetics, and democratic domination has its democratic aesthetics.

For all the insularity of the old guard, Pittsburgh was always an open and democratic town.

Evidently the arts, all the visual arts, are becoming more democratic in the worst sense of the word.

Fig leaves of democratic procedure to hide the nakedness of Stalinist dictatorship.

Everything is completely democratic in this band so far and that is the way that we would like to keep it.

Few things are as democratic as a snowstorm.

For nothing is more democratic than logic; it is no respecter of persons and makes no distinction between crooked and straight noses.

For I firmly believe that Jewish life, indeed any communal life, can only be organized according to democratic principles.

Governments, especially democratic ones, are short-term and nationalistic.

Great design is not democratic; it comes from great designers. If the standard is lousy, then develop another standard.

Great Art is collaborative but not democratic. It’s OK to be the boss

Heraclitus was an opponent of all democratic parties.

how can a democratic discourse exist in a corporate owned informational system? Who, for example, possesses freedom of speech in such a society?

Hillary Clinton is also not a very exciting, inspiring candidate to a lot of the left-leaning Democratic base, especially in Iowa.

Here is not merely a nation but a teeming nation of nations.

I am partisan to some extent on the Democratic side, but I consider myself more of an independent.

I always love to see a Democratic party in America. I've heard people's reservations about the situation between choosing between Hillary and Trump. It just seems that you can't have this man in that position. It completely confounds me why anybody would want such a hateful person in charge. It doesn't make sense to me as a human being.

I am absolutely sure to be the most democratic man to ever become Prime Minister in Italy.

I am, you know, a Democrat through and through. I've always voted Democratic. You know, that is where my heart lies.

I cringe every time republican senators say, "our Democratic friends." Chuck Schumer, if he is your friend, it's a problem. I mean, it shouldn't be, but we know it is.

I belong to the Democratic Party.

I consider my voice to be a centrist moderate voice among the nine Democratic candidates.

I believe in trade unionism, and I believe in democracy, in democratic trade unionism.

If everybody is happy, then something is wrong with the democratic process.

Identity politics is the mother's milk of the Democratic Left.

I do a lot of pivoting. There was one cover I did of Donald Trump, after he won Iowa, it seemed like it was over for him at the beginning of the primary process. I was given the go-ahead on it right away. I drew it and he won the next primary, and suddenly, the cover didn't make any sense. And then, after the Democratic National Convention, it seemed like he was finished, Hillary Clinton seemed to be gaining strength, so the cover ran then. So it seemed like you can come up with an idea and it can be rendered useless two days later and then all of a sudden it's relevant again.

I feel sanguine enough to say that there has never been a better set of conditions for open democratic politics because there is no need for unified front politics.

I don't doubt the sincerity of my Democratic friends. And they should not doubt ours.

I don't think we can rule out a wave, I think a Democratic takeover is possible but not probable.

If Bernie Sanders were liberated from the Democratic Party, it might be a whole new ballgame.

If you are going to stick to the truth then you need to keep your distance from the Chinese government and indeed to any form of politics, including the politics of democratic countries.

If I had to do the most consistent nightmares I have, it's probably Russia, because they're so global in their efforts to bring down democratic systems. But, I'm also worried about what could end our civilization if we started a nuclear confrontation - North Korea is clearly in our sights as an immediate major concern.

If pigs could fly, yes, of course I would vote for the Democratic Party, but pigs don't fly.

If the Labour party goes back to reasserting its socialist and democratic beliefs, that's where I belong.

I gave a speech at the Democratic National Convention in 2016 and warned of Trump. America has survived for almost 250 years with its imperfect democracy, but, you know, maybe it's a better democracy than elsewhere. And I am sure American democracy will survive.

I got an excellent opportunity to learn and understand democratic values early on. And it shook me. This played a significant role in making me what I am.

I'm much more concerned about America than the Democratic Party.

I... grew up in politics and I used to work for the Democratic Party.

I have been in the Democratic Caucus in the Senate for over 24 years.

I love disagreements. I love the democratic process. If I'm in a room where everybody agrees, I start to nod off.