Quotes About Democracy

Citizens United opened a door that's frustrated anyone who's looking.

While the United States is closing doors, Canada is opening them. While U.S. President Donald Trump is slouching toward authoritarianism, Canada is safeguarding democracy.

I see the government operating the way the founders intended.

I don't think that military-style information operations is conducive for any democratic process.

The way people in democracies think of the government as something different from themselves is a real handicap. And, of course, sometimes the government confirms their opinion.

In my personal opinion, Russia is no less democratic than it used to be. It is a democratic country. It is democratic enough.

Everyone is entitled to their own political opinions. It is what makes our country great.

Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.

In America the president reigns for 4 years, and journalism governs for ever and ever.

LADY HUNSTANTON Lord Illingworth, you don't think that uneducated people should be allowed to have votes? LORD ILLINGWORTH I think they are the only people who should.

Through money, democracy becomes its own destroyer, after money has destroyed intellect.

At the beginning a man was wealthy because he was powerful — now he is powerful because he has money. Intellect reaches the throne only when money puts it there. Democracy is the completed equating of money with political power.

Katrina opened a window that allowed us to peer into the real America, but as soon as the disruptive event was over, that window closed, and the country's consciousness went back to its usual state of ignoring the fact that black people, especially low-income black people, are daily denied democracy and equality in this country.

He resorted to tyranny—the favored fallback of English aristocrats when democracy wasn't going their way.

Christopher sipped with pleasure at a single brandy, prolonging it. "I have serious doubts about the value of democracy. That's a terrible thing for an American to say, isn't it? Democracy depends on a certain minimal level of education for everybody, and America tries to give it to everybody—but we really haven't got it. And it isn't even true that everybody wants it. . . .

You're supposed to report the news, she grumbled. Not spread vicious rumors in the form of questions. Martín had always believed in the importance of responsible journalism as a cornerstone of freedom and democracy, and so she was routinely disappointed by journalists who incited controversy by broadcasting ideas that were patently absurd—all the while avoiding legal repercussions by simply turning every ludicrous statement into a leading question.

siempre había creído en la importancia del periodismo responsable y lo consideraba un auténtico pilar de la libertad y la democracia, de modo que a menudo se sentía decepcionada por los periodistas que fomentaban la controversia al difundir ideas que eran descaradamente absurdas (evitando las posibles repercusiones legales al formular cada una de sus ridículas declaraciones como una pregunta).

Empathy leads to caring, altruism, and compassion. Seeing things from another's perspective breaks down biased stereotypes, and so breeds tolerance and acceptance of differences. These capacities are ever more called on in our increasingly pluralistic society, allowing people to live together in mutual respect and creating the possibility of productive public discourse. These are basic arts of democracy.

If you know how to read, you have a complete education about life, then you know how to vote within a democracy. But if you don't know how to read, you don't know how to decide. That's the great thing about our country – we're a democracy of readers, and we should keep it that way.

Change comes with both fear and some pain. Those two ingredients create mistrust, misunderstanding and misinformation. Such is the process of democracy.

Thank God for our form of government. The media won't let there be any cover-up.

I want to know in this day and age, whether it is possible for any candidate who is not a billionaire or who is not beholden to the billionaire class, to be able to run successful campaigns.

Trial by jury is part of that bright constellation which has gone before us and guided our steps through an age of revolution and reformation.

Simply, I believe the United States should lower the voting age to 17.