Democracy Quotes

The virtue of a democratic system with a [constitutionally guaranteed right to free speech] is that it readily enables the people, over time, to be persuaded that what they took for granted is not so, and to change their laws accordingly.

You know, when Republicans were in charge, we doubled the debt. But, now, our concern is the Democrats are in charge and they’re tripling the debt. So, really, our concern is that we want smaller government.

Our new Soviet constitution will, in my opinion, be the most democratic constitution of all those existing in the world.

Russia does not and cannot have any political choice but democracy.

No one’s going to take our democracy away from us. Not now. Not ever.

To my mind, there is a solution which has to do with democracy, because democratic governments are subject to the will of the people. So, if the people will it, you can actually create international institutions through the democratic states.

What we are going to do as Democrats is put together a really strong platform that focuses on jobs and economic issues.

The Democrats promised equalizing outcomes through unlimited federal assistance while Republicans offered something that seemed less tangible – the promise of equalizing opportunity through free markets.

But I don’t think the Democratic Party is at eye level with the middle class.

I don’t care if you’re a Republican or a Democrat, there is something profoundly un-American about using the brute force of government to bully someone.