#demo

The problem of the world today is the people talk on and on about democracy, freedom, justice. But I don't give a damn about democracy if I am worried about survival. ↗

— Imelda Marcos

#am #damn #democracy #freedom #give

I've always been very interested in the struggle for human rights, not just here but abroad, and I wanted to be an inside player in that struggle. I wanted to make the laws reflect our ideals and ideas in this democracy that is America. ↗

— Leah Ward Sears

#always #america #been #democracy #here

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

— John McCain

#doubt #friends #i #ours #should

Once it was suggested that Saddam Hussein might give his weaponry to terrorists, or might use weapons himself in the region, then it became hard for the Democrats to say, 'Well, that can't happen.' ↗

— Chris Matthews

#democrats #give #happen #hard #himself

Here's to democracy. May we get the government we deserve. ↗

— Rick Mercer

#deserve #get #government #here #may

Democracy is not merely a form of Government. It is primarily a mode of associated living, of conjoint communicated experience. It is essentially an attitude of respect and reverence towards our fellow men. ↗

— B.R. Ambedkar

#democracy #government #respecting-others #reverence #attitude

Israel is the only country in the Middle East where Arabs can be elected to the parliament in a democratic election. ↗

— Adam Michnik

#country #democratic #east #elected #election

NO!” The scream was the more terrible because he had never expected or dreamed that Professor McGonagall could make such a sound. ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#harry-potter #j-k-rowling #voldemort #death

And I apologize to all of you who are the same age as my grandchildren. And many of you reading this are the same age as my grandchildren. They, like you, are being royally shafted and lied to by our Baby Boomer corporations and government. ↗

— Kurt Vonnegut

#corporate-influence #democracy #age

Don't ever dare to take your college as a matter of course - because, like democracy and freedom, many people you'll never know have broken their hearts to get it for you. ↗

— Alice Duer Miller

#broken #college #course #dare #democracy