#demo

In the German football team players from different clubs need to get on with each other both on and off the pitch. In the grand coalition Christian Democrats and Social Democrats sit in the same boat and need to pull in the same direction. ↗

— Angela Merkel

#both #christian #clubs #coalition #democrats

We're doing exactly what the Republicans don't want: getting more people involved in our democracy. Giving more Americans a voice in their future. ↗

— Jim Messina

#doing #exactly #future #getting #giving

I had to walk away from America, and say goodbye to the biggest part of my career, because I knew otherwise my demons would get the better of me. ↗

— George Michael

#away #because #better #biggest #career

Your political system is actually too democratic. The fact that Americans vote on every bill and proposition can prolong bigotry indefinitely, especially where it is aimed at minority groups. ↗

— George Michael

#aimed #bill #democratic #especially #every

The American system of democracy is founded on the concept that every citizen has the right to vote, to know that their vote is counted, and that the vote is counted accurately. ↗

— Barbara Mikulski

#american #citizen #concept #counted #democracy

Twenty-six years ago, I became the first Democratic woman elected to the Senate in her own right. I was the first, but I made sure I wasn't the only. ↗

— Barbara Mikulski

#became #democratic #elected #first #her

What is the big political issue for Britain at the moment? Without wishing to sound portentous, it is about whether we can build a social democratic settlement, whether we can lay the political and cultural foundations for the next several years. ↗

— David Miliband

#big #britain #build #cultural #democratic

The creative urge is the demon that will not accept anything second rate. ↗

— Agnes de Mille

#anything #creative #demon #rate #second

I didn't know my Dad - he moved out early. And my mom's politics were kind of hardscrabble. She didn't think about Democrats or Republicans. She thought about who made sense. I've been both in my life. ↗

— Dennis Miller

#been #both #dad #democrats #early

The Spartans were a paradoxical people. They were the biggest slave owners in Greece. But at the same time, Spartan women had an unusual level of rights. It's a paradox that they were a bunch of people who in many ways were fascist, but they were the bulwark against the fall of democracy. ↗

— Frank Miller

#biggest #bulwark #bunch #democracy #fall