#demo

Mr. Speaker, democracy works best when the American electorate is engaged and informed. ↗

— Melissa Bean

#best #democracy #electorate #engaged #informed

Nonetheless, we continue to be obsessed with finding or inventing a European nation which, as in the nation state, guarantees homogeneity and thus an appropriate form of democracy and centralized government. ↗

— Ulrich Beck

#centralized #continue #democracy #european #finding

I think every American has a role in saving this country. Whether you're Democrat, Republican, independent, it doesn't matter. We all know the country's in trouble. We may disagree on how to solve it, but we all know the country's in trouble. ↗

— Glenn Beck

#country #democrat #disagree #every #how

You know, we all have our inner demons. I, for one - I can't speak for you, but I'm on the verge of moral collapse at any time. It can happen by the end of the show. ↗

— Glenn Beck

#collapse #demons #end #happen #i

We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both. ↗

— Louis D. Brandeis

#concentrated #country #democracy #few #great

I filed the ethics complaint against Tom DeLay not because I'm a Democrat and he's a Republican or even because he drew me out of my congressional seat but because he engaged in corruption to further his plans to disenfranchise voters in Texas. ↗

— Chris Bell

#because #complaint #congressional #corruption #delay

Texas has a lot of challenges, but if I choose to run I will talk about opening democracy to mainstream Texans and not just to a closed circle of entrenched ideologues. ↗

— Chris Bell

#challenges #choose #circle #closed #democracy

The primal principle of democracy is the worth and dignity of the individual. ↗

— Edward Bellamy

#dignity #individual #primal #principle #worth

The worldwide, agelong struggle between fascism and democracy will not stop when the fighting ends in Germany and Japan. ↗

— Henry A. Wallace

#democracy #ends #fascism #fighting #germany

It's a sign of mediocrity when you demonstrate gratitude with moderation. ↗

— Roberto Benigni

#gratitude #mediocrity #moderation #sign #you