#democracy

I think if people value democracy, they had damn well better get out and exercise their right to vote while their vote still means something. ↗

— Bob Weir

#damn #democracy #exercise #get #had

Politics is the art of the possible, the attainable — the art of the next best ↗

— Otto von Bismarck

#elections #government #political-science #politics-observation #politics-science

The changes that take place when liberal Democrats replace not so liberal or compassionate Republicans (or Democrats) are merely cosmetic. ↗

— David T. Dellinger

#democrats #elections #republicans #voting #change

It’s not unpatriotic to denounce an injustice committed on our behalf, perhaps it’s the most patriotic thing we can do. ↗

— E.A. Bucchianeri

#citizenship #courage #democracy #free-speech #freedom

The greatest purveyor of violence in the world : My own Government, I can not be Silent. ↗

— Martin Luther King Jr.

#democracy #freedom #marxism #radicalism #rebellion

Democracy may not prove in the long run to be as efficient as other forms of government, but it has one saving grace: it allows us to know and say that it isn't. ↗

— Bill Moyers

#democracy #efficient #forms #government #grace

The true victory is the victory for democracy and pluralism. ↗

— Hosni Mubarak

#pluralism #true #victory

Democracy forever teases us with the contrast between its ideals and its realities, between its heroic possibilities and its sorry achievements. ↗

— Agnes Repplier

#between #contrast #democracy #forever #heroic

We Americans have the great gifts of freedom and democracy, but it has been our education system that has fulfilled the promise of democracy. ↗

— James E. Rogers

#democracy #education #freedom #fulfilled #gifts

We're going to have to forgive a great deal of the Soviet era debt. There's no question about that. Let's face up to that. We're going to have to put in money if Russia is really going to consolidate a democracy. ↗

— Jeffrey Sachs

#consolidate #deal #debt #democracy #era