#democracy

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

Democracy, like any non-coercive relationship, rests on a shared understanding of limits. ↗

— Elizabeth Drew

#democracy #like #limits #relationship #rests

As I understand I took most so-called democratic states about 200 years on average to build their democracies. That is why, when we go to sleep under totalitarian rule and wake up in a democracy, it makes me laugh. ↗

— Aleksandr Lebed

#average #build #democracies #democracy #democratic

Running a school where the students all succeed, even if some students have to help others to make the grade, is good preparation for democracy. ↗

— William Glasser

#even #good #grade #help #help others

I tell you, in my opinion, the cornerstone of democracy is free press - that's the cornerstone. ↗

— Milos Forman

#democracy #free #free press #i #in my opinion

So, two cheers for Democracy: one because it admits variety and two because it permits criticism. ↗

— E. M. Forster

#cheers #criticism #democracy #permits #two

Our brave soldiers and support personnel are engaged in a battle as important as any the United States has ever before waged, for the success of democracy in Iraq is a crucial test of the ideals this Nation was founded upon. ↗

— Virginia Foxx

#battle #before #brave #brave soldiers #crucial

Republicans are pushing legislation forward that will improve the effectiveness of and bring more accountability to U.S. foreign assistance around the world and bring democracy even further into the light. ↗

— Virginia Foxx

#around #assistance #bring #democracy #effectiveness

There is no state with a democracy except Libya on the whole planet. ↗

— Muammar al-Gaddafi

#except #libya #planet #state #whole

Everything has to be done to build some sort of international democracy. We've seen only the tiniest beginnings of that. ↗

— Susan George

#build #democracy #done #everything #international