#democrat

To the contrary, I think we bent over backwards to press for elections and for democratic reform. ↗

— John Negroponte

#bent #contrary #democratic #elections #i

Growing up in Israel, how can I not be an optimist? When you remember what Israel was 50 years ago and you see Israel now, one of the most successful countries in the world, stable, democratic, with an enormously stable economy despite everything that has happened in the global economy in the last few years, how can I not be an optimist? ↗

— Ehud Olmert

#countries #democratic #despite #economy #enormously

It is almost universally felt that when we call a country democratic we are praising it; consequently, the defenders of every kind of regime claim that it is a democracy, and fear that they might have to stop using the word if it were tied down to any one meaning. ↗

— George Orwell

#any #call #claim #consequently #country

I've learned to be true to yourself, stick to the big arguments, don't get distracted by the everyday kerfuffle that is in the nature of any democratic system. ↗

— George Osborne

#be true #big #democratic #democratic system #distracted

I am a registered Democrat who is determined to return my party to the proletarian principles of the Franklin D. Roosevelt era. ↗

— Camille Paglia

#democrat #determined #era #franklin #i

For too long, Democrats have been telling people what they want to hear. I'm going to tell you what I believe. ↗

— Deval Patrick

#believe #democrats #going #hear #i

Cuba is like going to a whole other planet. It's so different but it's so similar to the United States, to Miami. It's like a doppelgaenger. It's the mirror image. And I have no doubt, that once Cuba becomes democratic, that it will be the favorite tourist destination for Americans. ↗

— Henry Louis Gates

#cuba #democratic #destination #different #doubt

Moreover, as we live in an era of the ascendancy of democracy and human rights, we must see that Taiwan has been a vibrant democracy with a democratically elected president and legislature. ↗

— Nick Lampson

#been #democracy #democratically #elected #era

Canadians can get Parliament working again. Here's how to do that: elect more New Democrats. ↗

— Jack Layton

#canadians #democrats #elect #get #here

Iraq's elite Republican Guard is doing so badly they're changing their name to the Democratic Guard. ↗

— David Letterman

#changing #democratic #doing #elite #guard