#racy

The Greens have every right to run, that's what democracy is, and they should argue their point by saying how they think people should vote, not by telling us to be silent. ↗

— Peter Camejo

#democracy #every #greens #how #people

Accuracy of language is one of the bulwarks of truth. ↗

— Anna Jameson

#language #truth

I never wanted to do biography just to tell the life of a famous man. I always wanted to use the life of a man to examine political power, because democracy shapes our lives. ↗

— Robert Caro

#because #biography #democracy #examine #famous

Robert Moses wasn't elected to anything. We're taught that in a democracy power comes from being elected. He had more power than anyone, and he held it for 48 years. ↗

— Robert Caro

#anything #being #comes #democracy #elected

You know, we're taught that in a democracy power comes from being elected. ↗

— Robert Caro

#comes #democracy #elected #know #power

Democracy means that anyone can grow up to be president, and anyone who doesn't grow up can be vice president. ↗

— Johnny Carson

#democracy #grow #grow up #means #president

And we are grateful to the American young men and women who are risking their lives to give the Iraqi people this chance, this dream of democracy in Iraq now. ↗

— Ahmed Chalabi

#chance #democracy #dream #give #grateful

Either we are all free, or we fail; democracy must belong to all of us. ↗

— Dennis Chavez

#democracy #either #fail #free #must

Democracy means government by the uneducated, while aristocracy means government by the badly educated. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

#badly #democracy #educated #government #means

A marvel that has nothing to offer, democracy is at once a nation's paradise and its tomb. ↗

— Emile M. Cioran

#marvel #nation #nothing #offer #once