Democratic Quotes

The government of the German Democratic Republic rejects secret policies. It works for the people, and only the people, so it does not need to keep secrets like the warmongers.

We live in a world of increasing dependence on electronic records and retrieval, unprecedented security and preservation concerns, and insufficient attention to civic and democratic education.

There is no more democratic government than a revolutionary government.

The democratic concept of man is false, because it is Christian. The democratic concept holds that . . . each man is a sovereign being. This is the illusion, dream, and postulate of Christianity.

I believe that democracies do not go to war; that's the lesson of history, and I think that a democratic Pakistan is the world community's best guarantee of stability in Asia.

We have a two-party system: The Democratic Party, which is a party of no ideas, and the Republican Party, which is a party of bad ideas.

What are our priorities? First, the welfare, the survival of the people. Then, democratic norms and processes which from time to time we have to suspend.

Literacy unlocks the door to learning throughout life, is essential to development and health, and opens the way for democratic participation and active citizenship.

Any political party that includes the word 'democratic' in its name, isn't.

If the Labour party goes back to reasserting its socialist and democratic beliefs, that's where I belong.

Globalization could be the answer to many of the world's seemingly intractable problems. But this requires strong democratic foundations based on a political will to ensure equity and justice.

It is absolutely true that I have served in two Democratic administrations. You can tell something from me and my political views from that.

I didn't leave the Democratic party; the Democratic party left me.

Fifty-one percent of a nation can establish a totalitarian regime, suppress minorities and still remain democratic.

The Democratic party is really just a giant day care center for squabbling little groups.

The Fed has got to become a more democratic institution that is responsive to the needs of the middle class, not just Wall Street CEOs.

We must build a trickle-up media that reflects the true character of this country and its people. A democratic media serving a democratic society.

More often than not Democratic Law works to the advantage of the few even though the many have voted; this, of course, is because the few have told them how to vote.

A public library is the most democratic thing in the world. What can be found there has undone dictators and tyrants.

A man is judged by the company he keeps, and a company is judged by the men it keeps, and the people of Democratic nations are judged by the type and caliber of officers they elect.

President Kennedy is very democratic and very penetrating.

For nothing is more democratic than logic; it is no respecter of persons and makes no distinction between crooked and straight noses.

The limitations imposed by democratic political practices makes it difficult to conduct our foreign affairs in the national interest.

The Democratic party has gone so far to the left that people just can't relate to it anymore and the Republican party is trying to go totally to the right.

Pakistan is a peace loving, democratic country. Pashtuns want education for their daughters and sons. Islam is a religion of peace, humanity and brotherhood.

While living in America when I attended Harvard in the early 1970s, I saw for myself the awesome, almost miraculous, power of a people to change policy through democratic means.

During the presidential primaries of 1940, I received a request from the Democratic National Committee to sing God Bless America before the speeches.

In order every one in our homeland learns principles of democracy and the peaceful transition of power, and in order to stabilize and develop multiple choices in democratic practice.

What do I bring to the Democratic National Convention that other reporters don't? Hair.

Bank of America is to sweetheart loans and Democratic Party payoffs as Paula Deen is to sugar and bacon grease.

Film is incredibly democratic and accessible, it's probably the best option if you actually want to change the world, not just re-decorate it.

Citizens of the democratic societies should undertake a course of intellectual self defense to protect themselves from manipulation and control, and to lay the basis for meaningful democracy.

Israel is the only country in the Middle East where Arabs can be elected to the parliament in a democratic election.

Great design is not democratic; it comes from great designers. If the standard is lousy, then develop another standard.

The real democratic American idea is, not that every man shall be on a level with every other man, but that every man shall have liberty to be what God made him, without hindrance.

We have new developing ties with Japan whom always supports our democratic process and economic development.

Unemployment is a reproach to a democratic government.

The way forward is by building political support for republican and democratic objectives across Ireland and by winning support for these goals internationally.

The Democratic Party is the party that opened its arms. We opened them to every nationality, every creed. We opened them to the immigrants. The Democratic Party is the party of the people.

Democrat leaders are not only out of the American mainstream, but are also out of the Democratic mainstream.

Only religion can prevent democratic rule from developing into mob rule. A nation can prosper only as its citizens are religious, intelligent, capable of service and eager to render it.

Our goal is to get sport hunting in the same category as **** fighting and dog fighting. We are going to use the ballot box and the democratic process to stop all hunting in the United States.

Secrecy and a free, democratic government don't mix.

I think television has betrayed the meaning of democratic speech, adding visual chaos to the confusion of voices. What role does silence have in all this noise?

As an independent, my views, in fact, are a little bit different than many of my Democratic colleagues.

Referendums are a democratic instrument, but so are decisions reached in a parliamentary democracy. I advise extreme caution when it comes to referendums. In Germany too.

Civility isn't just some optional value in a multicultural, multistate democratic republic. Civility is the key to civilization.

When a leader is in the Democratic Party he's a boss. When he's in the Republican Party he's nothing but a leader.

The government has a defect: it's potentially democratic. Corporations have no defect: they're pure tyrannies.

The ANC, we believe, stands at the head of the whole liberation front, the whole Mass Democratic Movement.