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I am not a pessimist, but I am not an optimist about the future of American democracy. — David Souter

He who attacks the fundamentals of the American broadcasting industry attacks democracy itself. — William S. Paley

If American democracy is to remain the greatest hope of humanity, it must continue abundantly in the faith of the Bible — Calvin Coolidge

The American flag is the most recognized symbol of freedom and democracy in the world. — Virginia Foxx

I am especially proud of taking on issues most central to the health of our American democracy. — Chellie Pingree

Change represents the real spirit of democracy and the real America. — Bryant McGill

American democracy is capsizing as a result of the vast increase in the number of government dependents and government employees. — James Bovard

American democracy must be a failure because it places the supreme authority in the hands of the poorest and most ignorant part of the society. — Thomas Babington Macaulay

Hamilton's besetting fear was that American democracy would be spoiled by demagogues who would mouth populist shibboleths to conceal their despotism. — Ron Chernow

The separation of church and state has been a cornerstone of American democracy for over two hundred years. Getting rid of it was long overdue. — Samuel Alito

Soft citizens of the American democracy learned to kick a man below the belt and make the bastard scream. — Kurt Vonnegut

Iraq is part of a legitimate American effort not to have democracy everywhere but to have democracy somewhere. — Dinesh D'Souza

My job is to try to advance American foreign policy, to try to advance the president's agenda on democracy and human rights. — Condoleezza Rice

Being 'at the mercy of legislative majorities' is merely another way of describing the basic American plan: representative democracy. — Robert Bork

If you care for the quality of life in our American democracy, then you have to be for censorship. — Irving Kristol

We've got to understand that the whole nature of the way American democracy guards its freedom has been changed. — John Ashcroft

It's easier for Europeans to give money to a movie that says a blow job is what brought down American democracy. — Julie Delpy

Fundamental problem in American democracy is that we are allowing congressmen and senators to be bought and sold like sneakers. — Alex Gibney

Every American should have absolute control over his or her personal information — George W. Bush

Campaign ads are the backbone of American democracy if American democracy suffered a gigantic spinal injury. — John Oliver

Mr. Speaker, democracy works best when the American electorate is engaged and informed. — Melissa Bean

In questions of power, let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the constitution. — Thomas Jefferson

American democracy and the Soviet system may peacefully exist side by side and compete with each other. But one cannot evolve into the other. — J. Stalin

And I'd like to say to the Senate, I hope you will say yes to a stronger American democracy in the year 2000. — William J. Clinton

I understand the sacrifices American servicemen and women have made to protect freedom and democracy in my country and around the world. — Psy

American democracy has been hacked. — Al Gore

To protest against injustice is the foundation of all our American democracy. — Thurgood Marshall

I think the very concept of an elite commission deciding for the American people who deserves to be heard is profoundly wrong. — Newt Gingrich

This is the democratic process at work, What you're seeing with this process is the Iraqi people embracing American-style democracy. — Condoleezza Rice

The paradox of American democracy has been that its slogan of equal opportunity has meant, often, equal opportunity to get power over your fellows. — Mary Parker Follett

American democracy is spoiled by people buying everything in sight and then selling and buying everything in sight, including our politicians. — Russell Simmons

The American polity is infected with a serious imbalance of power between elites and masses, a power which is the principal threat to our democracy. — Paul Wellstone

Up until the First World War, when people turned anti-German, Germany had been described by American political scientists as the model of democracy. — Noam Chomsky

It [concentration of wealth and power] has been a menace to ... American democracy. — Franklin D. Roosevelt

Public control of the political process requires public financing. The restoration of our American Democracy depends upon public financing. — Dennis Kucinich

I would say to the new leadership the American people are ready to meet you if you move forward toward the path of democracy. — Hillary Clinton