Democracy In America Quotes
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Our democracy is threatened whenever we take it for granted.
— Barack Obama
Is America truly a democracy? Has America ever been a democracy with the institution of slavery?
— Tatyana Ali
America has no functioning democracy at this moment.
— Jimmy Carter
The 'corporatization of America' during the past century [has been] an attack on democracy.
— Noam Chomsky
America's Veterans have served their country with the belief that democracy and freedom are ideals to be upheld around the world.
— John Doolittle
No America without democracy, no democracy without politics no politics without parties, no parties without compromise and moderation.
— Clinton Rossiter
America: An ongoing experiment in democracy controlled largely by insanely wealthy people. And that's just the way we like it, thank you very much.
— James Napoli
'Duck Dynasty' is a ridiculous show, and long may it wave. America and democracy will endure. They've seen a lot worse.
— Henry Rollins
From leading the world into the age of democracy to spearheading the technological revolution, America has always been at the forefront of greatness.
— Charles B. Rangel
The Americans are the living refutation of the Cartesian axiom, "I think, therefore I am": Americans do not think, yet they are.
— Julius Evola
If America has a civic religion, the First Amendment is its central article of faith.
— Henry Louis Gates
Our democracy should aspire to be more democratic.
— DaShanne Stokes
In America, our origins matter less than our destination, and that is what democracy is all about.
— Ronald Reagan
If a jerk burns the flag, America is not threatened, democracy is not under siege, freedom is not at risk.
— Gary Ackerman
Democracy is not an incident that happens overnight, nor a gift that America can give to the world. It is a culture which needs peace to evolve.
— Shirin Ebadi
America does not at the moment have a functioning democracy.
— Jimmy Carter
Because America, being a democracy, could not strike first, but had to wait - wait in instant readiness - until she was actually attacked.
— E.E. "Doc" Smith
Only in England is the perversion of language regarded as a victory for democracy.
— Anthony Burgess
China is trying to become America without democracy while America is trying to become France without cheese calories.
— P. J. O'Rourke
America's objective in the Middle East is to create democracy in the same way that my goal on a first date to feed women.
— Dov Davidoff
America has never seen itself as a national state like all others, but rather as an experiment in human freedom and democracy.
— Brent Scowcroft
Nothing conceivable is so petty, so insipid, so crowded with paltry interests, in one word, so anti-poetic, as the life of a man in the United States.
— Alexis De Tocqueville
America has never been a pure democracy and majoritarianism has always been as much feared as monarchism.
— Mark Levin
We want to remember that America is at its best when it's struggling to live up to its stated ideals.
— Lonnie Bunch
Empower yourselves with a good education, then get out there and use that education to build a country worthy of your boundless promise.
— Michelle Obama
We women of America tell you that America is not a democracy. Twenty million women are denied the right to vote.
— Alice Paul
During the late 1970s and early 1980s, Latin America moved decisively away from military rule and toward civilian democracy.
— Stephen Kinzer
Democracy
rule by the people
sounds like a fine thing; we should try it sometime in America. — Edward Abbey
rule by the people
sounds like a fine thing; we should try it sometime in America. — Edward Abbey
A citizen of America will cross the ocean to fight for democracy, but won't cross the street to vote in a national election.
— Bill Vaughan
I think we are dying in America, I think our democracy is over.
— Rickie Lee Jones
We say that if America has entered the war to make the world safe for democracy, she must first make democracy safe in America.
— Emma Goldman
The United States is democratic because its people live in conformity. It is the perfect country for mice.
— Warren Eyster
I chose America as my home because I value freedom and democracy, civil liberties and an open society.
— George Soros
America's support for human rights and democracy is our noblest export to the world.
— William Bennett
I think Democracy is threatened in a way it hasn't been in two hundred years, and if America doesn't stand up, we're in big trouble.
— Rosie O'Donnell
Small differences in a system of great power can have enormous consequences. [Source: Al Jazeera 'Upfront' interview]
— Noam Chomsky
America today is less a democracy and more an oligarchy,
— Robert T. Kiyosaki