“There is a better chance of seeing a camel pass through the eye of a needle than of seeing a really great man 'discovered' through an election.”— Adolf Hitler, amazon.com
“An increasingly militant group has it in mind to demand now, with violence if necessary, the rights it has long been denied.’ If we must die abroad for democracy we can't have,’ I heard a friend of mine say, 'then we might as well die right here, fighting for our rights.'”— Bayard Rustin, explorepahistory.com
“[W]e must remember that we cannot hope to achieve democracy and equality in such a way that would destroy the very kind of society which we hope to build. If we desire a society of peace, then we cannot achieve such a society through violence. If we desire a society without discrimination, then we m…”— Bayard Rustin, huffingtonpost.com
“Where you see wrong or inequality or injustice, speak out, because this is your country. This is your democracy. Make it. Protect it. Pass it on.”— Thurgood Marshall, biography.com
“If you want politics to be more civil, if you want Congress to argue less and get more done, then show up. Represent.”— John McCain, npr.org
“The reality is that Trump’s removal or resignation from office, while desirable, would not do much to change the trajectory of America’s political institutions.”— Dylan Matthews, vox.com
“As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy. Whatever differs from this, to the extent of the difference, is no democracy.”— Abraham Lincoln, en.wikiquote.org
“As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy. Whatever differs from this, to the extent of the difference, is no democracy.”— Abraham Lincoln, rogerjnorton.com
“If people always thought this way, there could never be progress or innovation or change. We would be stagnant forever, fearfully clinging to a past that was never as good as we like to pretend it was.”— Elan Gale, twitter.com
“I think one of the saddest things about the current state of our democracy is that people seem to think they should vote based on what is best for them as individuals, rather than what is best for the country as a whole.”— Elan Gale, twitter.com
“If the 1st Amendment means anything, it means that a state has no business telling a man, sitting alone in his own house, what books he may read or what films he may watch.”— Thurgood Marshall, thurgoodmarshall.com
“I do believe the [Democratic] party has moved far to the right. I do believe that the party has a bunch of elephants running around in donkey clothes.”— Al Sharpton, en.wikiquote.org
“Why will our suffrage be universal? Because all citizens, except those deprived of the franchise by the courts, will have the right to elect and be elected. Why will our suffrage be equal? Because neither differences in property (which still exist to some extent) nor racial or national affiliation w…”— Joseph Stalin, marxists.org
“American democracy and the Soviet system may peacefully exist side by side and compete with each other. But one cannot evolve into the other. The Soviet system will not evolve into American democracy, or vice versa. We can peacefully exist side by side if we do not find fault with each other over ev…”— Joseph Stalin, marxists.org
“Firstly, it is not true that fascism is only the fighting organisation of the bourgeoisie. Fascism is not only a military-technical category. Fascism is the bourgeoisie’s fighting organization that relies on the active support of Social-Democracy. Social-Democracy is objectively the moderate wing of…”— Joseph Stalin, marxists.org
“I consider it completely unimportant who in the party will vote, or how; but what is extraordinarily important is this—who will count the votes, and how.”— Joseph Stalin, en.wikiquote.org
“Hope and optimism are irrepressible but there is a deep underlying premonition that the opposition to change is likely to be vicious. Often the anxious question is asked: will such an oppressive regime really give us democracy? And the answer has to be: democracy, like liberty, justice and other soc…”— Aung San Suu Kyi, amazon.com
“It is a strong argument for democracy that governments regulated by principles of accountability, respect for public opinion and the supremacy of just laws are more likely than an all-powerful ruler or ruling class, uninhibited by the need to honour the will of the people, to observe the traditional…”— Aung San Suu Kyi, amazon.com
“White Americans talk about democracy like it’s a bag of seeds you buy at Home Depot, sprinkle across your backyard before freedom grows fully bloomed from the soil, petals red and blue outstretched. They talk like all soil is the same. Like every seed comes with a 100% satisfaction sticker, guarante…”— Hazem Fahmy, sukoonmag.com