Steve Earle Quotes About Democracy

Quotes about: Democracy

• My objection to the death penalty is based on the idea that this is a democracy, and in a democracy the government is me, and if the government kills somebody then I'm killing somebody.

  Steve Earle

  Government, Ideas, Democracy

• I can deal with conservatives in a democracy. With real conservatives, I don't agree with them, but I understand why they believe what they believe and I believe they're being honest with me about it.

  Steve Earle

  Real, Believe, Democracy

  "The Revolution Starts Now". Interview with Jeff Fleischer, www.motherjones.com. October 14, 2004.

• I'll never believe that Americans have racticed in our history anything close to the purest form of democracy of the world. Because there are lots of democracies around the world that function better than ours does. It's always been that way. There's some truth to the idea that it's rigged, but there is a way that it's supposed to work that.

  Steve Earle

  Believe, Democracy, World

  Source: www.rollingstone.com

• I think it's obvious that democracy is something that is contagious, and it always has been.

  Steve Earle

  Thinking, Democracy, Obvious

• You know, I'm not comfortable with people whose politics are static in a democracy.

  Steve Earle

  People, Democracy, Static

  Interview with Noel Murray, www.avclub.com. August 18, 2004.

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