Democratic Quotes - Page 14

• I say from time to time that the vote is precious. It's almost sacred. It is the most powerful nonviolent tool or instrument that we have in a democratic society. And we must use it.

  John Lewis

  Powerful, Tools, Use

  "The Long March Of John Lewis". Interview with Jamil Smith, www.mtv.com. August 5, 2016.

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• I'm not a political guy. I've been a Democrat my whole life, but that didn't mean I went in and just pulled the Democratic ticket.

  Toby Keith

  Mean, Guy, Political

  "Q&A: The uncut Toby Keith interview". Interview with Ben Wener, www.ocregister.com. August 30, 2007.

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• All religions try to benefit people, with the same basic message of the need for love and compassion, for justice and honesty, for contentment. So merely changing formal religious affiliations will often not help much. On the other hand, in pluralistic, democratic societies, there is the freedom to adopt the religion of your choice. This is good. This lets curious people like you run around on the loose!

  Dalai Lama

  Running, Religious, Honesty

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• But when it comes to democratic political parties, I prefer that monks and nuns not join them - in order to ensure proper democratic practice.

  Dalai Lama

  Party, Order, Practice

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• People should organize people to just turn up and participate in the democratic process. Knock on doors. They may not be old enough to register to vote, but they can urge their teachers, their parents, their grandparents, their mothers, their fathers, and others to get out and vote.

  John Lewis

  Mother, Teacher, Father

  "John Lewis marches on: “Our struggle is a struggle to redeem the soul of America”". Interview with Philip Eil, www.salon.com. August 9, 2016.

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• I move that Hillary Clinton be selected as the nominee of the Democratic Party for president of the United States.

  Bernie Sanders

  Party, Moving, President

  "Bernie Sanders fights back tears during brother's emotional speech about their parents" by Keely Lockhart, www.telegraph.co.uk. July 27, 2016.

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• I was honored to serve as an elected official for twenty-four years of my life. But right now, I believe our democratic processes have been hacked. They are not serving the best interests of the American public.

  Al Gore

  Believe, Years, Twenties

  "Al Gore | The Most Important Truth. The Power of Your Own Voice". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• God says, "Come out of her my people, that you be not partakers of her sins and her plagues, for her sins have reached unto heaven." We don't need the Democratic Party. We don't need the Republican Party. We can get a little from both of them, but Elijah Muhammad said we need to form our own political machine.! A machine that works for the oppressed: The oppressed Black, Brown, Red, Yellow, White.

  Louis Farrakhan

  Party, Yellow, White

  "The Breakfast Club Interview with the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan". www.finalcall.com. July 5, 2016.

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• The early days of the end of the Clintonian control of the Democratic Party will be times when there are many opportunities for people and organizations to jump into the openings in the power hierarchy that is forming.

  Rob Kall

  Party, Opportunity, Organization

  Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

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• My hope is that Barack Obama will make a serious long term commitment to bringing many more women, minorities and young people into leadership positions within the Democratic Party. That's the way to plan for the future. The US faces some incredibly rough challenging times ahead.

  Rob Kall

  Party, Commitment, Long

  Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

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• [Democratic National Convention] was high, it was exciting. The hotel that I stayed at, they had music in the lobby and [Hillary] Clinton life size cutouts.

  MC Lyte

  Size, Clinton, Conventions

  Source: uproxx.com

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• It just felt like all the excitement in the world was in the building [at the Democratic convention].

  MC Lyte

  World, Excitement, Building

  "MC Lyte’s Current Mission Is To Educate The Next Generation Of Hip-Hop Leaders". Blograma.com Interview, www.blogarama.com. August 23, 2016.

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• I think it's been time for a new party. I think it's time for two new parties. If you watch the Democratic convention, that has become a socialist party now.

  Glenn Beck

  Party, Thinking, Two

  "Glenn Beck Speaks At Conservative Blog 'RedState' Gathering". Interview with Scott Simon, www.npr.org. August 13, 2016.

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• I have no problem if you want to be a socialist. But for those people who are in the middle, you know, I don't know if you're really welcome in the Democratic Party, and I don't even know who the Republican Party is anymore. I have absolutely no idea.

  Glenn Beck

  Party, Ideas, People

  "Glenn Beck Speaks At Conservative Blog 'RedState' Gathering". Interview with Scott Simon, www.npr.org. August 13, 2016.

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• I think this was as good a Democratic Convention [ this was my 24th convention] as I have seen since the 1976 convention, which nominated Jimmy Carter.I just thought it was a spectacularly successful convention. I don't think Hillary Clinton's speech was spectacular, but I don't think she's a spectacular speaker.

  Mark Shields

  Successful, Thinking, Speech

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• But take the Russia issue. You open up the convention, and you have got a report that the Democratic Party has been hacked by the Russians, e-mails, the e-mails of the Democratic Party, which is a headline and words that you don't want, if you're Hillary Clinton's campaign.And Donald Trump immediately takes the story and basically steps on the advantage he has and say, well, the Russians, who am I to tell [Vladimir] Putin? You know, the Russians ought to come in and continue to hack our - and find out where the e-mails are.

  Mark Shields

  Party, Russia, Issues

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• The UN is hardly democratic.

  Mahathir Mohamad

  "Interview with Tun Dr Mahathir bin Mohamad". Interview with Sue Onslow, commonwealth-oral-history-project.blogs.sas.ac.uk. February 11, 2015.

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• Of those two [Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump], I do think that the - right now, at least in my mind, the Democratic theme is eclipsing the Republican one.

  David Brooks

  Thinking, Two, Mind

  "Shields and Brooks on which convention was more successful, Clinton's failure to emotionally connect". "PBS NewsHour" with Judy Woodruff, www.pbs.org. July 29, 2016.

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• You have to understand that for the most part in New York, whoever gets the Democratic nomination wins.

  Donald Trump

  New York, Winning, Nominations

  "The 21 best exchanges in The Washington Post's Trump interviews" by Nick Gass and Nolan D. McCaskill, www.politico.com. August 30, 2016.

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• African-American communities have suffered under Democratic control. To those, I say the following: What do you have to lose by trying something new like Trump? What do you have to lose?

  Donald Trump

  Trying Something New, Community, African American

  Source: www.truth-out.org

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• We know from the company we hired, Kraus Stripe , that there was Russian involvement in this to destabilize not just our institution, the Democratic Party, but our democracy itself.

  Donna Brazile

  Party, Stripes, Democracy

  "'This Week' Transcript: Gov. Chris Christie and DNC Chair Donna Brazile". abcnews.go.com. August 28, 2016.

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• How long has it taken the democratic process to develop in the United States? Since it was founded. So, do you think that as regards democracy everything is settled now in America? If this were so, there would be no Ferguson issue, right? There would be no other issues of similar kind, there would be no police abuse. Our goal is to see all these issues and respond to them timely and properly. The same applies to Russia. We also have a lot of problems.

  Vladimir Putin

  Taken, Thinking, Russia

  "Sott Exclusive: Full unedited text of Vladimir Putin's interview with Charlie Rose: What CBS left out". www.sott.net. September 29, 2015.

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• Only a developed society, for example, only a strong democratic system in modern conditions can create a climate in which any manifestation of terrorism is unacceptable and can also make the state itself stronger.

  Vladimir Putin

  Strong, Climate, Example

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• Some countries have a parliamentary republic, some are presidential republics and some are still monarchies, but no one sees them as not being democratic. In some countries regional leaders are appointed from the centre and in others they are elected. In Russia, the president is elected through direct secret ballot, and in the United States, the president is elected through a system of electoral colleges.

  Vladimir Putin

  Country, College, Russia

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• The Democratic Party is a coalition. Its strength and its weakness is, it's a coalition of interest groups, caucuses. It's a lot less homogeneous than the Republican Party, where people tend to believe the same things and oftentimes look alike.

  Mark Shields

  Party, Believe, People

  "Shields and Brooks: Will Voters Think Democrats Have Gone Too Liberal?". PBS Newshour, www.pbs.org. July 22, 2010.

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