Democratic Quotes - Page 28

• It's not like that because the improvisation makes it automatically democratic. No one's leading anything. I didn't have to worry about anyone feeling involved. It was just the most natural, easy process of making music.

  Alexis Taylor

  Worry, Feelings, Easy

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• If everybody is happy, then something is wrong with the democratic process.

  Abdallah II

  Process, Democratic Process, Ifs

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• And so I have studied, I have to tell you, revolutions and uprisings for a long time. They are all slightly different, but what they all look for is some kind of a mechanism to go from an authoritarian system to an open, democratic system.

  Madeleine Albright

  Uprising, Long, Revolution

  "Interview with Former Secretary of State Madeline Albright". "State of the Union" with Candy Crowley, www.realclearpolitics.com. February 6, 2011.

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• This is pure speculation, but for a period of time, a lot of getting into a party was through fundraising and volunteer work, and Republican women had more time to do that than democratic women, who were out there getting jobs.

  Madeleine Albright

  Jobs, Party, Fundraising

  "I loved what I did". Interview with Emma Brockes, www.theguardian.com. October 29, 2003.

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• Bringing democratic control to the conduct of foreign policy requires a struggle merely to force the issue onto the public agenda.

  Eric Alterman

  Struggle, Issues, Agendas

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• Politicians must set their aims for the high ground and according to our various leanings, Democratic, Republican, Independent, we will follow. Politicians must be told if they continue to sink into the mud of obscenity, they will proceed alone.

  Maya Angelou

  Independent, Mud, Republican

  Maya Angelou (2008). “Letter to My Daughter”, p.56, Random House

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• The first time Haiti had free and fair democratic elections was 1990, when I was elected.

  Jean-Bertrand Aristide

  Haiti, Firsts, Election

  "An Exclusive Interview With Former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide". Interview with Nicolas Rossier, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 15, 2010.

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• I know how the American people care for that democratic principle. They want to see their vote respected. As we in Haiti want to see the vote of the people respected.

  Jean-Bertrand Aristide

  People, Principles, Haiti

  "Exclusive: Aristide Talks With Democracy Now! About the Leaders of the Coup and U.S. Funding of the Opposition in Haiti". "Democracy Now!" with Amy Goodman, www.democracynow.org. March 17, 2004.

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• I think, as a general matter, clearly, the United States globally supports the development of democracy and the democratic yearnings of all people.

  Richard Armitage

  Thinking, People, Support

  "Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage". "On the Record" with Greta Van Susteren, www.foxnews.com. August 04, 2003.

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• The United Nations should become a proactive agent in the dissemination of democratic principles.

  Michelle Bachelet

  Principles, Agents, Proactive

  "A Conversation With Michelle Bachelet". www.cfr.org. September 25, 2008.

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• Both the Democratic and Republican parties are bought and paid for by corporate America and cater to the needs of the highest bidder as opposed to the people they claim to represent. I cannot be bought.

  Roseanne Barr

  Party, America, People

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• So we want an Islamic state where Islamic law is not just in the books but enforced, and enforced with determination. There is no space and no room for democratic consultation. The Shariah is set and fixed, so why do we need to discuss it anymore? Just implement it!

  Abu Bakar Bashir

  Determination, Book, Islamic

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• The real democratic American idea is, not that every man shall be on a level with every other man, but that every man shall have liberty to be what God made him, without hindrance.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Real, War, Men

  Henry Ward Beecher (1873). “The Original Plymouth Pulpit: Sermons of Henry Ward Beecher in Plymouth Church, Brooklyn”, p.509

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• I believe that democracies do not go to war; that's the lesson of history, and I think that a democratic Pakistan is the world community's best guarantee of stability in Asia.

  Benazir Bhutto

  War, Believe, Thinking

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• When the United States aligns with dictatorships and totalitarian regimes, it compromises the basic democratic principles of its foundation - namely, life, liberty and justice for all.

  Benazir Bhutto

  Justice For All, Liberty, Foundation

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• Barack Obama is probably the most exciting candidate that either the Democratic or Republican party has produced at least since I've been around. He's fresh, he's new, he's insightful.

  Joe Biden

  Party, Insightful, Republican

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• Presumptuous for me to say, but at least - at a minimum - I've been able to influence the direction of the Democratic Party on foreign policy. And I've been relatively - presumptuous to say - relatively successful legislatively in the Senate, being able to win a lot of Republican friends, and being able to cross the aisle.

  Joe Biden

  Party, Successful, Winning

  "Biden's Brief" by Ryan Lizza, www.newyorker.com. October 20, 2008.

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• For I firmly believe that Jewish life, indeed any communal life, can only be organized according to democratic principles.

  Theodore Bikel

  Believe, Principles, Jewish Life

  Theodore Bikel (2014). “Theo: An Autobiography”, p.436, University of Wisconsin Pres

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• House and Senate Republicans are now united in adopting earmark bans. We hope President Obama will follow through on his support for an earmark ban by pressing Democratic leaders to join House and Senate Republicans in taking this critical step to restore public trust.

  John Boehner

  House, Support, Leader

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• As long as enough people can be frightened, then all people can be ruled. That is how it works in a democratic system and mass fear becomes the ticket to destroy rights across the board.

  James Bovard

  Rights, Long, People

  "Talkin' to America" with Aaron Zelman, jpfo.org.

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• I've actually thought very little about solo work up until just very recently. Most of it is because in my band, Incubus, it is very much a collaborative effort. I do what I do in the band, and everyone plays their respective parts, but in the end, we are sort of a democratic process.

  Brandon Boyd

  Play, Effort, Band

  "Incubus front man Brandon Boyd true to his art". Interview with Denise Quan, www.cnn.com. June 24, 2009.

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• This source of corruption, alas, is inherent in the democratic system itself, and it can only be controlled, if at all, by finding ways to encourage legislators to subordinate ambition to principle.

  James L. Buckley

  Ambition, Way, Principles

  James L. Buckley (2010). “Freedom at Risk: Reflections on Politics, Liberty, and the State”, p.245, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• America is a Nation with a mission - and that mission comes from our most basic beliefs. We have no desire to dominate, no ambitions of empire. Our aim is a democratic peace - a peace founded upon the dignity and rights of every man and woman.

  George W. Bush

  Ambition, Patriotic, Men

  Third Presidential State of the Union Address, delivered 20 January 2004

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• Young Evangelicals, especially, are breaking ranks with older Evangelicals (over 40) and are more and more leaning towards voting Democratic.

  Tony Campolo

  Voting, Young

  "Gains for the Democrats Among Evangelicals" by Tony Campolo, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 28, 2008.

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• I don't think that John Kerry is the Messiah or the Democratic Party is the answer, but I don't like the evangelical community blessing the Republican Party as some kind of God-ordained instrument for solving the world's problems.

  Tony Campolo

  Party, Blessing, Thinking

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