Democratic Quotes - Page 6

• Evidently the arts, all the visual arts, are becoming more democratic in the worst sense of the word.

  Eugenio Montale

  Art, Hymns, Becoming

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• We have not created any sort of democratic test for any nation.

  Mikhail Saakashvili

  Hymns, Tests, Nations

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• The E.U. is the world's fastest growing democratic body.

  John Bruton

  Hymns, World, Growing

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• The government of the German Democratic Republic rejects secret policies. It works for the people, and only the people, so it does not need to keep secrets like the warmongers.

  Walter Ulbricht

  Government, Hymns, People

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• Democratic leaders always seem to blame America first.

  Ken Mehlman

  Hymns, America, Leader

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• The teachings of the Church line up more with the Democratic Party than the Republican Party.

  James Carville

  Party, Teaching, Church

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• The list of non-democratic regimes that have seen significant reforms since 2001 is long and significant.

  Ginny Brown-Waite

  Long, Reform, Lists

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• I didn't leave the Democratic party; the Democratic party left me.

  Ronald Reagan

  War, Party, Cold

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• A genuinely democratic Iraq might well act as a fresh spur.

  Douglas Hurd

  Iraq, Spurs, Might

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• Few things are as democratic as a snowstorm.

  Bernard Williams

  Snowstorms

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• I think that those elements - light and sound - are beyond democratic. They're into the creative part of life.

  Ornette Coleman

  Thinking, Light, Creative

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• The Democratic Party has pretty much abandoned all the things that they cherish.

  Dick Armey

  Party, Cherish, Abandoned

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• Iran is actively pursuing the development of weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missiles.

  Howard Berman

  Wmd, Mass Destruction, Iran

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• If we have only one that can govern, and we chose him... does that mean we're not democratic?

  Ahmed Ali

  Mean, Doe, Ifs

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• We need to remake the Democratic party. We need to remake America.

  Al Gore

  Party, America, Needs

  "Al Gore endorses Howard Dean". "Wolf Blitzer Reports", cnn.com. December 09, 2003.

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• I stand for simple justice, equal opportunity and human rights. The indispensable elements in a democratic society - and well worth fighting for.

  Helen Suzman

  Inspirational, Fighting, Opportunity

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• Intolerance is itself a form of violence and an obstacle to the growth of a true democratic spirit.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Inspirational, Peace, Adversity

  Mahatma Gandhi (1968). “The Message of Mahatma Gandhi”

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• Taiwan is a budding democracy, and the people have participated in multi-party democratic elections since 1996.

  Todd Akin

  Party, People, Democracy

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• A democratic government is the only one in which those who vote for a tax can escape the obligation to pay it.

  Alexis de Tocqueville

  Government, Political, Taxation

  Alexis de Tocqueville (2003). “Democracy in America”, p.708, Regnery Publishing

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• We sincerely ask the Beijing authorities across the Strait to view the election result from a positive perspective, to accept the democratic decision of the Taiwanese people.

  Chen Shui-bian

  Views, People, Perspective

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• The mobilisation which Bush has been able to perform since 11 September 2001 has to be fought - at least by Americans - in the name of a wise, honourable and democratic patriotism.

  Todd Gitlin

  Wise, Names, Patriotism

  "How to be radical? An interview with Todd Gitlin and George Monbiot". openDemocracy Interview, www.opendemocracy.net. April 5, 2011.

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• This Constitution does not reflect the thoughts, hopes and aspirations of ordinary people. It does nothing for jobs or economic growth and widens further still the democratic deficit.

  Nigel Farage

  Jobs, People, Growth

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• So what we - all we really want, I think, from the so-called Democratic wing of the Democratic Party is really to stand up for what we believe in.

  Howard Dean

  Party, Believe, Thinking

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• The Democratic Party is getting very angry, and that came through clearly in this election.

  Ed Gillespie

  Party, Election, Angry

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• Any political party that includes the word 'democratic' in its name, isn't.

  Patrick Murray

  Party, Names, Political

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