Quotes of: Democratic-society Keyword

The democratic idealist is prone to make light of the whole question of standards and leadership because of his unbounded faith in the plain people.

Irving Babbitt

Democrats who see virtue in the estate tax are doing the equivalent of aborting future enterprises. They deprive businesses of oxygen with their support for capital gains taxes and disregard for contracts.

Amity Shlaes

For Republicans, accepting responsibility means accepting punishment; for Democrats, it means only an admission of error and a suggestion they'll do better in the future. This double standard must end.

Monica Crowley

What's crucial is that the IRA produce a credible statement that paramilitary and criminality activity is a thing of the past. That they are committed to a future which is exclusively peaceful and democratic.

Peter Hain

I've always voted Republican because America is exactly that, a republic. You can't expect much leadership with a Democrat behind the desk their not even close to dual efficient.

Audrey Meadows

We need real leadership, Democrat, Republican and independent to stand up and say, we have to live within our means.

Tom Coburn

I love disagreements. I love the democratic process. If I'm in a room where everybody agrees, I start to nod off.

Gina McCarthy

I think I'm the last Democrat left in the Senate after Russ Feingold was defeated that won't take earmarks.

Claire McCaskill

A free and democratic Arab world aligns with America's security interests.

Cynthia P. Schneider

Am I a Republican? Yes. Am I a Democrat? Yes. Am I a conservative? Yes. Am I a liberal? Yes.

John Catsimatidis

Whether you are a Democrat or a Republican, our nation is stronger when we are respected throughout the world.

Bill Richardson

For 50 years, the Republicans have been accusing the Democrats of being soft on national security.

George McGovern

Today we voted as Democrats and Republicans. Tomorrow we begin again as New Yorkers.

Hillary Clinton

International institutions ought to be, as the national ones in democratic countries, established by the peoples and for the peoples.

Henri La Fontaine

Certainly we've seen the enormous changes across the whole of the Middle East. The democratic genie is out of the bottle.

John Major

To the contrary, I think we bent over backwards to press for elections and for democratic reform.

John Negroponte

The ANC, we believe, stands at the head of the whole liberation front, the whole Mass Democratic Movement.

Joe Slovo

Our country is blessed with a democratic political system that is sensitive to the wishes of our people.

Denzil Douglas

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

Douglas Hurd

Democrats are not about to nominate anyone who backs the tax cut, and Americans are not going to elect anyone who favors a tax increase.

Dick Morris

I believe in the Democratic party, and their philosophy and what they stand for - for the poor people.

Dikembe Mutombo