“The Democrats are the party that says government will make you smarter, taller, richer, and remove the crabgrass on your lawn. The Republicans are the party that says government doesn't work and then they get elected and prove it.”
P. J. O'Rourke
“To answer my children’s question, I asked them to identify the values of the Lincoln-era Democrats and Republicans. They correctly identified that the slave states (then the Democrats) stood for states’ rights and against civil rights for African-Americans. Lincoln’s and Hamlin’s views on the issue of states’ rights can best be summarized by Lincoln’s response in the Douglas debates: “There is no right to do what’s wrong.””
kristan peters-hamlin
“In every well-governed state, wealth is a sacred thing; in democracies it is the only sacred thing”
Anatole France
“Governments (derive) their just powers from the consent of the governed”
Thomas Jefferson
“If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when all persons alike share in government to the utmost.”
Aristotle
“Democracy is a device that insures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.”
Bernard Shaw
“Nobody should be allowed to tinker with democracy. We will not discontinue the good works of the past government.”
Manmohan Singh
