William Greider Quotes

Our democracy is not a product but a continual process. It is preserved not by monuments but deeds. Sometimes it needs refining; sometimes it needs amending; sometimes it needs defending. Always, it needs improving.

One person alone can't do anything as important as bringing genuine democracy to a country.

This is one of the finest expressions of U. S. democracy at work.

Our democracy must be not only the envy of the world but the engine of our own renewal.

All of us today are learning democracy. We are only now forming a political culture.

The continued vitality of our Constitution and the survival of each freedom it protects depend upon the right to vote and the vibrant democracy it affords us. In short, the right to vote underlies each of our other rights.

Our democracy is dependent on people who passionately cherish the ideals of a democracy. Every man is created equal with an inalienable right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. It's a wonderful idea, and it takes people who cherish that idea to be actively involved in the process.

I think it's the height of patriotism to continue to exercise your right as a citizen and to hold your government to account. Isn't that what the very essence of democracy is about?

And in Canada we, you know, it costs us three or $400 million to have an election. You know, it's always been my position that we shouldn't complain about that; that's the price of admission for a living in a great democracy.

Every citizen has to figure out what kind of government he or she wants.

What we are doing in fact is recovering and progressing and sustaining the recovery of our democracy.

I sow; my successor reaps. This is the majesty of democracy.

Democracy belongs to those who exercise it.

Democracy is about voting and it's about a majority vote. And it's time that we started exercising the Democratic process.

Anybody who asks for democracy to be introduced should respect the results of democracy.

I noticed that democracy was broken and tried to work on fixing that in Japan. Then I realized that it was broken all over the place and decided to work on that too.

As long as we're in a democracy, I have to give what I think the majority of people will enjoy.

Democracy is something that you must learn each generation. It has to be taught.

The democracy process provides for political and social change without violence.

I'm entitled to my political opinions, and I get to vote because I'm an American.

My message is that Democracy is not an alien invention. It is a way of solving problems in our society.

The freedom to persuade and suggest is the essence of the democratic process.

There are few things we will do in America as important as pulling the lever for President of the United States of America.

Democracy is not a spectator sport.

Democracy exists in Mexico 354 days of the year. It is only missing on Election Day.