Jill Stein Quotes

Democracy is not what we hate the most and what we fear the most. We need to stand up.

You can't vote your hates; you've got to vote your hopes.

Democracy is not a Beloved Republic really, and never will be. But it is less hateful than other contemporary forms of government, and to that extent deserves our support.

Perhaps the most important thing I learned was about democracy, that democracy is not our government, our constitution, our legal structure. Too often they are enemies of democracy.

One of the distinguishing characteristics of a democratic period is the taste that all men have for easy success and present enjoyment. This occurs in the pursuits of the intellect as well as in others.

It's not a matter of just what we don't like and who we are most afraid of. We need an affirmative agenda if we're going to move forward as a democracy.

I am a firm believer in the importance of democracy, not only as the ultimate goal, but also as an essential part of the process.

Our democracy is predicated on the belief that our government should be accessible by the people. We cannot allow ourselves to give in to fear or shy away from interacting with the public.

Bring it on. Dissent is central to any democracy.

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

The right of a minority is so important in a democracy.

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

A society which is liberal democratic cannot have public policy determined upon the basis of who has got the loudest voice - or who can brings things to a halt.

And that is my definition of democracy, the right to be in a minority and not be suppressed.

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

Because we are a democracy, there will be “winners” and “losers” on policy issues and curriculum decisions. But if the different perspectives have been given full and fair hearing and if every effort has been made to protect the conscience of all parents and students, then even those who may “lose” on a particular policy will most likely remain supporters of the public schools.

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

The great postulate of our democracy is confidence in the common sense of the people and in their maturity of judgment, even on great issues—once they know the facts.

If you don't have a democracy in which most people feel engaged, you don't have a democracy very long.

Opinion and protest are the life breath of democracy—even when it blows heavy.

Democracy is much too important to be left to public opinion.

In a democracy, if the people don’t vote, the policies are made by others….The major decisions of our society are going to be made by our elected officials, like it or not.

Democracy demands the generation of conflict for the manifestation of different expectations and aspirations of people and at the same time its resolution through peaceful means

It is not suffrage that gives life to democracy; it is our democratic society that gives life to suffrage.

To me, the democratic system represents man's best and brightest hope of self-fulfillment, of a life rich in promise and free from fear; the one hope, perhaps, for the complete development of the whole man. But I know, and learn more clearly every day, that we cannot keep our system strong and free by neglect, by taking it for granted, by giving it our second-best attention. We must be prepared, like the suitor in The Merchant of Venice - and, I might point out, the successful suitor - to give and hazard all we have.