William Greider Quotes

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

We need to learn democracy. Everything takes time.

The development of democracy is very much a matter of education and of progressing step by step.

Not less, but more democracy - that is the demand, that is the great goal that we have to prescribe for ourselves, and especially for our youth.

One of our most noble political tasks is to open up trust.

Anyone who wants to be part of the political process should adopt values that are compatible with democracy.

Regardless of who wins, an election should be a time for optimism and fresh approaches.

How central shall democracy be in everything else we want to do in the world?

If people come out of an election and everyone’s despairing, everyone’s in a collective civic funk, we don’t get anything done. Simply reminding people of how bad things are and what you lost, nobody’s moved by that. People are moved by the sense of possiblity, a sense of hope.

People should vote for democracy, and Britain should vote for hope.

I am going to continue to fight for our democracy, for representation, for justice and equality and making the world a better place.

Keep the faith. Whatever that may be. Don't get too depressed yet, because I have a belief in America being very diverse and ornery, and containing a lot of people who are not going to roll over very easily for a totalitarian dictatorship. That is what I think.

I don't think that a vote for Barack Obama is a symbolic thing. I think it's much more than that. It's not just a black man. It's not just a feel-good vote. It's the idea of electing someone who really does want to make a difference.

If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal.

I want to make democracy work not only for the rich and the well connected but for everyone.

You're not going to get a chance to vote for me on the ballot, but you can actually vote for what I believe in.

I believe that voting is the first act of building a community as well as building a country.

Texas has a lot of challenges, but if I choose to run I will talk about opening democracy to mainstream Texans and not just to a closed circle of entrenched ideologues.

In a democracy, dissent is an act of faith.

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

Politics is not perfect but it's the best available nonviolent means of changing how we live.

It is not enough to merely defend democracy. To defend it may be to lose it; to extend it is to strengthen it. Democracy is not property; it is an idea.

I am aware that one should always make room for renewal in politics. A democracy is the healthier for the turnover of the depth of talent there is in its community.

If God had wanted us to vote, he would have given us candidates.

We must believe that it is the darkest before the dawn of a beautiful new world. We will see it when we believe it.