Famous quotes containing the word democratic:
“Its like pushing marbles through a sieve. It means the sieve will never be the same again.”
—Before the 1972 Democratic Convention in Miami. As quoted in Crazy Salad, ch. 6, by Nora Ephron (1972)
“In democratic ages men rarely sacrifice themselves for another, but they show a general compassion for all the human race. One never sees them inflict pointless suffering, and they are glad to relieve the sorrows of others when they can do so without much trouble to themselves. They are not disinterested, but they are gentle.”
—Alexis de Tocqueville (18051859)
“Thats free enterprise, friends: freedom to gamble, freedom to lose. And the great thingthe truly democratic thing about itis that you dont even have to be a player to lose.”
—Barbara Ehrenreich (b. 1941)