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I hope that people learn just how fragile our democracy is and how close we were to losing it on January 6. If certain people were not in the right places on January 6, we would be looking at a very different scenario and possibly a different country. – Elaine Luria	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Our democracy is at stake, we have to defend our democracy. We have to defend our government. – Bennie Thompson	Found on CNN 2 years ago
January 6 will be remembered as one of the darkest days in our nation's history. Yet, more than a year later, the threat to our democracy is as grave as ever. January 6 was not a day in isolation, but the violent culmination of multiple efforts to overturn the last presidential election and interfere with the peaceful transfer of power for the first time in our history, the former President and his allies have spent every day since January 6 attempting to rewrite history about that bloody attack on our nation's Capitol. That's why these public hearings are so essential -- to show the American people exactly how January 6 came about, who is responsible, and most critically, what we can and must do to prevent another attack on our democracy. – Adam Schiff	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Across the country, National Republicans are attacking our fundamental rights as Americans, destroying democracy, stripping a woman of the right to choose, and standing idly by as gun violence claims too many lives. California is the antidote to their cynicism -- leading with compassion, common-sense and science. – Gavin Newsom	Found on CNN 2 years ago
All the members of the Organization of American States, we all defend democracy. And if you want to be a member of the organization, you have to defend democracies. So I clearly believe that the Summit of the Americas shall not be an instrument of non-democratic regimes to participate in order to try to get diplomatic legitimacy. I think no dictatorship shall participate in the Summit of the Americas. – President Duque	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
I'm not going to enter into a dispute with President López Obrador, I have a good relationship with him. But maybe if we disagree on that, I respectfully disagree because I think this forum is not a forum for dictatorships to participate. It's clearly the value of democracy that has united the hemisphere, the Democratic Inter-American Charter that was signed on September 11, 2001, is the major achievement in diplomatic terms where we have rejected any form of autocracy in the hemisphere. So this was not a forum for autocrats. This is a forum for people who clearly embrace the value of democracy. – President Duque	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
The Iranian people are struggling every day to rid themselves of Khamenei’s tyranny and create a secular democracy. The only way to resolve the nuclear crisis is a complete change of the political system in Iran. Instead of pointless negotiations with the regime, the Biden administration should maximize its support for the Iranian people in their struggle for freedom. – Benjamin Weinthal	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
The United States should be able to invite who The United States wants to invite to The United States home and the other guests should be happy to be invited, the United States sends a political signal that the drawing power of The United States is not what The United States used to be and the force of the summit's commitment to democracy is not what it used to be. – Matthew Rooney	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Scholars of the rise and fall of democracies have identified the business sector as often one of the most important bulwarks against authoritarianism, but... the attitude inside too many C-suites today after seeing what happened to Disney is to keep their heads down and retreat from playing any role in the current battle for democracy. – Protect Democracy	Found on CNN 2 years ago
The first lady is the most visible woman in American politics, by showing interest in another region and using the unique soft power of her position to promote American values and democracy she can strengthen and even heal relationships. – Kate Andersen	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Mr. President Yoon Suk Yeol, your country's democracy shows the power to be able to deliver for its people, we're proud to say, the generals with me today can say as well, that our armed forces stand side by side, standing on a peninsula for seven decades to preserve the peace and make possible that shared prosperity. – Joe Biden	Found on CNN 2 years ago
The next governor here in Pennsylvania, the ultimate swing state, the epicenter of the battle to protect our democracy, is going to have a lot to say about the future of democracy. – Josh Shapiro	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Cord Byrd has been an ally of freedom and democracy in the Florida Legislature, and I am confident Cord Byrd will carry that mission forward as Secretary of State, i look forward to Cord Byrd successes ensuring Florida's elections remain safe, secure and well-administered. – Ron DeSantis	Found on CNN 2 years ago
This monumental package of security, economic and humanitarian aid will be on the Floor tonight, where we hope to secure a strong bipartisan vote, this package, which builds on the robust support already secured by Congress, will be pivotal in helping Ukraine defend not only its nation but democracy for the world. – Nancy Pelosi	Found on CNN 2 years ago
This package, which builds on the robust support already secured by Congress, will be pivotal in helping Ukraine defend not only its nation but democracy for the world. – Nancy Pelosi	Found on CNN 2 years ago
[ The pro-democracy movement ] has this populist element which has made it more patriarchal and more difficult for diversity and gender issues to exist. – Petula Ho	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Democracy... only works if the folks that are voting, that are offering their voice, represent the needs, the values of the [ entire ] country. – Ben Deufel	Found on CNN 2 years ago
We need to be reaching out and talking to Latino voters, young voters, African American voters constantly, it can't be just a quick hit in a presidential election year and then walk away. We need to ensure that African American voters feel connected to African American voters democracy. – Tom Lopach	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Japan is slowly awakening to the security threats on its periphery, and it's doing so in a predictable and transparent way consistent with a democracy. – Drew Thompson	Found on CNN 2 years ago
I invested in Twitter as I believe in its potential to be the platform for free speech around the globe, and I believe free speech is a societal imperative for a functioning democracy, however, since making my investment I now realize the company will neither thrive nor serve this societal imperative in its current form. Twitter needs to be transformed as a private company. – Elon Musk	Found on CNN 2 years ago
It has been a historic( few weeks), with our young and fragile democracy being tested to its very limit, what we can only hope is at the end of this constitutional crisis, our democracy is left shaken but standing. – Hassan Kamal	Found on CNN 2 years ago
I'm extremely concerned that these efforts will have an impact, that's why we have to do everything in the courts, in the political arena, in the court of public opinion, to organize efforts to counteract it. We have to counteract it because it is so corrosive and so damaging to American democracy. – Marc Morial	Found on CNN 2 years ago
If we don't have the right to vote for officials who share the concerns of our community, we have no voice, we have no say and American democracy is undermined. We will fight to protect American democracy and the right to vote until hell freezes over. – Marc Morial	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Today the border between totalitarianism and democracy passes behind our backs, the border between freedom and oppression, we are ready to fight for it. – Denys Monastyrskyy	Found on CNN 2 years ago

I hope that people learn just how fragile our democracy is and how close we were to losing it on January 6. If certain people were not in the right places on January 6, we would be looking at a very different scenario and possibly a different country.

– Elaine Luria

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Our democracy is at stake, we have to defend our democracy. We have to defend our government.

– Bennie Thompson

Found on CNN
2 years ago

January 6 will be remembered as one of the darkest days in our nation's history. Yet, more than a year later, the threat to our democracy is as grave as ever. January 6 was not a day in isolation, but the violent culmination of multiple efforts to overturn the last presidential election and interfere with the peaceful transfer of power for the first time in our history, the former President and his allies have spent every day since January 6 attempting to rewrite history about that bloody attack on our nation's Capitol. That's why these public hearings are so essential -- to show the American people exactly how January 6 came about, who is responsible, and most critically, what we can and must do to prevent another attack on our democracy.

– Adam Schiff

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Across the country, National Republicans are attacking our fundamental rights as Americans, destroying democracy, stripping a woman of the right to choose, and standing idly by as gun violence claims too many lives. California is the antidote to their cynicism -- leading with compassion, common-sense and science.

– Gavin Newsom

Found on CNN
2 years ago

All the members of the Organization of American States, we all defend democracy. And if you want to be a member of the organization, you have to defend democracies. So I clearly believe that the Summit of the Americas shall not be an instrument of non-democratic regimes to participate in order to try to get diplomatic legitimacy. I think no dictatorship shall participate in the Summit of the Americas.

– President Duque

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I'm not going to enter into a dispute with President López Obrador, I have a good relationship with him. But maybe if we disagree on that, I respectfully disagree because I think this forum is not a forum for dictatorships to participate. It's clearly the value of democracy that has united the hemisphere, the Democratic Inter-American Charter that was signed on September 11, 2001, is the major achievement in diplomatic terms where we have rejected any form of autocracy in the hemisphere. So this was not a forum for autocrats. This is a forum for people who clearly embrace the value of democracy.

– President Duque

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The Iranian people are struggling every day to rid themselves of Khamenei’s tyranny and create a secular democracy. The only way to resolve the nuclear crisis is a complete change of the political system in Iran. Instead of pointless negotiations with the regime, the Biden administration should maximize its support for the Iranian people in their struggle for freedom.

– Benjamin Weinthal

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The United States should be able to invite who The United States wants to invite to The United States home and the other guests should be happy to be invited, the United States sends a political signal that the drawing power of The United States is not what The United States used to be and the force of the summit's commitment to democracy is not what it used to be.

– Matthew Rooney

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Scholars of the rise and fall of democracies have identified the business sector as often one of the most important bulwarks against authoritarianism, but... the attitude inside too many C-suites today after seeing what happened to Disney is to keep their heads down and retreat from playing any role in the current battle for democracy.

– Protect Democracy

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The first lady is the most visible woman in American politics, by showing interest in another region and using the unique soft power of her position to promote American values and democracy she can strengthen and even heal relationships.

– Kate Andersen

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Mr. President Yoon Suk Yeol, your country's democracy shows the power to be able to deliver for its people, we're proud to say, the generals with me today can say as well, that our armed forces stand side by side, standing on a peninsula for seven decades to preserve the peace and make possible that shared prosperity.

– Joe Biden

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The next governor here in Pennsylvania, the ultimate swing state, the epicenter of the battle to protect our democracy, is going to have a lot to say about the future of democracy.

– Josh Shapiro

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Cord Byrd has been an ally of freedom and democracy in the Florida Legislature, and I am confident Cord Byrd will carry that mission forward as Secretary of State, i look forward to Cord Byrd successes ensuring Florida's elections remain safe, secure and well-administered.

– Ron DeSantis

Found on CNN
2 years ago

This monumental package of security, economic and humanitarian aid will be on the Floor tonight, where we hope to secure a strong bipartisan vote, this package, which builds on the robust support already secured by Congress, will be pivotal in helping Ukraine defend not only its nation but democracy for the world.

– Nancy Pelosi

Found on CNN
2 years ago

This package, which builds on the robust support already secured by Congress, will be pivotal in helping Ukraine defend not only its nation but democracy for the world.

– Nancy Pelosi

Found on CNN
2 years ago

[ The pro-democracy movement ] has this populist element which has made it more patriarchal and more difficult for diversity and gender issues to exist.

– Petula Ho

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Democracy... only works if the folks that are voting, that are offering their voice, represent the needs, the values of the [ entire ] country.

– Ben Deufel

Found on CNN
2 years ago

We need to be reaching out and talking to Latino voters, young voters, African American voters constantly, it can't be just a quick hit in a presidential election year and then walk away. We need to ensure that African American voters feel connected to African American voters democracy.

– Tom Lopach

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Japan is slowly awakening to the security threats on its periphery, and it's doing so in a predictable and transparent way consistent with a democracy.

– Drew Thompson

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I invested in Twitter as I believe in its potential to be the platform for free speech around the globe, and I believe free speech is a societal imperative for a functioning democracy, however, since making my investment I now realize the company will neither thrive nor serve this societal imperative in its current form. Twitter needs to be transformed as a private company.

– Elon Musk

Found on CNN
2 years ago

It has been a historic( few weeks), with our young and fragile democracy being tested to its very limit, what we can only hope is at the end of this constitutional crisis, our democracy is left shaken but standing.

– Hassan Kamal

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I'm extremely concerned that these efforts will have an impact, that's why we have to do everything in the courts, in the political arena, in the court of public opinion, to organize efforts to counteract it. We have to counteract it because it is so corrosive and so damaging to American democracy.

– Marc Morial

Found on CNN
2 years ago

If we don't have the right to vote for officials who share the concerns of our community, we have no voice, we have no say and American democracy is undermined. We will fight to protect American democracy and the right to vote until hell freezes over.

– Marc Morial

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Today the border between totalitarianism and democracy passes behind our backs, the border between freedom and oppression, we are ready to fight for it.

– Denys Monastyrskyy

Found on CNN
2 years ago

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