Laurie Garrett Quotes

In a democracy, the one thing that cannot be done is to destroy its trust, its hope, its idealism.

The survival of American democracy depends less on the size of its armies than on the capacity of its individual citizens to rely... on the strength of their own thought.

If we don't have a vigorous questioning, aggressive journalistic community and mythology, democracy itself is in great jeopardy.

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.

I will vote my hopes and not my fears.

Freedom and democracy are dreams you never give up.

As Americans, we rightfully place tremendous value on having a free and independent press. Our role as journalists is to give voice to the voiceless, and hold our leaders and institutions accountable. But the circle is only completed when that information is consumed by a free-thinking and engaged audience.

But despite this breathtaking pace, I believe in the capacity of our democracy to meet these challenges.

Journalism is what maintains democracy. It's the force for progressive social change.

Public confidence in the integrity of the Government is indispensable to faith in democracy; and when we lose faith in the system, we have lost faith in everything we fight and spend for.

Journalism still, in a democracy, is the essential force to get the public educated and mobilized to take action on behalf of our ancient ideals.

I want to see my kids grow up in a world that I grew up in, which was it had imagination and it had hope. And all of a sudden, I see that being dissolved, and I see, as a country, as a people, we are a republic. We are a democracy.

We are in a democratic society. It's our job to question.

There can be no daily democracy without daily citizenship.

Nevertheless, I resist cynicism and continue to believe in the possibilities for genuine democracy.

Having principled men and women in office is how you protect yourself from tyranny, and that was something I learned from when I was 2, 3, 5 years old.

I always tell my students: I don't care which side you're on. I respect you too much to try to persuade you in 120 minutes a week, much less lure you into pretending that you agree with me. All I want is for you to own this democracy, to see yours, to have a stake in it.

I am especially proud of taking on issues most central to the health of our American democracy.

I take the debate on the method of promoting democracy seriously.

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

Being a reporter is at the very core of a democracy, being a free person in a free society.

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

When voter get a chance to vote, they vote their hopes rather than their fears.

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

The newspaper is in all its literalness the bible of democracy, the book out of which a people determines its conduct