You have to ask the people about democracy. I know what my people want, and I cannot understand these people who violate… — Ramzan Kadyrov Copy Share Image
The history of any nation is not only a succession of events, but also a chain of ideas. — Pyotr Chaadayev Copy Share Image
With effort we can protect the foundation of our democracy, for which so many marched across this bridge, the right to vote. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I think the Egyptian people need to restore confidence that Americans, the U.S., means what they say when they talk about democracy,… — Mohamed ElBaradei Copy Share Image
The first official statements of President Asif Ali Zardari's new government have been firm and robust. Pakistan is obviously a renewed democracy. — David Petraeus Copy Share Image
The great God absolute! The centre and circumference of all democracy! His omnipresence, our divine equality! — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
People who hand over democracy in exchange for economic security end up losing both things. — Eduardo Bhatia Copy Share Image
Democrats want to peer into every second of President Trump's life, hoping to find a smoking gun. — Matt Gaetz Copy Share Image
The government should train and direct the people in their acquisition of political knowledge and ability, thereby enabling them to exercise the… — Sun Yat-sen Copy Share Image
“Man does not necessarily begin with despotism because he is barbarous, but very often finds his way to despotism because he is… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
There are exceptions of course, like for instance the Baltic States, which are members of the European Union, together with Ukraine and… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
As I reflect on the successes and failures of our push for democracy, reading widely in search for a path out of… — Joshua Wong Copy Share Image
For Republicans, accepting responsibility means accepting punishment; for Democrats, it means only an admission of error and a suggestion they'll do better… — Monica Crowley Copy Share Image
We must be the great arsenal of democracy. For us this is an emergency as serious as war itself. We must apply… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
“Would you rather have the lords and nobles back? What is Democracy for? Not so we can rob each other. Or cheat.'… — Peter Carey Copy Share Image
“In politics democracy itself is at stake in this world of high-speed always-on news. Political reporters pronounce sudden verdicts upon the politicians… — Ian Hargreaves Copy Share Image
America now stands as the world's foremost power. We should be proud: Not since the age of the Romans have one people… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We shouldn't be lowering standards for NATO membership; we have to insist on democracy, reform, market economy, anti-corruption, reformed military, contributions to… — Kurt Volker Copy Share Image
France placed the state above society , democracy above constitutionalism, and equality above liberty. As a result, for much of the nineteenth… — Fareed Zakaria Copy Share Image
Maybe nothing is art”, maybe everything is or could be art. To that, no doubt she would have responded like she did… — Miuccia Prada Copy Share Image
Democratic socialists like Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., would have us believe that Big Government funded by extremely… — Charlie Kirk Copy Share Image
“The World Bank has its own term for the phenomenon: they call it "technocratic insulation." So if you read World Bank studies,… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
With calm, knowledgeable precision, Daniel Ziblatt wades into the adjacent swamps of federalism and nineteenth-century European history, emerging with hands full of… — Charles Tilly Copy Share Image
“A democracy is understandably boisterous and subject to the prevailing social and economic whims of the nation’s bulging populous. Politics based upon… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
There is just a small difference between the United States and Russia - Russia does not teach the whole world democracy. — Margarita Simonyan Copy Share Image
Democracy is a precious thing and the rights of parliament are a precious thing. — Nicky Morgan Copy Share Image
The difference between a martyr and a cannon fodder is not far from the difference between a scout and a spy. — Ilkin Santak Copy Share Image
The cosmos is a gigantic flywheel making 10,000 revolutions per minute. Man is a sick fly taking a dizzy ride on it. — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
Ultimately, you change the culture in Washington only one way, and it's one election at a time, with the character of the… — Paul Sadler Copy Share Image
Democracy will itself accomplish the salutary universal change from delusive to real, and make a new blessed world of us by and… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
I'd like to think that "President Obama believed deeply in this democracy and the American people." — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
There are some Republicans who say that any time you raise new revenue, you have to have a tax cut to match… — Jeff Flake Copy Share Image
I think I bring a perspective that local communities are what make this country great, and they are the laboratories of democracy. — Eric Garcetti Copy Share Image
The thing about Republicans is that they don't care so much about respect, but they love fear, at least in others. — Jane Smiley Copy Share Image
Large swathes of people losing faith in democracy is a dangerous thing. Conflict, desperation, totalitarianism are the products of that loss of… — Sharan Burrow Copy Share Image
Democracy is fine in politics. It should stay there, and we need more of it. But its political virture is no reason… — Allen Lacy Copy Share Image
One voice is tiny, and alone it cannot be heard above the din of politics as usual. The peoples voice, when it… — Ross Perot Copy Share Image
One of the first things we must get rid of is the idea that democracy is tantamount to capitalism. — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Why am I such a Euro-enthusiast? Because I knew it was an anchor of democracy. — Adam Michnik Copy Share Image
There is no reason to believe that there is one law for families and another for nations. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image