Institutionalizing dissent in our agencies moves us toward a healthier democracy and helps fulfill our founders' vision. — Neal Katyal Copy Share Image
I have long been convinced that institutions purely democratic must, sooner or later, destroy liberty or civilization, or both. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Up until the First World War, when people turned anti-German, Germany had been described by American political scientists as the model of… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The closer Iraq approaches freedom and democracy, the more impediments and barriers the terrorists will erect. — Howard Coble Copy Share Image
Accuracy is not only in the home. Philosophers often bring accuracy to their thoughts. — Ilkin Santak Copy Share Image
The tyranny of a prince in an oligarchy is not so dangerous to the public welfare as the apathy of a citizen… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In a democracy, the public should be asked how much security and how much privacy they want for themselves. — Max Mosley Copy Share Image
“But you can live in the most democratic country on earth, and if you're lazy, obtuse or servile within yourself, you're not… — Ignazio Silone Copy Share Image
Democracy is not just about voting but about informed voting. If democracy doesn't have access to reliable sources of information and instead… — Jens Martin Skibsted Copy Share Image
Bipartisan democracy presupposes the individual, whose welfare is identical with that of the community in which he lives, the absence of coherent… — Learned Hand Copy Share Image
The government must give men and women without power a real say over what happens to them, and the means of engaging… — David Blunkett Copy Share Image
I think if you do have democracy it would transform the world because if the millions of people who die live on… — Tony Benn Copy Share Image
My colleagues on the other side of the aisle forget that while the Federal Government plays a role in securing elections, our… — George Santos Copy Share Image
The intolerant man will not rely on persuasion, or on the worth of the idea. He would deny to others the very… — Robert Kennedy Copy Share Image
Take it from me - every vote counts. In our Democracy, every vote has power. And never forget - that power is… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
The Democrats continue to snipe at Bush. They'll never give it up to him. You know Teddy Kennedy and Tom Daschle pick… — Dennis Miller Copy Share Image
Unlike national markets, which tend to be supported by domestic regulatory and political institutions, global markets are only 'weakly embedded'. There is… — Dani Rodrik Copy Share Image
We say that if America has entered the war to make the world safe for democracy, she must first make democracy safe… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
In a free country, America, or India, and Japan, and many places, democracy country, free country, but still within the sort of… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Our modern Western culture only recognises the first of these, freedom of desires. It then worships such a freedom by enshrining it… — Ajahn Brahm Copy Share Image
“summary, I personally think that, as I said in The Blue Book of The John Birch Society, democracy is a weapon of… — Robert Welch Copy Share Image
It is now an article of absolute faith among Republicans that 'the government' is an entity separate from 'the American people,' which… — Charlie Pierce Copy Share Image
We must practice revolutionary democracy in every aspect of our Party life. Every responsible member must have the courage of his responsibilities,… — Amilcar Cabral Copy Share Image
My links with [Mahatma] Gandhi now are very political links because I do not believe there is any other politics available to… — Vandana Shiva Copy Share Image
Let's face it, politics in this country is coin-operated. Does that really equate to a real democracy? It's very difficult to say. — Ted Waitt Copy Share Image
Our greatest leaders - both Republicans and Democrats - have recognized the power of a strong and growing middle class. — Roy Cooper Copy Share Image
Democracy is the most demanding of all forms of government in terms of the energy, imagination, and public spirit required of the… — George C. Marshall Copy Share Image
A Black man voting for the Republicans makes about as much sense as a chicken voting for Col. Sanders, — J. C. Watts Copy Share Image
The combination of economic and political power in the same hands is a sure recipe for tyranny. — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
Im an American. Weve translated democracy and brotherhood and equality into enterprise and opportunity and success - and thats getting Americanised. — Susan Glaspell Copy Share Image
I think the good old British democracy should keep scrutinising and pressing to get the truth out. — Clare Short Copy Share Image
Democracy elevates by turning ordinary people into extraordinary ordinary people called celebrities. — Florence King Copy Share Image
“In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
For me, it's sort of like a cultural democracy or musical socialism to take a stand and get out of the major… — Jens Lekman Copy Share Image
I love being a parliamentarian. I love it but I don't like politics. And I hate elections. — Elizabeth May Copy Share Image
The security intended to the general liberty consists in the frequent election and in the rotation of the members of Congress. — James Madison Copy Share Image
What I find very painful are all these charges that democracy is really shaken in Poland, that we have been switching into… — Andrzej Duda Copy Share Image
Democrats believe we must create jobs, not protect the special interests; build the economy from the middle out, not the top down. — Nancy Pelosi Copy Share Image
The biggest strength we have as Democrats is encouraging people to speak up about what is in their best interest. — Valerie Jarrett Copy Share Image
Stories are the best democracy we have. We are allowed to become the other we never dreamed we could be. — Colum McCann Copy Share Image