Democracy is a very bad form of government ... but all the others are so much worse. — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
I salute all the nations of the Arab Spring and I salute the heroic people of Syria who are striving for freedom,… — Ismail Haniyeh Copy Share Image
The thinking it took to get us into this mess is not the same thinking that is going to get us out… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
The Republicans don't need black folks to vote Republican, they just need them to not vote. — Melissa Harris-Perry Copy Share Image
I vote in every general election, but I'm not a party member or an ideologue. I've never told anyone who I've voted… — Brian Lamb Copy Share Image
So let's see what they [Republicans] are going to do. If they're going to put together great programs, and everybody understands that… — Maxine Waters Copy Share Image
I do think that even if the average person doesn't care, it IS a big deal. Like, it's been a foundational principle… — Christopher Michael Cillizza Copy Share Image
We are not going to be able to rebuild Afghanistan into a Jeffersonian democracy. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The truth remains, we are a Republic that follows the sacred words of our United States Constitution that stipulates very plainly the… — Byron Donalds Copy Share Image
My take is this. The Republicans control the Senate. They have the majority of the House, and they have the White House.… — Maxine Waters Copy Share Image
We Social-Democrats always stand for democracy, not "in the name of capitalism," but in the name of clearing the path for our… — Vladimir Lenin Copy Share Image
“Wouldn't it be more of a free country," persisted Francie "if we could ride in them free?" "No." "Why?" "Because that would… — Betty Smith Copy Share Image
There is so much we don't know about Facebook. We know we have a corporate monopoly that has repeated serious violations that… — Zephyr Teachout Copy Share Image
Social democracy.. is only the advance guard of the proletariat, a small piece of the total working masses; blood from their blood,… — Rosa Luxemburg Copy Share Image
My interest is, my one hobby is, maintaining a democracy. If you get these 500,000 soldiers advocating anything smelling of Fascism, I… — Smedley Butler Copy Share Image
We [Democrats] have got to be strong. When we look weak in a time where people feel insecure, we lose. when people… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
Republicans didn't lie to the American people about whether there were classified e-mails on that server and Republicans didn't tell families of… — Eric Bolling Copy Share Image
Idea of holding each other’s hands at the Women’s March—it feels like we are being invited to do that every day. So… — Kerry Washington Copy Share Image
I gather you yellow-skinned men, despite your triumphs in sewage, drinking water, and Olympic gold medals, still don't have democracy. Some politician… — Aravind Adiga Copy Share Image
“As to the 'Left' I'll say briefly why this was the finish for me. Here is American society, attacked under open skies… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
Voting, we might even say, is the next to last refuge of the politically impotent. The last refuge is, of course, giving… — Neil Postman Copy Share Image
We are beginning to see practical support. And this is a very significant sign of the movement towards a new era, a… — Mikhail Gorbachev Copy Share Image
The flight from study and awareness is much too common in a world that throws too many confusing pictures to the individual.… — Joost Meerloo Copy Share Image
English character and English freedom depend comparatively little on the form which the Constitution assumes at Westminster. A centralised democracy may be… — James Anthony Froude Copy Share Image
In World War II, America was the Arsenal of Democracy, providing war materiel to our Allies that ultimately led to victory over… — Robert C. O'Brien Copy Share Image
Elections matter, but how much they matter depends entirely on how free, open and fair they are. — Elliott Abrams Copy Share Image
The idea of allowing corporations to have unlimited influence on our democracy is very dangerous, obviously. — Russ Feingold Copy Share Image
Depending on your culture, you can make physician which treats you feel himself like a veterinarian. — Ilkin Santak Copy Share Image
American elections have usually turned on the issues of war, peace and the economy. — Gavin Esler Copy Share Image
We certainly would not want to have the same kind of democracy as they have in Iraq, I can tell you quite… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
We do not have elections. But the great majority of the Cuban people supports its government. — Che Guevara Copy Share Image
If human beings pretend to be God, then forget about democracy. If they understand that no human being can represent God, then… — Khaled Abou El Fadl Copy Share Image
Those wanting to improve democracy in their countries should not wait for permission. — Bulent Ecevit Copy Share Image
Every American should have absolute control over his or her personal information — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
In a democracy, the one thing that cannot be done is to destroy its trust, its hope, its idealism. — Teresa Heinz Copy Share Image
The Communists automatically violated the daily practices of democracy to which I was accustomed. — Elia Kazan Copy Share Image
The genius of the Republicans has been how they figured out how to so polarize the middle class that we vote against… — Patricia Schroeder Copy Share Image
The prospect of an Africa dominated by China means that progress in human rights and democracy in the region will stall and… — Robert C. O'Brien Copy Share Image
In a democracy, nothing is more sacred than the mandate given by the people. — Ram Nath Kovind Copy Share Image
Indeed, in both Wisconsin and Washington, Republicans are disingenuously using budget and deficit arguments to advance their political goals. — Neera Tanden Copy Share Image