I don't for the life of me understand how anybody could contemplate the results of the 2000 election in the US and… — Todd Gitlin Copy Share Image
The philanthropic tradition is older than democracy, older than Christianity, and older than higher education. It gives form and purpose to personal… — Robert L. Payton Copy Share Image
National politics and elections are dominated by emotions, by lack of self-confidence, by fear of the other, by insecurity, by infection of… — Tariq Ramadan Copy Share Image
It is clear that in a monarchy, where he who commands the exceution of the laws generally thinks himself above them, there… — Baron de Montesquieu Copy Share Image
I'm a proud Pennsylvania Democrat, and here in Pennsylvania, we were the birthplace of our democracy. And we have a special responsibility… — Josh Shapiro Copy Share Image
Where some people are very wealthy and others have nothing, the result will be either extreme democracy or absolute oligarchy, or despotism… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
The distinction between pseudo-intellectual and intellectual consists in the lack of bases of pseudo-intellectuals theses, presence of dogma and authority, and pseudo-intellectuals… — Ilkin Santak Copy Share Image
I've always said that climate change is the defining issue of our generation. I've set out to hold candidates and elected officials… — Tom Steyer Copy Share Image
As we move toward the pluralist commonwealth, economic interventions that stabilize communities - for instance by localizing the flows of goods and… — Gar Alperovitz Copy Share Image
I ran on the platform of moderation and won the election by a large margin. By virtue of the strong mandate that… — Hassan Rouhani Copy Share Image
Alliances are crucial to success in the political sphere. However, if we are to approach other organizations to propose alliances for the… — Arthur Curley Copy Share Image
“[Stephen] Harper had said he would use all legal means, and what [John] Baird suggested was an option the prome minister was… — Lawrence Martin Copy Share Image
It is true that authoritarian governments increasingly see the internet as a threat in part because they see the US government behind… — Evgeny Morozov Copy Share Image
The aspirations of democracy are based on the notion of an informed citizenry, capable of making wise decisions. The choices we are… — Ann Druyan Copy Share Image
The real nightmare resides in a society that hides behind the mutually informing and poisonous notions of colorblindness and a post-racial society,… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
“Often dismayed by but generally unflinching in the face of perpetual adversity, he [W.E.B. Du Bois] engaged the battle for equal human… — Aberjhani Copy Share Image
We could not bring democracy and freedom to Vietnam at a cost acceptable to ourselves. The idea that that was what we… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Part of science is the questioning of authority, absolute freedom of ideology. The Soviets did some very good science, but when science… — George M. Whitesides Copy Share Image
I want the Iraqis to understand that we are with them and that they have to make tough decisions, and we'll help… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
[There] are people who make a complete and utter mockery of 'democracy' and 'equality' - they're the casualties of the primitive rules… — Michael Palin Copy Share Image
Made no mistake: America is a Christian nation. The bedrock of our theo-democracy is our Judeo-Christian values. that term, by the way,… — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
In my world, a woman was the most powerful thing that I knew. Still is. A woman made the money in my… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
Political struggle is the most important thing any of us can do as a citizen in a democracy; and that means the… — Jonathan Kozol Copy Share Image
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We Republicans are going to go forward, and we're going to win. But more importantly, we're going to win for the country.… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
Obamacare is a crime against democracy because a material part of that bill was not disclosed to the Senate nor to the… — Michele Bachmann Copy Share Image
The problem is that the things demanded by an empire, which is staying power, ruthlessness, the ability and the willingness to use… — Mark Danner Copy Share Image
Those who deplore our militants, who exhort patience in the name of a false peace, are in fact supporting segregation and exploitation.… — A. Philip Randolph Copy Share Image
It will be difficult, even painful, but democracy will prevail in Russia. There will be no dictatorship, although relapses into authoritarianism are… — Mikhail Gorbachev Copy Share Image
As people do better, they start voting like Republicans - unless they have too much education and vote Democratic, which proves there… — Karl Rove Copy Share Image
All democracies are based on the proposition that power is very dangerous and that it is extremely important not to let any… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
Israel has no better friend that America. And America has not better friend than Israel. We stand together to defend democracy. We… — Benjamin Netanyahu Copy Share Image
The Democrats pulled out one of their most powerful surrogates - and no, it wasn't President [Barack] Obama. Beyoncé showed up at… — Mara Liasson Copy Share Image
Republicans have to tell the truth about the issues impacting the black community. The must focus on restoring the black family, jobs,… — Jesse Lee Peterson Copy Share Image
Because the rich are generally few in number, while the poor are many, they appear to be antagonistic, and as the one… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
To be elect in Christ Jesus, and there is no other election, means to be incorporated into his mission to the world,… — Lesslie Newbigin Copy Share Image
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In the 1980s and 1990s, anglophone conservatives were motivated by ideas so powerful that they spread from the United States and Britain… — Anne Applebaum Copy Share Image
My Democratic friends just can't accept the fact that the American people chose Donald Trump to be president - it's called democracy.… — John Kennedy Copy Share Image
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