If the great Western experiment fails and we end up living in totalitarian war-on-terrorism states, one day someone's going to say, 'Well… — Martin Firrell Copy Share Image
As an elected official who comes from the African-American community, there are some similarities. You are always trying to reconcile your own… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The very essence of democracy is the absolute faith that while people must cooperate, the first function of democracy, its peculiar gift,… — Edwin Land Copy Share Image
"Democracy" means nothing else other than, "rule of the people", in Greek. There is nothing democratic about the political concepts of the… — Andre Vltchek Copy Share Image
Without a strong educational system — free of government control — democracy is crippled. Knowledge is not only the key to power.… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
As I understand I took most so-called democratic states about 200 years on average to build their democracies. That is why, when… — Aleksandr Lebed Copy Share Image
In a democracy sovereignity is vested in a majority; and a majority is not only, at best, an ignorant, foolish and emotional… — Jean Bodin Copy Share Image
It is a tenet of representative democracy that MPs are not delegates for their constituents. This means that their decisions and actions… — Gina Miller Copy Share Image
As more and more citizens express what they think, and defend it in writing, that will change the way people understand public… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
“It was Ephialtes, in fact, who initiated democratic reforms that involved paying citizens for jury service. Shortly afterwards, he was assassinated (allegedly… — Guy Standing Copy Share Image
“DiMaggio's grace came to represent more than athletic skill in those years. To the men who wrote about the game, it was… — David Halberstam Copy Share Image
America is governed by rules of law, and those are not ones that the President of the United States or anybody else… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If the benevolent ruler stays in power long enough, he eventually concludes that power and wisdom are the same thing. And as… — Ben Moreell Copy Share Image
“The theory I have in mind is one which does not proceed, as it were, from a doctrine of the intrinsic goodness… — Karl R. Popper Copy Share Image
When the function of libraries is put in terms of their contributions to the community, people see their centrality. The challenge to… — Arthur Curley Copy Share Image
“What is the sum of not recognizing the tremendous need for self reflection of all entities of our time. History repeats itself,… — Monaristw Copy Share Image
We need the value and the beauty of democracy, and the beauty of pluralism is there's a free exchange of ideas. Nobody… — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
If the institutions of parliamentary democracy are worth preserving, the duty to explain them to the people they are meant to serve… — John Allen Fraser Copy Share Image
The Republicans are running wild with our tax dollars and it's been a mistake to let this administration continue a policy of… — Sherrod Brown Copy Share Image
We will not put a lid on opinions. On the contrary, it is more important than ever that political debates are open… — Jens Stoltenberg Copy Share Image
We're gonna need more than winning elections; we're gonna need to change the way people think, and they're not gonna change what… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
I can't think of a single example of two mature democracies going to war with each other in the 20th century. It's… — Nigel Farage Copy Share Image
Black women have been saving this republic since its founding. That was especially so during the Trump era when their turnout helped… — Jonathan Capehart Copy Share Image
The drama of any election night often obscures the banal reality behind voting. Even when winners and losers are clear, it takes… — Jamelle Bouie Copy Share Image
For years, my colleagues and I - primarily Republicans but also some Democrats - have introduced legislation and written to the FCC… — Mary Bono Copy Share Image
We need efforts to integrate the nation, not divide it. The 2014 elections is about voting for India. It is to decide… — Narendra Modi Copy Share Image
And when we draw lines in the sand with regard to certain basic things that are vital to our interest and to… — Fred Thompson Copy Share Image
Democracy is a form of the state, it represents, on the one hand, the organized, systematic use of force against persons; but,… — Vladimir Lenin Copy Share Image
I believe that democracies do not go to war; that's the lesson of history, and I think that a democratic Pakistan is… — Benazir Bhutto Copy Share Image
Voting is a right and a responsibility. Teaching young voters the value of this right and responsibility will show them the power… — Alex Padilla Copy Share Image
The equality that we are all entitled to, as citizens of this democracy, can't be avoided by some religious dogma of a… — Rosie O'Donnell Copy Share Image
What makes me worry today is the alarming decline in the trust in democratic institutions - political parties, Parliaments, political leaders. Less… — Ivan Krastev Copy Share Image
“A politician who brings personal integrity into leadership helps us reclaim the popular trust that distinguishes true democracy from its cheap imitations.” — Parker J. Palmer Copy Share Image
If you put your politicians up for sale, as the US does (alone in this among industrialized democracies), then someone will buy… — Juan Cole Copy Share Image
Whether for good or evil, it is sadly inevitable that all political leadership requires the artifices of theatrical illusion. In the politics… — Arthur Miller Copy Share Image
It is the Soviet Union that runs against the tide of history . . . . [It is] the march of freedom… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
There is little hope for democracy if the hearts of men and women in democratic societies cannot be touched by a call… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
Voting is not only our right, it is our power. When we vote, we take back our power to choose, to speak… — Loung Ung Copy Share Image
We've gotten to the point now where Republicans and Democrats have nothing in common besides being members of the 'caustic caucus,' and… — Emanuel Cleaver Copy Share Image
Although Israel was founded based on the historic Jewish homeland and the need to have a Jewish homeland, Israeli democracy has been… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
![“It is the Soviet Union that runs against the tide of history . . . . [It is] the march of freedom and democracy which will leave Marxism-Leninism on the ash heap of history, as it has left other tyrannies which stifle the freedom and muzzle the self-expression of the people.” quote by Ronald Reagan](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/521/ronald-reagan-119_ashes_it-is-the-soviet-union-that-runs-against_2608693.jpg)
