I come from a democratic world. My world is moderate Democrats, Reagan-type Democrats if you want, the blues or whatever you call… — Carl Paladino Copy Share Image
All those hints and glimpses of a larger and more satisfying democracy, which literature and our own hopes supply, have a tendency… — Jane Addams Copy Share Image
Democracy is based upon empathy and the recognition that some decisions are solely for the community's benefit without regard to one's own… — John Hickenlooper Copy Share Image
One of the greatest challenges of democracies today is the question of financing campaigns. It's a tremendous challenge. Obviously I think the… — Jose Angel Gurria Copy Share Image
I only became involved in politics when democracy returned to Bolivia. Then, unluckily in democracy, we ran into the inheritance of 20… — Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada Copy Share Image
When human rights came, they saw our jails, they left, and they said: Jails are good. Civilized, in accordance with democratic, because… — Ayatollah Khomeini Copy Share Image
I'm not overly alarmist about it, but I do think there are some worrying signs, like the growing accumulation of wealth by… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
Fascism rewarded jackasses in uniform. Democracy gives priviliges to those in sports' gear. In Italy, political regimes come to pass. The jackasses… — Indro Montanelli Copy Share Image
James Comey had nine interactions with Bob Mueller after the Donald Trump's election. And in none of those, Comey testified, did he… — Angus King Copy Share Image
Remember, there are two things that keep us oppressed: them and us. We are half of the equation. There will not be… — Tammy Baldwin Copy Share Image
“I, too, like yourself was a good party man: my party was that of the Church; I was ultramontane. Your party system… — Henry Adams Copy Share Image
As the Republicans run to the crazy Tea Party right, they leave behind the huge mass of genuinely moderate and independent Americans… — Jennifer Granholm Copy Share Image
In my view, it is not a question of Trump having won the election, it's a question of Democrats having lost the… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
In battle, combatants engaged in war against America get no due process and may lawfully be killed. But citizens not in a… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
“We find that at present the human race is divided into one wise man, nine knaves, and ninety fools out of every… — T.H. White Copy Share Image
“this is the conversation I’ve been having since the 2016 election ended and liberals and progressives have been scrambling to figure out… — Ijeoma Oluo Copy Share Image
Well, if Democratic members in the House elect Nancy Pelosi as their leader, it's almost as if they just didn't get the… — Eric Cantor Copy Share Image
A lot of people say that India has been held back by its democracy. But let's remember that, despite being a poor… — Alex Tabarrok Copy Share Image
Democracies stand on several key pillars: Free and fair elections, human rights, the rule of law, and a free untrammeled media. Until… — Toomas Hendrik Ilves Copy Share Image
What chiefly diverts the men of democracies from lofty ambition is not the scantiness of their fortunes, but the vehemence of the… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
Republicans in the South... are trying to find ways, not so much to block black and brown people from voting, but to… — Joe Morton Copy Share Image
If the American people really tire of democracy and want to make a trial of Fascism, I shall be the last person… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
The Republicans have lost their standards; they've lost their principles... Really, that's why the machine in the Republican Party is fighting against… — Sharron Angle Copy Share Image
Republicans are living in a hermetically sealed Republican universe, just as Democrats are. And so they're responding to their own universe, even… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
The eradication of the Muslim Brotherhood is nothing less than an abolition of democracy and a guarantee that Arabs will continue living… — Jamal Khashoggi Copy Share Image
My father thought, and now I think too, that the system of democracy is entirely based upon the system of justice. If… — Henning Mankell Copy Share Image
Anyone who grew up against the background of the Cold War will recall the downfall of the Berlin Wall and the opening… — Suella Braverman Copy Share Image
Also in the new constitution, we want to lower the voting age from 20 years to 18 years and also gradually implement… — Chen Shui-bian Copy Share Image
We believe - most polls indicate - a lack of support, a lack of confidence in the ability of the Congress to… — Richard Lugar Copy Share Image
Our democracy is not a product but a continual process. It is preserved not by monuments but deeds. Sometimes it needs refining;… — Lee H. Hamilton Copy Share Image
The Democrats filibustered something in the Senate when I was eight years old. I don't remember what it was on and I… — Jonathan Krohn Copy Share Image
Every part of our program of perestroika - and the program as a whole, for that matter - is fully based on… — Mikhail Gorbachev Copy Share Image
There is one safeguard known generally to the wise, which is an advantage and security to all, but especially to democracies as… — Demosthenes Copy Share Image
The current budget that the Republicans are looking at never balances. How can that be fiscally responsible? And how can we look… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
If we are to give the people of China complete self-government we must first solve the problem of livelihood for all, and… — Chiang Kai-shek Copy Share Image
The men and women of our armed forces played an instrumental role in the election process - securing polling sites and providing… — John M. McHugh Copy Share Image
If we don't participate in it, it ceases to be a democracy. So Obama will rise or fall based not so much… — Michael Moore Copy Share Image
I like to think I have the guts to stand up anonymously in a western democracy and call for things no-one else… — Banksy Copy Share Image
The aspiring tyrants of today have not forgotten the lesson of 1933: that acts of terror - real or fake, provoked or… — Timothy D. Snyder Copy Share Image
World War II proved a hypothesis that Alexis de Tocqueville advanced a century before: the war-fighting potential of a democracy is at… — David Frum Copy Share Image
