“Democracy is an excellent way of ensuring that nothing much gets done. There are always interests that might get trampled upon [and… — Edward De Bono Copy Share Image
During the election, I traveled all across the country. I like my country and the French. I love talking with them and… — Emmanuel Macron Copy Share Image
The generosity of spirit that is usually shown by advanced democracies disappears when the public feel two things: that their government is… — Damian Green Copy Share Image
Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are… — Franklin D Roosevelt Copy Share Image
It is clear that whatever language of democracy [Barack] Obama and his administration use is very tactically deployed, and has as its… — Judith Butler Copy Share Image
While the reigning stereotype is that Republicans are opposed to gay rights, growing Republican support in state-by-state fights belies this perception. — Margaret Hoover Copy Share Image
Different political views, even if they're all liberal, in the sense of supporting liberal constitutional democracy, undoubtedly have some notion of the… — John Rawls Copy Share Image
The American experiment with representative democracy has been a great success, but we need to realize that it needs to be a… — Richard Painter Copy Share Image
The democratic rule that all men are equal is sometimes confused with the quite opposite idea that all men are the same… — Horace Kallen Copy Share Image
Rumors are nearly as old as human history, but with the rise of the Internet, they have become ubiquitous. In fact we… — Cass Sunstein Copy Share Image
We imagine what this country is, but quite clearly, this country is a mystery. I mean, one of the reasons I did… — Errol Morris Copy Share Image
I think that's what we don't understand as human beings is this is America. It's a democracy. Once we get whoever we… — Charlamagne Tha God Copy Share Image
“Whatever the source, a steady diet of bad information, conveyed in bad faith, can over time become a serious threat to a… — Jeff Flake Copy Share Image
“James Madison framed the constitutional order so that power would be in the hands of the Senate, which represents “the wealth of… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
If we desire a society of peace, then we cannot achieve such a society through violence. If we desire a society without… — Bayard Rustin Copy Share Image
“In the transformed world political context of today, it is more essential than ever that the critique of democracy in the name… — Şeyla Benhabib Copy Share Image
So I think one can say on empirical grounds - not because of some philosophical principle - that you can't have democracy… — Peter L. Berger Copy Share Image
The problem is that democracy is not freedom. Democracy is simply majoritarianism, which is inherently incompatible with real freedom. Our founding fathers… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
“If freedom, democracy, and the rights of man are to be preserved through the ages, free men and women must accept the… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Every economy exists, no matter what the level of democracy, has elements of crony capitalism. It's - given human nature and given… — Alan Greenspan Copy Share Image
Without enough wilderness America will change. Democracy, with its myriad personalities and increasing sophistication, must be fibred and vitalized by regular contact… — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
The rules of workplace democracy are founded in solidarity and mutual trust. They are at the core of a historic process which… — Seymour Melman Copy Share Image
In 2010, I ran for Congress in a Democratic primary against someone who had been there for 18 years. 'The Daily News'… — Reshma Saujani Copy Share Image
Generalized intelligence and mental alertness are the most powerful enemies of dictatorship and at the same time the basic conditions of effective… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
The method of democracy is to bring conflicts out into the open where their special claims can be seen and appraised, where… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
Democracy...is a society in which the unbeliever feels undisturbed and at home. If there were only a half dozen unbelievers in America,… — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
“The old idealistic republicans used to found democracy on the idea that all men were equally intelligent. Believe me, the sane and… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“In a democracy, there is no check against despotism, because the principle of democracy is supposed to be itself a check. But… — B.F. Skinner Copy Share Image
Cure the evils of Democracy by the evils of Fascism! Funny therapeutics! I've heard of their curing syphilis by giving the patient… — Sinclair Lewis Copy Share Image
American poetry has been part of a culture in conflict…We are a people tending toward democracy at the level of hope; at… — Muriel Rukeyser Copy Share Image
“Rationality belongs to the cool observer, but because of the stupidity of the average man, he follows not reason, but faith, and… — Reinhold Niebuhr Copy Share Image
The primary social goal of both systems of political economy is for middle-aged men to attract good-looking younger women. Democratic capitalists believe… — Gary North Copy Share Image
If you just believe in our democracy, and you want an informed electorate, public schools are in your interest, and I think… — Charles Best Copy Share Image
I think democracy is not a destination. I don't think socialism is a railway station and if we catch the right train… — Tony Benn Copy Share Image
The unanimously applauded, self-congratulatory bromides of a Soviet Party Congress seemed contemptible. The unanimity of the sanctimonious, reality-concealing rhetoric spouted by American… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
America is perhaps best viewed as an 'authoritarian democracy' within its own territory and as 'a global state' of a new kind… — Richard A. Falk Copy Share Image
The dream of Europe is a region of freedom and peace, of security, law, democracy, tolerance and mutual respect. If you look… — Martin Schulz Copy Share Image
On a mild day in January 2011, Republicans in the House voted to repeal the Affordable Care Act. It was the first… — Brian Schatz Copy Share Image
Ankh-Morpork had dallied with many forms of government and had ended up with that form of democracy known as One Man, One… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
The Republicans are whistling past the graveyard. If we don't change our policies on immigration, you're going to be looking at Iran… — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
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