We in the press have a special role since there is no other institution in our society that can hold the President… — Helen Thomas Copy Share Image
When courts rule in our country, we have them as the final arbiter on matters in which we might not agree on.… — Cyril Ramaphosa Copy Share Image
As we talk with candour, we open the doors to new possibilities and new areas of cooperation in advance in democracy, in… — Atal Bihari Vajpayee Copy Share Image
The republic, as I at least understand it, means association, of which liberty is only an element, a necessary antecedent. It means… — Giuseppe Mazzini Copy Share Image
What our men and women in uniform are doing is providing for the Iraqi people and other surrounding nations the opportunity to… — Robin Hayes Copy Share Image
When people understand that they are constantly monitored, they are more conformist - they are less willing to take up controversial positions… — Trevor Paglen Copy Share Image
The Senate floor is and always has been the great arena of our democracy. I spent eight years in my younger life… — Jim Webb Copy Share Image
I am a conservative Republican, but I believe in democracy and the separation of church and state. The conservative movement is founded… — Barry Goldwater Copy Share Image
We still have politicians who strive for a different type of country: Kaczynski as well as Orbán in Hungary. They want a… — Adam Michnik Copy Share Image
“Dru wins a striking victory at Elma, in upstate New York. Subsequently acclaimed ‘Administrator of the Republic’, he embarks on a dramatic… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Remember, until the 1970s, the spread of democracy has always been accompanied by the decline of inequality. The more democratic our societies… — Ivan Krastev Copy Share Image
A democracy flirts with the danger of becoming a slave in direct ratio to the numbers of its citizens who work, but… — Fulton J. Sheen Copy Share Image
Our founding fathers detested the idea of a democracy and labored long to prevent America becoming one. Once again - the word… — Neal Boortz Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, both my mom and my dad worked night shifts, so we would spend a lot of time… — Katie Hill Copy Share Image
“It was not, however, to these Fascist groups, numerically unimportant as they were, that the Third Republic owed its collapse. On the… — Hannah Arendt Copy Share Image
“Representative democracy, however, harmonizes marvelously with the capitalist economic system. This new statist system, basing itself on the alleged sovereignty of the… — Mikhail Bakunin Copy Share Image
'Solutionism' for me is, above all, an unthinking pursuit of perfection - by means of technology - without coming to grips with… — Evgeny Morozov Copy Share Image
Republics have a longer life and enjoy better fortune than principalities, because they can profit by their greater internal diversity. They are… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
“Both the Democrats and the Republicans are peddling the exact same deception; and that bill of goods is that the Republicans represent… — Joseph Befumo Copy Share Image
I believe democracy requires a 'sacred contract' between journalists and those who put their trust in us to tell them what we… — Bill Moyers Copy Share Image
“High voter turnout, which some equate with a healthy democracy, has been in Nigeria (and in some other countries) an indication instead… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
Men like Abraham Lincoln recognized that if the slaveholders were not stopped, it would only be a question of time until they… — Heather Cox Richardson Copy Share Image
I had very good support from Democrats and Republicans all throughout my administration. I had a very high batting average. We added… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
We are a democracy, and there is only one way to get a democracy on its feet in the matter of its… — Joseph Pulitzer Copy Share Image
When widely followed public figures feel free to say anything, without any fact-checking, it becomes impossible for a democracy to think intelligently… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I grew up in a family of Republicans. And when I was 18 and registering to vote, my mom's only instruction was… — Tina Fey Copy Share Image
Democrats have been doing everything they can to get young people and college students to vote in the midterms. Though if you… — Jimmy Fallon Copy Share Image
I sometimes read that it's time for German democracy to finally grow up. I don't see it as a sign of maturity… — Guido Westerwelle Copy Share Image
In a democracy, the well-being, individuality and happiness of every citizen is important for the overall prosperity, peace and happiness of the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Democracies are not lucky. They do not attract civic-minded leaders by chance. Rather, they attract survival-oriented leaders who understand that, given their… — Bruce Bueno De Mesquita Copy Share Image
Watching people getting absorbed in news, I have learned that if the media wants, it can empower citizens with its brave questions.… — Ravish Kumar Copy Share Image
President Obama is currently on a week-long trip to Africa, where he will promote freedom, democracy, and economic opportunity. I guess he… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
The challenge of leadership in a plural democracy is to construct policies that ensure political stability, social equity, and economic progress on… — Sanjaya Baru Copy Share Image
How should we Democrats select the next presidential nominee? Smoke filled rooms? Brokered convention? National primary? Personally, I prefer jump shots from… — Bill Bradley Copy Share Image
You know, there were 29 Democratic votes for censure in the Senate. And if the Republicans had any sense, they would have… — Chris Matthews Copy Share Image
“The difference between Democrats and Republicans is: Democrats have accepted some ideals of socialism cheerfully, while Republicans have accepted them reluctantly.” — Norman Thomas Copy Share Image
We have got to nurture the spirit of independent journalism in this country, or we'll not save capitalism from its own excesses,… — Bill Moyers Copy Share Image
And for well over a hundred years our politicians, statesmen, and people remembered that this was a republic, not a democracy, and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We have 24 states where Republicans run both of them. But in terms of a liberal project that people feel they can… — Steve Inskeep Copy Share Image
“History has shown very clearly that for democracy to continue, the people, and not the generals or even the executive authority, must… — T. R. Fehrenbach Copy Share Image
