Even the Founding Fathers of the U.S., nowadays considered the model of a democracy, were strictly opposed to it. Without a single… — Hans-Hermann Hoppe Copy Share Image
There's not democracy in the workplace. I mean, through most of our daily lives, the idea of democracy is fairly nonexistent. And… — Michael Moore Copy Share Image
A nation of slaves is always prepared to applaud the clemency of their master who, in the abuse of absolute power, does… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
India is a huge democracy. Prime Minister [Narendra] Modi has ambitions to try to fix the infrastructure, the rules, taxes, education, and… — Jamie Dimon Copy Share Image
Noam Chomsky has a book, which I read for the first time when I was in Spain, called 'Fear of Democracy'. There… — Hugo Chavez Copy Share Image
I've heard way too often that Democrats are weak and that kind of stuff, and that's just not true. It's just not… — Jasmine Crockett Copy Share Image
It is enough that the people know there was an election. The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who… — Joseph Stalin Copy Share Image
Although our interests as citizens vary, each one is an artery to the heart that pumps life through the body politic, and… — Bill Moyers Copy Share Image
It's often said that the Democrats fight 'for the little guy.' That's true: liberals fight to make sure the little guy stays… — Angela McGlowan Copy Share Image
Democrats in Washington predicted that tax cuts would not create jobs, would not increase wages, and would cause the federal deficit to… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
All voting is a sort of gaming, like checkers or backgammon, with a slight moral tinge to it, a playing with right… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I think some people have blind faith in American institutions without knowing a whole lot about them and think they will stand… — Masha Gessen Copy Share Image
In a democracy it is ultimately for us, the citizens, to judge where to place the balance between security and privacy, safety… — Timothy Garton Ash Copy Share Image
My parents were true believers in the efficacy of American constitutional democracy, and I was thoroughly inculcated with reverence for what we… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
“But it is not necessarily the case that liberal democracy is the political system best suited to resolving social conflicts per se.… — Francis Fukuyama Copy Share Image
“First, it is a commitment to particularism, to giving priority to the specificity of particulars, not to abstractions and generalities that divert… — José Medina Copy Share Image
Grounded in international human rights, gender equality doesn’t just improve the lives of individual women, girls, and their families; it makes economic… — Helen Clark Copy Share Image
The only foundation for . . . a republic is to be laid in Religion. Without this there can be no virtue,… — Benjamin Rush Copy Share Image
The nations of our time cannot prevent the conditions of men from becoming equal, but it depends upon themselves whether the principle… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
What can the schools do to defend democracy? Should they preach a specific political doctrine? I believe they should not. If they… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
I wanted to be clear that Republicans will continue to be a champion for expanding economic freedom to trade. It is at… — Kevin Brady Copy Share Image
Democracy is grounded upon so childish a complex of fallacies that they must be protected by a rigid system of taboos, else… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
To Democrats, guaranteeing voting rights is a critical part of safeguarding democracy. However, we also recognize that our efforts to do so… — Colin Allred Copy Share Image
I believe in the critical importance of participating in the political system - from voting to standing for election. It's both rewarding… — Michael Nutter Copy Share Image
I do not deny the rights of democracy, but I have no illusions as to the uses that will be made of… — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
America cannot do most of what needs to be done alone. You need friends. And we have good friends around the world.… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
Are we Pakistanis, children of a lesser God? Is there one law for the west and one for us? Is our democracy… — Imran Khan Copy Share Image
The Internet allows foreign adversaries to attack America in new and unexpected ways. Free and fair elections are hard-fought and contentious. There… — Rod Rosenstein Copy Share Image
Since 1920, the vast increase in welfare beneficiaries and the extension of the franchise to women - two constituencies that are notoriously… — Peter Thiel Copy Share Image
Look rather at the teachings of history, true history, not the history written by Party hacks: genuine democracy, the only valid democracy,… — Wei Jingsheng Copy Share Image
In Barack Obama, Democrats have put forth a man of strong religious faith who is comfortable connecting his spiritual life to his… — Mike McCurry Copy Share Image
The vulgar charge that the tendency of democracies is to leveling, meaning to drag all down to the level of the lowest,… — James F. Cooper Copy Share Image
Nothing can be more abhorrent to democracy than to imprison a person or keep him in prison because he is unpopular. This… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
“As James Heartfield, author of The European Union and the End of Politics, noted, to follow such events is to ‘Step through… — Mick Hume Copy Share Image
Talk of democracy has little content when big business rules the life of the country through its control of the means of… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
The Republicans, in the various arguments, repeat exactly the same phrases one after another, with no sense of embarrassment, no sense of… — Jay Rockefeller Copy Share Image
“But the disposition to disagree, to reject and to dissent - however irritating it may be when taken to extremes - is… — Tony Judt Copy Share Image
“Public access to government information is a fundamental prerequisite to a functioning democracy. A democratic system is based on the notion that… — John Podesta Copy Share Image
To tackle the underlying roots of violence and conflict, we need a massive international effort to reduce poverty and injustice, and to… — Clare Short Copy Share Image
As you know from reading many of these Negro writers, we don't deal too much with the discussion of democracy and what… — Stanley Crouch Copy Share Image
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