“Put in the bluntest possible terms, what I discovered was that the U.S. secret intelligence community was collecting only information it considered… — Robert David Steele Copy Share Image
I think even nation states should be and will be obsolete. I think nationalism will be seen in the future as a… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
The motivating force of the theory of a Democratic way of life is still a belief that as individuals we live cooperatively,… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
And so, now things that are important are, for example, the upcoming elections. It's important that society demonstrate that it is not… — Mikhail Khodorkovsky Copy Share Image
The first lesson of politics or, at least, democracy is that it is a government by the people and for the people,… — Urmila Matondkar Copy Share Image
What I like about Bain Capital is that we have Republicans, we have Democrats, we have independents; we are a diverse firm… — Stephen Pagliuca Copy Share Image
“Most Americans do not have a college education. Do the Democrats really expect them to have a clear understanding of what a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I definitely think America should seek to lead and shape the world and make it safe for liberal democracy. I just don't… — Ro Khanna Copy Share Image
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The American founding is not just about a group of people, a group of men. It is about an ideal: Both a… — Paul Kengor Copy Share Image
You notice that the Democrats are totally unified. I mean, you know they're dragging Algore back out? Algore is being dragged out… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
The peasants have seen the future - Greece and France - and concluded that it does not work. Hence their opposition to… — Charles Krauthammer Copy Share Image
The high-school English teacher will be fulfilling his responsibility if he furnishes the student a guided opportunity, through the best writing of… — Flannery O'Connor Copy Share Image
Under the pressure of fanaticism, and with the mob complacently applauding the show, democratic law tends more and more to be grounded… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
The Democrats would want to keep the taxes. And Republicans want to do away with taxes that are driving up the costs… — John Thune Copy Share Image
Let's not use the term democracy as a play on words which is what people commonly do, using human rights as a… — Alejandro Castro Espin Copy Share Image
Everything which bars freedom and fullness of communication sets up barriers that divide human beings into sets and cliques, into antagonistic sects… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
Since I'm the president and Democrats have controlled the House and the Senate, it's understandable that people are saying, you know, 'What… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Ours is a representative republic with a Constitution in which is recognized the natural law and the natural rights of man. It… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
It's a relief to hear the rain. It's the sound of billions of drops, all equal, all equally committed to falling, like… — Alice Oswald Copy Share Image
The whole point of constitutional democracy is the peaceful transfer of power; of Al Gore passing the baton to George W. Bush,… — James Fallows Copy Share Image
If Republicans eliminate Medicare, America will become a country in which you can never retire - and once you physically can no… — Al Franken Copy Share Image
America is not just a democracy, it represents a certain culture of competitive mobility and personality aspirations, politics is not merely a… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
I knew that Britain and the United States were beacons of freedom and democracy at a time when my life - and… — Frank Lowy Copy Share Image
In most countries, a lopsided election represents a mandate that the winning party could then use to implement their agenda, but the… — Fabrizio Moreira Copy Share Image
It's important to know where candidates for president are getting their ideas. Where do these ideas come from, who funds them and… — David Brock Copy Share Image
Part of science is the questioning of authority, absolute freedom of ideology. The Soviets did some very good science, but when science… — George M. Whitesides Copy Share Image
[There] are people who make a complete and utter mockery of 'democracy' and 'equality' - they're the casualties of the primitive rules… — Michael Palin Copy Share Image
I want the Iraqis to understand that we are with them and that they have to make tough decisions, and we'll help… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
I'm a proud Pennsylvania Democrat, and here in Pennsylvania, we were the birthplace of our democracy. And we have a special responsibility… — Josh Shapiro Copy Share Image
It is clear that in a monarchy, where he who commands the exceution of the laws generally thinks himself above them, there… — Baron de Montesquieu Copy Share Image
The distinction between pseudo-intellectual and intellectual consists in the lack of bases of pseudo-intellectuals theses, presence of dogma and authority, and pseudo-intellectuals… — Ilkin Santak Copy Share Image
Where some people are very wealthy and others have nothing, the result will be either extreme democracy or absolute oligarchy, or despotism… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
We could not bring democracy and freedom to Vietnam at a cost acceptable to ourselves. The idea that that was what we… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I've always said that climate change is the defining issue of our generation. I've set out to hold candidates and elected officials… — Tom Steyer Copy Share Image
I don't for the life of me understand how anybody could contemplate the results of the 2000 election in the US and… — Todd Gitlin Copy Share Image
The philanthropic tradition is older than democracy, older than Christianity, and older than higher education. It gives form and purpose to personal… — Robert L. Payton Copy Share Image
National politics and elections are dominated by emotions, by lack of self-confidence, by fear of the other, by insecurity, by infection of… — Tariq Ramadan Copy Share Image
A great wave of humiliation and shame swept over me. Shame that I belonged to a race that could be so dealt… — James Weldon Johnson Copy Share Image
Some Republicans are good, and some Republicans are bad. Some Democrats are good, and some Democrats are bad. There are good police,… — Tulsi Gabbard Copy Share Image
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