MEN being, as has been said, by nature, all free, equal, and independent, no one can be put out of this estate,… — John Locke Copy Share Image
The potential for the abuse of power through digital networks - upon which we the people now depend for nearly everything, including… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
We live in a democratic country, and I take great pride in saying that I'm from India, a country where democracy is… — Manoj Bajpayee Copy Share Image
It is unfortunate that people chose the star power of Sunny Deol over the hard work of Sunil Jakhar. Maybe our democracy… — Amarinder Singh Copy Share Image
The Senate and the country need Senators of courage who are prepared to make their mark on history by standing with past… — Senator John Kerry Copy Share Image
By defying our country's commitment to free and fair elections, Trump is defying our entire democracy. After all, what is democracy if… — Karine Jean-Pierre Copy Share Image
I will continue my consistent record of voting for lower taxes, less spending and fewer regulations to make our government more effective… — Roscoe Bartlett Copy Share Image
Voluntary public funding of elections solves the free speech 'problem' with more speech instead of more regulation: by giving qualified candidates who… — Alan K. Simpson Copy Share Image
As the only class distinction available in a democracy, the college degree has created a caste society as rigid as ancient India's.… — Florence King Copy Share Image
In many European countries we have populist indirect democratic systems. The people elect, in a proportionate manner, a parliament. The parliament with… — Torbjorn Tannsjo Copy Share Image
Those who won our independence believed that the final end of the state was to make men free to develop their faculties… — Louis D. Brandeis Copy Share Image
By patience and determination, rather than by a harsh upsetting of tradition, we move toward our national aspirations… This is the way… — Newton B. Drury Copy Share Image
For over a century, popular struggles in the democracies have used the nation-state to temper raw capitalism. The power of voters has… — Robert Kuttner Copy Share Image
The truths of the Judaic-Christian tradition, are infinitely precious, not only, as I believe, because they are true, but also because they… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
There was great political uncertainty in South Asia at the time of the Buddha. The older small tribal societies were cracking up… — Pankaj Mishra Copy Share Image
“...is there any body of citizens in the country who actually welcome and enjoy a General Election?..YES. Those citizens are schoolchildren...attending national… — Flann O'brien Copy Share Image
A lot of young people are very cynical about the political framework because they see the countries that preach democracy and human… — Mary Robinson Copy Share Image
If we've got Democrats, whether they be in the House or the Senate, that are not willing to put our national security… — Mark Meadows Copy Share Image
The Democrats need to remind people of where were, in terms of our progress, as markers against where we are, and where… — Sidney Blumenthal Copy Share Image
A majority vote is not an epistemological validation of an idea. Voting is merely a proper political device--within a strictly, constitutionall y… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
I would like the refugee crisis to become a new beginning in the Turkish-European relationship. But it would be very problematic if,… — Elif Safak Copy Share Image
Political disagreements have the colour and fragrance that normally is seen and felt in a political bouquet, while remaining united on one… — Asif Ali Zardari Copy Share Image
Democracy is messy. It is messy whether you've been doing it since 1789 or whether you're going to do it for the… — Rich Galen Copy Share Image
The Democrats, the left has this 30-year playbook of how to destroy conservatives by simply exposing the horrible, the mean-spirited, insensitive things… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
Of all forms of government and society, those of free men and women are in many respects the most brittle. They give… — Dorothy Thompson Copy Share Image
“If we fail now, we shall have forgotten in abundance what we learned in hardship: that democracy rests on faith, that freedom… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
We should insist that governments receiving American aid live up to standards of accountability and transparency, and we should support countries that… — Lee H. Hamilton Copy Share Image
“When we can live in peace and harmony with one another, irrespective of race, color, creed…When that day arrives we will be… — L.C. Bates Copy Share Image
Ukraine is a vital link for Europe: our energy transportation networks; our location between the European Union and Eurasia. We're the melting… — Yulia Tymoshenko Copy Share Image
The Republican brand has been so badly damaged that if Republicans try to run an anti-Obama, anti-Rev. Wright or, if Sen. Clinton… — Newt Gingrich Copy Share Image
In the early 2000s, people expected that anonymity on the Internet would be positive for the development of democracy in South Korea.… — Kim Young-ha Copy Share Image
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
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
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
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
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
'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
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
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
