Democracy actually requires that the whole public be able to see common problems and address them and step outside of their own… — Eli Pariser Copy Share Image
I have not the smallest doubt that, if we had a purely democratic government here, the effect would be the same. Either… — Thomas B. Macaulay Copy Share Image
The Republicans always do a good job of dividing and conquering. They do a really good job of making black folks, poor… — Charles Barkley Copy Share Image
A democracy depends on the full integration of women into society, especially on seeing to it that they have equal access to… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
It's not that we must convince people to believe in democracy as a notion or as a political aspiration; it's that we… — Zohran Mamdani Copy Share Image
I've listened to Republicans say over and over again that we should focus on enforcing the laws that we have. The great… — Chris Murphy Copy Share Image
I'm much more attracted personally to governments going their full term. It's very hard to have a fixed term election I know… — Jim Bolger Copy Share Image
Russia's interference in the United States' 2016 election could not have been more different from what the United States does to promote… — Tom Malinowski Copy Share Image
“It is, indeed, difficult to conceive how men who have entirely given up the habit of self-government should succeed in making a… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
“So I asked Dr Ceric if he thought there was a conflict between European values and Islam. ‘Not at all,’ he said.… — Kristiane Backer Copy Share Image
“Poultry Farm (Sonnet) First law of poultry farming: keep your livestock busy with trivial problems, so they stay ever oblivious to systemic… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
People need immediate places to refresh, reinvent themselves. Our surroundings built and natural alike, have an immediate and a continuing effect on… — Tony Hiss Copy Share Image
laughter, that distinctively human emotion, laughter which springs from trust in the other, from willingness to put oneself momentarily in the other's… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
“A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the people discover they can vote themselves… — Alexander Fraser Tytler Woodhouselee Copy Share Image
What in fact takes place in an election is that two hand picked candidates are propped up before the citizenry, each candidate… — Robert Ringer Copy Share Image
And is it not true that in like manner a leader of the people who, getting control of a docile mob, does… — Plato Copy Share Image
The advantage of the internet is that it has taken away the charade of politics. China has heard of democracy and people… — Marilyn Manson Copy Share Image
[On Brazil:] In our country everything is weakening. The money is weak. Democracy is weak and the politicians are very weak. Everything… — Carolina Maria de Jesus Copy Share Image
A new presidential poll reveals that Democrats have the edge among voters under 30. The good news for Republicans is that there's… — Conan O'Brien Copy Share Image
In a few decades, the relationship between the environment, resources and conflict may seem almost as obvious as the connection we see… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
We must abandon the notion that the people govern. Instead, we must adopt the theory that, by their occasional mobilisations as a… — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
How is it reasonable that in a country purporting to be a democracy, I am not permitted to speak freely? Why, as… — Bilawal Bhutto Zardari Copy Share Image
Now that the 2014 elections are over and national politics is all about 2016, Democrats have good reason to worry that, for… — Byron York Copy Share Image
As a president I will be like the candidate that I am, a respectful candidate, a rallying candidate, a normal candidate for… — Francois Hollande Copy Share Image
The elections are run by the same guys who sell toothpaste. They show you an image of a sports hero, or a… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
One faith, one law and one standard of justice did not mean democracy. The heresy of democracy has since then worked havoc… — R.J. Rushdoony Copy Share Image
The political system of the People's Republic of China can make things easy. Decisions are made quickly and results come quickly, too.… — Ratan Tata Copy Share Image
Our great democracies still tend to think that a stupid man is more likely to be honest than a clever man, and… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
As a rule, dictatorships guarantee safe streets and terror of the doorbell. In democracy the streets may be unsafe after dark, but… — Adam Michnik Copy Share Image
We have parliamentary democracy. It is the prime minister who runs the show, who is the chief executive of the country. The… — Nawaz Sharif Copy Share Image
It's not speech per se that allows democracies to function, but the ability to agree - eventually, at least some of the… — Zeynep Tufekci Copy Share Image
Put a lawn sign on your lawn; go door to door for your candidate. Register people to vote. There's so much we… — Kirsten Gillibrand Copy Share Image
We must smother the internal and external enemies of the Republic or perish with it; now in this situation, the first maxim… — Maximilien Robespierre Copy Share Image
We must ensure that these acts of terror do not accomplish in a slow burn what the fires of the World Trade… — John Conyers Copy Share Image
I think that the responsibility that the Democrats had may rest more in resisting any efforts by Republicans in the Congress, or… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
In 1974, Democrats gained 49 House seats and four Senate seats. It wasn't just the Watergate scandal that drove Democratic wins, but… — Rick Wilson Copy Share Image
The cultivated mind is the guardian genius of democracy. It is the only dictator that free man acknowledges. It is the only… — Mirabeau B. Lamar Copy Share Image
Even if I were knocked down by one gunshot it wouldn't affect our democracy and I wasn't knocked down and I have… — Chen Shui-bian Copy Share Image
I’ve never wanted to be called an artist. The term itself seems old-fashioned. It’s a term that does not relate to modern… — Miuccia Prada Copy Share Image
So little of what makes a democracy work is written down. So much of it is just the things you don't do.… — David Frum Copy Share Image
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