We must make democracy the popular creed...If we should fail to do this, our people are bound to suffer... That is what… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
As an American I am of course fundamentally opposed to democracy and to anyone advocating or defending democracy, which in theory and… — Rose Wilder Lane Copy Share Image
“I'm a citizen in a democracy. To call me an activist would be redundant. It's not a spectator sport. If we all… — Michael Moore Copy Share Image
My principles, and those always received by the republicans, do not admit to removing any person from office merely for a difference… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The unending chase for money, I believe, threatens to steal our democracy itself. I've used the word 'corrupting,' and I want to… — Scott Peters Copy Share Image
The rules are rather simple to understand: Under democracy you can defend any view, but only defend it. You can not try… — Poul Henningsen Copy Share Image
Perhaps the best known, and certainly the most vaunted, "discovery" of modern public opinion research is the indifference and ignorance of a… — Moses Finley Copy Share Image
At least when I was young, in high school: "Eh, voting doesn't mean nothing." You don't really know that to be true,… — Aaron McGruder Copy Share Image
What the American people hope - what they deserve - is for all of us, Democrats and Republicans, to work through our… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We no longer live in a world of nations and ideologies. The world is a college of corporations, inexorably determined by the… — Paddy Chayefsky Copy Share Image
“Every single empire in its official discourse has said that it is not like all the others, that its circumstances are special,… — Edward W. Said Copy Share Image
“This is why the collapse of the relationship between experts and citizens is a dysfunction of democracy itself. The abysmal literacy, both… — Thomas M. Nichols Copy Share Image
Vaclav Havel was the most amazing man in terms of being the combination of somebody with massive moral authority, great courage for… — Judy Woodruff Copy Share Image
Marginalized youth, workers, artists and others are raising serious questions about the violence of inequality and the social order that legitimates it.… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
“Conquest occurred through violence, and over-expolitation and oppression necessitate continued violence, so the army is present. There would be no contradiction in… — Albert Memmi Copy Share Image
Americans of all ages, all stations in life, and all types of disposition are forever forming associations. There are not only commercial… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
Americans, the eyes of the world are upon you. How can you expect the world to believe in you and respect your… — Josephine Baker Copy Share Image
The globalisation of information makes people aware of what they have - and have not. Problems and oppression are impossible to hide,… — Anna Lindh Copy Share Image
Democracy is a political method, that is to say, a certain type of institutional arrangement for arriving at political - legislative and… — Joseph A. Schumpeter Copy Share Image
America is not a democracy. I think if your kids understood that - and most people don't. We are a representative republic.… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
Obama and the Democrats are not focused on the moderates. They're focused on getting their base out, and they're trying to expand… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
There are certain things in a man that have to be won, not forced; inspired, not compelled. Among these are many, I… — Alfred Whitney Griswold Copy Share Image
There is but one method of rendering a republican form of government durable, and that is by disseminating the seeds of virtue… — Benjamin Rush Copy Share Image
Look, there is parliamentary democracy in most European countries, there is parliamentary democracy in Japan, there is parliamentary democracy in many countries,… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
We should say to the West: "You have been supporting dictators for too many years. Don't expect the people to introduce democracy… — Tariq Ramadan Copy Share Image
End racial and ethnic gerrymandering, stop voter I.D. laws that seek to suppress voters of color, and make sure everyone can add… — Beto O'Rourke Copy Share Image
I believe that the E.U. should be the union of nation states and that all deepening of ties between the member states… — Andrzej Duda Copy Share Image
Let me appeal to the consciences of many silent, responsible citizens of the white community who know that a victory for democracy… — Medgar Evers Copy Share Image
Rejecting the notion that democracy and markets are the same, young people are calling for an end to the poverty, grotesque levels… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
A community of small farmers... land property owners, will be the only assurance that the freedom our republic offers will be guaranteed… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
It is critical the U.S. hold Vietnamese officials accountable for their human rights violations and show we stand with the Vietnamese people… — Michelle Steel Copy Share Image
My argument has always been that this is not an anti-Bush film, it's a pro-democracy film. And if George W.Bush comes out… — John Sayles Copy Share Image
Any country is either becoming more democratic or less democratic. I think the United States hasn't tended to its journey toward democracy… — Masha Gessen Copy Share Image
But having made my decision as Commander-in-Chief based on what I am convinced is our national security interests, I will seek authorization… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Because democratic institutions do not renew themselves as effortlessly as flowering trees, they demand the ceaseless tinkering of people who possess both… — Bill Vaughan Copy Share Image
Our country was born out of a desire to be free. And every day since, it's been protected by our men and… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
In countries where democracy is either non-existent or in development, on the other hand, citizens crave those freedoms. Maybe that is one… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
I think a lot of Democrats I know, who will vote in the Democratic primary and vote for the Democratic nominee and… — Chris Hayes Copy Share Image
It is extremely uncomfortable to consider that our democracy may have been corrupted. That potential crimes may have taken place - some… — Christopher Wylie Copy Share Image
New York is one of the greatest cities in the world. It is a fitting host to its many international visitors, who… — Ban Ki-moon Copy Share Image
