There are two clocks ticking in Iran. One is the democracy movement clock which is ticking now faster than it was but… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
We must now, in the 21st century, protect democracy, one which rests on fundamental rights for all, regardless of skin color, gender,… — Martin Schulz Copy Share Image
During the 1960s, large groups of people who are normally passive and apathetic began to try to enter the political arena to… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Through much of the last century, America's faith in freedom and democracy was a rock in a raging sea. Now it is… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
The reality is that we are hated not because of our democracy, freedoms, and generous social security system; rather, we are hated… — Amir Butler Copy Share Image
A campaign is a disagreement, and disagreements divide. But an election is a decision, and decisions clear the way for harmony and… — George H. W. Bush Copy Share Image
Democracy is an experiment, and the right of the majority to rule is no more inherent than the right of the minority… — William Allen White Copy Share Image
I vote because it's what small-d democracy is about. Because there are places where people fight for generations and stand for hours… — Ellen Goodman Copy Share Image
Growing terrorism, permissive societies, democracy collapsing through lack of law and order. If things continue on their present track, the disintegration of… — Mohammed Reza Pahlavi Copy Share Image
“I do not say that democracy has been more pernicious on the whole, and in the long run, than monarchy or aristocracy.… — John Adams Copy Share Image
“Democracy, indeed, has a fair-appearing name and conveys the impression of bringing equal rights to all through equal laws, but its results… — Cassius Dio Copy Share Image
“1. Bangladesh… In 1971 ... Kissinger overrode all advice in order to support the Pakistani generals in both their civilian massacre policy… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
Perhaps it will be found that to obtain a just republic (and it is to secure our just rights that we resort… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
In the 19th century it was basically nationality and people trying to define their nationalism and create states which would reflect their… — Samuel P. Huntington Copy Share Image
Because Al-Qaeda has been a non-state centered organisation, many of these scenarios do not exactly apply. These are not wars between states.… — Judith Butler Copy Share Image
The great social justice changes in our country have happened when people came together, organized, and took direct action. It is this… — Dolores Huerta Copy Share Image
“We often hear the Church referred to as a democracy, when in reality, instead of being a church where the body is… — N. Eldon Tanner Copy Share Image
The worst that can happen under monarchy is rule by a single imbecile, but democracy often means the rule by an assembly… — Robert Anton Wilson Copy Share Image
The progress of democracy seems irresistible, because it is the most uniform, the most ancient and the most permanent tendency which is… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
If people don't like me, I insist they can vote for someone else. The only stupid thing we can do is to… — Ksenia Sobchak Copy Share Image
Russian scorn for liberal democracy has a long history, and a certain kind of Russian disdain for the West is nothing new.… — Anne Applebaum Copy Share Image
Nietzsche should not be taken seriously as a political theorist, at least not at the level of his positive prescriptions. But the… — Mark Fisher Copy Share Image
The transformation of the United States from a traditional republic to a democratic nation run in large measure by a single executive… — Noah Feldman Copy Share Image
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was indeed a vital instrument of democracy, ensuring the integrity and reliability of a democratic process… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My first meeting as a senator, my first day, they were already talking about the next election. Part of that's the permanent… — Evan Bayh Copy Share Image
Surveillance legislation fit for the 21st century, which strikes the right balance between privacy, security and democracy is a prize worth fighting… — Keir Starmer Copy Share Image
The UPA government is non-serious, it has taken the people for granted & it is not bothered about the youth. Their approach… — Narendra Modi Copy Share Image
The Democrats said, "We don't know what's wrong with America, but we can fix it." The Republicans said, "There's nothing wrong with… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Many have imagined republics and principalities which have never been seen or known to exist in reality; for how we live is… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
This election presents a stark choice - we can continue down the road of the Obama Democrats, more and more spending, debt… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
When an opponent declares, "I will not come over to your side," I calmly say, "Your child belongs to us already...What are… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
We're running in a primary election. What do you do? You go out and seek support. When you're getting support, that's good.… — Richard Cordray Copy Share Image
Lebanon is restless, Syria got its walking papers, Egypt is scheduling elections with more than one candidate, and even Saudi Arabia, whose… — Suzanne Fields Copy Share Image
“Democracies can't function if their citizens don't strive, at least some of the time, to inhabit a common space, a space where… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
People in so many countries look up to the United States as a model of democracy, but I doubt if that can… — Bianca Jagger Copy Share Image
It is the daily; it is the small; it is the cumulative injuries of little people that we are here to protect…If… — Learned Hand Copy Share Image
A democracy is a state in which the poor, gaining the upper hand, kill some and banish others, and then divide the… — Plato Copy Share Image
There is an old saying that the course of civilization is a race between catastrophe and education. In a democracy such as… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Donald Trump believes in nation-state democracy; Hillary Clinton used the E.U. as a prototype for a larger global union. Donald Trump believes… — Nigel Farage Copy Share Image
It would be foolish and wrong to ignore the fact that all our universities today tread a very dangerous path. Increasingly, they… — Vincent Massey Copy Share Image
