The fate of every democracy, of every government based on the sovereignty of the people, depends on the choices it makes between… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Democracy is not brute numbers; it is a genuine union of true individuals...the essence of democracy is creating. The technique of democracy… — Mary Parker Follett Copy Share Image
I've always been very interested in the struggle for human rights, not just here but abroad, and I wanted to be an… — Leah Ward Sears Copy Share Image
I do not regard myself as a Christian politician. I regard myself as a politician who just happens to think religion matters.… — Tony Abbott Copy Share Image
In a modern democracy, not only can a libertarian be elitist; a libertarian has to be elitist. To be a libertarian in… — Bryan Caplan Copy Share Image
My favorite forgotten President in American history is James Buchanan, who in defending really robust and sharp-elbowed debates said, "I like the… — Jeff Sharlet Copy Share Image
“Nobody takes democracy or justice seriously, we are all aware of their corrupted nature, but we participate in them, we display our… — Slavoj Žižek Copy Share Image
A democracy which makes or even effectively prepares for modern, scientific war must necessarily cease to be democratic. No country can be… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
Everyone that I'm friends with does not have the same party standing. For the most part, my friends are Democrats, but not… — Logan Browning Copy Share Image
Condelleza Rice and Colin Powell are both dangerous people. What they did in Haiti [2004 U.S.-backed coup that ousted democratically elected President… — Randall Robinson Copy Share Image
“While Bigge was trying to turn back the clock, ex-convicts and their sons and daughters were demanding greater rights. Most important, they… — Daron Acemoğlu Copy Share Image
“This was the first time that the Supreme Court equated the right to vote with the fundamental right of speech and expression… — Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly Copy Share Image
The aim of life is no more to control the mind, but to develop it harmoniously; not to achieve salvation here after,… — Bhagat Singh Copy Share Image
Look, the United States doesn't have political parties. In other countries, take say Europe, you can be an active member of the… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“So take something that's been happening in recent years: devolution―that is, removing authority from the federal government down to the state governments.… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Rights are not the language of democracy. Compromise is what democracy is about. Rights are the language of freedom, and are absolute… — Philip K. Howard Copy Share Image
One of the distinguishing characteristics of a democratic period is the taste that all men have for easy success and present enjoyment.… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
But for Republicans and conservatives, it's both willfully ignorant and negligent not to acknowledge that there is in fact a scientific consensus… — S.E. Cupp Copy Share Image
The struggle between the two worlds [Fascism and Democracy] can permit no compromises. The new cycle which begins with the ninth year… — Benito Mussolini Copy Share Image
A lot of Democrats ask and a lot of people ask, "Why is it necessary for people in this country, who are… — Chuck Todd Copy Share Image
The criticism of the Democrats in the past is that they were too timid. They ran on consultant-driven platitudes and didn't offer… — Ro Khanna Copy Share Image
We should be supportive of the president and supportive of rights of all in a pluralistic democracy that we're called to love.… — Otis Moss III Copy Share Image
The voter is basically dumb and lazy. The reason I became a Democratic operative instead of a Republican was because there were… — James Carville Copy Share Image
All we want is to carry out the greatest expression of a free democracy and vote on Catalonia's future. This is not… — Carles Puigdemont Copy Share Image
We are a republic, very inefficient. If you want a really efficient form of government, you have a king or a dictator.… — Rick Santelli Copy Share Image
This is taking place inside Europe. This is taking place inside a once great nation. The nation that invented democracy. We are… — Nigel Farage Copy Share Image
Linked by universal values such as freedom, democracy, human rights, and the rule of law, which have been shared through a long… — Fumio Kishida Copy Share Image
The first thing I can remember I ever wanted was to go to the United States. And for reasons that are as… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
For the newspaper is in all literalness the bible of democracy, the book out of which a people determines its conduct. It… — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
Democratic societies can no longer give religious fanatics a free hand to abuse and murder non believers. Such action betrays contempt for… — Armstrong Williams Copy Share Image
How it is that within 60 days of a general election issue, groups can no longer tell voters that a Member of… — Paul Weyrich Copy Share Image
Religion is so frequently a source of confusion in political life, and so frequently dangerous to democracy, precisely because it introduces absolutes… — Reinhold Niebuhr Copy Share Image
We live in a dirty and dangerous world. There are some things the general public does not need to know, and shouldn't.… — Katharine Graham Copy Share Image
Authoritarianism, an unrealistic occidental imagination - these issues will never be settled. Turkey will continue to take Europe as a model; it… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
I hope March is a guide for today's activists. It took raw courage for young people to volunteer to go to Mississippi… — Andrew Aydin Copy Share Image
The DA is the only party in South Africa that has grown in every national election and that trend must continue, and… — Helen Zille Copy Share Image
Why will our elections be universal?Because all citizens, excluding those deprived of vote by court, will have the right to vote and… — Joseph Stalin Copy Share Image
Immigration is everyone’s business: it is one of the most important national issues. The idea that it is too dangerous to be… — Geoffrey Blainey Copy Share Image
Our public life withers when only the most extreme voices get attention. Most of all, democracy breaks down when the average person… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I always tell my students: I don't care which side you're on. I respect you too much to try to persuade you… — Susan Estrich Copy Share Image