Since Humanism as a functioning credo is so closely bound up with the methods of reason and science, plainly free speech and… — Corliss Lamont Copy Share Image
Crucially, I'd like to thank Labour party members up and down the country for sticking with us. For their active citizenship, their… — David Blunkett Copy Share Image
John Kerry now getting slammed by the Republicans because of a botched joke he did about President Bush and Iraq in a… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
Without the confidence to know our democracy is functioning properly, we risk more disillusionment, more cynicism, and even more public apathy toward… — Alan K. Simpson Copy Share Image
No one is arguing that the entire Voting Rights Act is unconstitutional. Section 2 is the most important part of the act.… — Luther Strange Copy Share Image
I've dealt with Democrats and Republicans all my life, and somebody said, "Oh, do you have that much experience politically?" You know,… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
People send me e-mails saying, "You're a movie critic. You don't know anything about politics." Well, you know what, I'm 60 years… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
Americans assume that we never go to war to sustain our wealth, because war must be understood as a moral enterprise commensurate… — Stanley Hauerwas Copy Share Image
I think that most people don't think in terms of an American revolution, they think in terms of a Russian revolution, or… — Grace Lee Boggs Copy Share Image
There are some historians who say that democratic republics dont last more than 200 years. Well, weve got to show that you… — Maurice Hinchey Copy Share Image
“The Constitution is ink on parchment. It is forty-four hundred words. And it is, too, the accreted set of meanings that have… — Jill Lepore Copy Share Image
There is an urgent need to-day for the citizens of a democracy to think well. It is not enough to have freedom… — Susan Stebbing Copy Share Image
“Like clockwork, the powerful end up dictating, and so everyone is forced to compete for power, which only leads to an ever-escalating… — Eric Robert Morse Copy Share Image
We all accuse Vladimir Putin of Cold War nostalgia, but Washington's elites - politicians and intellectuals - miss the old days as… — Fareed Zakaria Copy Share Image
“The modern left proves how prescient the Framers were. The left’s class warfare strategies mean that election campaigns are actually conducted against… — Andrew McCarthy Copy Share Image
“Sometimes," Helena continued, "I have a terrible dream of the future. Not now, but presently, people may forget their loyalty to their… — Evelyn Waugh Copy Share Image
We must never forget that many around the globe are denied the basic rights we enjoy as Americans. If we are to… — James Inhofe Copy Share Image
That just gives sort of the democracy an opportunity to test ideas, for those who lost to catch their breath, regain energy,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Before it was emails, it was Benghazi, and the Republicans were stirring up so much controversy about that. And I testified for… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
To me, elitism means a love of excellence and superiority, but America has declared war on both and developed a sick love… — Florence King Copy Share Image
“In a fearful, eroding democracy, it remains to be seen whether art continues to be free to act in the public sphere… — Gregory Sholette Copy Share Image
There are always two kinds of people in every country: Progressives and reactionaries; wise people and ignorant; democrats and fascists; libertarians and… — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
A minister is supposed to be there to remind his permanent officials that they work for the rest of us. If, instead,… — Daniel Hannan Copy Share Image
With growing and intermixed minority populations, our democracy can not work optimally unless all people are integrated as full and equal members,… — Richard Benjamin Copy Share Image
In every issue there are winners are losers, and the losers are plenty. But they have to be willing to grudgingly accept… — Dick Gephardt Copy Share Image
The Democrats have done so poorly in red states and essentially been evacuated from the red - the entire red part of… — Joy-Ann Reid Copy Share Image
Doctrine that eliminates or even obscures the function of choice of values and enlistment of desires and emotions in behalf of those… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
Highly placed New York kingmakers work toward 'convergence' between the Republican and Democratic parties so as to preserve their 'America Last' foreign… — Phyllis Schlafly Copy Share Image
“To safeguard democracy the people must have a keen sense of independence, self-respect and their oneness, and should insist upon choosing as… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
The Republicans are many things, but they're not dumb. And if millions of people begin to stand up and fight back, they're… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
You can't keep a democracy going in a functional and constructive way if only 10 percent of the people you represent think… — John Sarbanes Copy Share Image
It's not that the Democrats are playing checkers and the Republicans are playing chess. It's that the Republicans are playing chess and… — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
The real democratic idea is, not that every man shall be on a level with every other, but that every one shall… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
“It is enough that the people know there was an election. The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In our democracy and our civic discourse, it seems as if folks who take religion the most seriously are sometimes also those… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Belief in liberal freedom and democracy is always belief in it in a particular place, in a national home with histories that… — Michael Ignatieff Copy Share Image
It is not the armed forces which can protect our democracy. It is the moral strength of democracy which alone can give… — Max Lerner Copy Share Image
If you have a sense of purpose and a sense of direction, I believe people will follow you. Democracy isn't just about… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
Our society will always remain an unstable and explosive compound as long as political power is vested in the masses and economic… — Irving Fisher Copy Share Image
Islamic laws this is something Americans should look into, maybe not in the near future, but I think people are definitely looking… — Anjem Choudary Copy Share Image
