Without general elections, without freedom of the press, freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, without the free battle of opinions, life in… — Rosa Luxemburg Copy Share Image
We used to fight for democracy. Democracy used to matter. We now treat it with contempt. We have turned our backs on… — Nigel Farage Copy Share Image
Why live outside the US? Do you want health care or safe food products or democracy or something? They're all overrated. Stay… — Ian Mckellen Copy Share Image
I have spent my life fighting for our country and our values. When those values are jeopardized, when our democracy is threatened,… — Mikie Sherrill Copy Share Image
In a democracy, you don't need anyone's permission to form a new political party, publish a politically charged article, or organize a… — Gary Hamel Copy Share Image
Most people turn things like elections into a fetish and think it's the only way to go: if we just keep giving… — Pankaj Mishra Copy Share Image
I have - I have more than an interesting task in piloting Wales into our new democracy, without wanting to exercise draconian… — Ron Davies Copy Share Image
The professionals at the State Board of Elections must assume control of the county board of elections operations in Bladen County, which… — Robin Hayes Copy Share Image
“. . . a nation is not an idea only of local extent, and individual momentary aggregation; but it is an idea… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
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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
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
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
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“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
Ultimately, it's not our responsibility to turn Afghanistan into a 21st-century, vibrant, economic, liberal democracy with a little L. Our responsibility is… — Martha McSally Copy Share Image
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Good and just society is neither the thesis of capitalism nor the antithesis of communism, but a socially conscious democracy which reconciles… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Democratic priorities remain clear: to provide a tax cut for working families, to promote policies that produce jobs and economic growth, and… — Nancy Pelosi Copy Share Image
Freedom of expression - in particular, freedom of the press - guarantees popular participation in the decisions and actions of government, and… — Corazon Aquino Copy Share Image
I think [ unpopular presidential candidates ] indicates, at least on the Democratic side, that we've got more work to do to… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The [Vietnam] war's gone on for three years. And we'd thought we'd ended it because we'd done exactly what we were told… — Bill Ayers Copy Share Image
The growing tide of anti-Semitism shocks the conscious of everyone who values freedom, and the ugly, hateful acts particularly stain the character… — Mike Ferguson Copy Share Image
The left considers conservatives and Republicans to be their number one enemy, not Islam. Certainly not Islam! We conservatives and Republicans are… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
Fascism rewarded jackasses in uniform. Democracy gives privileges to those in sports' gear. In Italy, political regimes come to pass. Jackasses remain.… — Indro Montanelli Copy Share Image
A vigorous democracy a democracy in which there are freedom from want, freedom from fear, freedom of religion, and freedom of speech… — Helen Gahagan Douglas Copy Share Image
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You can't get votes that way. So [the Republicans] have been compelled to mobilize a base of voters and gone to elements… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
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In mid-2014, 51 percent of American Republicans viewed Putin very unfavorably. Two years later, 14 percent did. By January, 75 percent of… — Franklin Foer Copy Share Image
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Democrats, independents, Republicans, all of us Americans who love our country. What a wonderful time to come together and really just count… — Robert Hurt Copy Share Image
How have relations with Iran and Belarus benefited Venezuela? We are interested in countries that have democracies, that respect human rights, that… — Henrique Capriles Radonski Copy Share Image
I thought that that was an effort to inject a popular element, a democratic element into the selection of a person who,… — Stephen Breyer Copy Share Image
I see Edward Snowden as someone who has chosen, at best, exile from the country he loves-with a serious risk of his… — Daniel Ellsberg Copy Share Image
Everything Republicans once claimed to advocate - entitlement reform, free trade, standing up to dictators, encouraging the march of freedom around the… — Bret Stephens Copy Share Image
The whole idea of a democracy is that we ourselves, the people, are supposed to make a path of our politics, and… — Eugene Jarecki Copy Share Image
The safety and security of our democracy demands competent civilian control of our armed forces, the subordination of military power to the… — Lloyd Austin Copy Share Image
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