The American principles of democracy expresses the deepest values of the Sharia both structurally and in the government... Sharia requires us Muslims… — Feisal Abdul Rauf Copy Share Image
Democracy was always a gamble. In 1776, the founders rejected the old idea that government should be based on hierarchies according to… — Heather Cox Richardson Copy Share Image
How much ... did the volume of disease in a nation account for its spirit? If so, the eradication of sickness, as… — Alice Tisdale Hobart Copy Share Image
Historically, Democrats have shown they are willing to do just about anything to win elections. Republicans must quit taking the high road… — Charlie Kirk Copy Share Image
Democracy only works, as President [Barack] Obama spoke of in his farewell message, if it's driven by the people and the people… — Aldis Hodge Copy Share Image
I have a prominent platform and I want to use it to promote respect for human rights, democracy, and personal freedom. For… — Enes Kanter Copy Share Image
Governments must not run only for elections. The government should be a bona fide attempt of meeting the demands and expectations of… — Narendra Modi Copy Share Image
“Democracy, we now know, is more than periodic elections in some countries, such elections have been used to legitimize essentially authoritarian regimes… — Joseph E. Stiglitz Copy Share Image
As long as there is democracy, there will be people wanting to play jazz because nothing else will ever so perfectly capture… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
I'd like to teach Iraq about Democracy because we're so experienced with it. First they should know that after 100 years they… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
Everything has become very corporate and very careful. Before we had a real democracy going and there were a lot of freedoms… — Don McLean Copy Share Image
You know that Republicans will yell about the evils of partisanship whenever anyone tries to make a connection between the rhetoric of… — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
All voting is a sort of gaming, like checkers or backgammon, with a slight moral tinge to it, a playing with right… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
It's often said that the Democrats fight 'for the little guy.' That's true: liberals fight to make sure the little guy stays… — Angela McGlowan Copy Share Image
Democrats in Washington predicted that tax cuts would not create jobs, would not increase wages, and would cause the federal deficit to… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
Does anybody really believe that Iraq is going to be a wonderful democracy where people are going to run down to the… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
We tie ourselves in knots when we act as if democracy is good for the United States and Israel but not for… — Nicholas D. Kristof Copy Share Image
There is no society that protects freedom of religion more than secular democracies, because in societies where one religion rules, different viewpoints… — Flemming Rose Copy Share Image
Meaningful student involvement is the process of engaging students as partners in every facet of school change for the purpose strengthening their… — Adam Fletcher Copy Share Image
I like the idea of a book being a democratic space which readers enter, carrying their own thoughts, and participate in a… — Aleksandar Hemon Copy Share Image
We urge all democratic nations and the United Nations to answer the Iraqi Governing Council's call for support for the people of… — Dick Cheney Copy Share Image
[Senators John Kerry & John Edwards] have risen high in Democratic polls with a brand of class resentment and soak-the-rich rhetoric rooted… — William Safire Copy Share Image
If you can stitch together that kind of coalition with young people, bringing together conservatives and evangelicals - and I will tell… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
Men and women have served and died to protect American democracy, but their sacrifice will be for naught if that democracy dies… — Jennifer Granholm Copy Share Image
The defence of democracy must consist in making anti-democratic experiences too costly for those who try them; much more costly than a… — Karl Popper Copy Share Image
The tank, the B-52, the fighter-bomber, the state-controlled police and military are the weapons of dictatorship. The rifle is the weapon of… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
There never is a good time for tough decisions. There will always be an election or something else. You have to pick… — Jairam Ramesh Copy Share Image
Behold a republic standing erect while empires all around are bowed beneath the weight of their own armaments - a republic whose… — William Jennings Bryan Copy Share Image
“ELECTION (Gk. eklog, “choice,” a “picking out”). Bible Meaning. This word in the Scriptures has three distinct applications. (1) To the divine… — Merrill F. Unger Copy Share Image
There is no more important struggle for American democracy than ensuring a diverse, independent and free media. Free Press is at the… — Bill Moyers Copy Share Image
This will be the day when we shall bring into full realization the dream of American democracy -- a dream yet unfulfilled.… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
We spent the election campaign really canvassing where we were as a nation, deciding who had the mandate to change that up… — Jacinda Ardern Copy Share Image
to provide a cure for the evils under which the United States labored; that in tracing these evils to their origin every… — Edmund Randolph Copy Share Image
The atomic weapons race and the secrecy surrounding it crushed American democracy. It induced us to conduct government according to lies. It… — Stewart Udall Copy Share Image
You look at women at the Republican convention and women at the Democratic convention. Republicans have a certain aesthetic beauty that involves… — Ron Reagan Copy Share Image
Democrats believe, plausibly, that middle-class entitlements are instantly addictive and, because there is no known detoxification, that class, when facing future choices… — George Will Copy Share Image
I hear Democrats say, 'The Affordable Care Act is the law,' as though we're supposed to genuflect at that sunburst of insight… — George Will Copy Share Image
You can make peace with an enemy, if the enemy abandons the idea of destroying you. That is the critical test. Democracies… — Benjamin Netanyahu Copy Share Image
Most pundits regard an election year session as an opportunity for the two parties to frame issues and garner political advantage in… — Bob Ehrlich Copy Share Image
Is it not the excess and greed of this and the neglect of all other things that revolutionizes this constitution too and… — Plato Copy Share Image