The true slogan of a true democracy is not 'Let the Government do it' but rather, 'let's do it ourselves'… This is… — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
Bourgeois democracy is democracy of pompous phrases, solemn words, exuberant promises and the high-sounding slogans of freedom and equality. But, in fact,… — Vladimir Lenin Copy Share Image
You think history is going to remember the United States as a great democracy? No, they're going to think of us as… — Michael Moore Copy Share Image
What we call a financial crisis is really at its core a crisis of management, and not just a crisis of management,… — Henry Mintzberg Copy Share Image
During their tenure, the elected representatives of the people walk with the gods. And it is only when an election is announced… — N. Bhaskara Rao Copy Share Image
Look at the orators in our republics; as long as they are poor, both state and people can only praise their uprightness;… — Aristophanes Copy Share Image
Generalization is flawed thinking only when applied to individuals. It is the most accurate way to describe the mass, the Wad. And… — Trevanian Copy Share Image
In walking through the world there is a choice for a man to make. He can choose the fair and open path,… — Ida Tarbell Copy Share Image
What is any political campaign save a concerted effort to turn out a set of politicians who are admittedly bad and put… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
Four states where [Democrats] have the governorship and both houses of the legislature. That's it. They have lost seats. They are not… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
“In his book Politics, which is the foundation of the study of political systems, and very interesting, Aristotle talked mainly about Athens.… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I would recommend any American who wants to understand where the government is going in the next four years of George W.… — Seymour Hersh Copy Share Image
All deductions having been made, democracy has done less harm, and more good, than any other form of government. It gave to… — Will Durant Copy Share Image
“Experts need to remember, always, that they are the servants and not the masters of a democratic society and a republican government.… — Thomas M. Nichols Copy Share Image
It's very difficult to have any faith in the sincerity of the SLORC about stamping out drug production if they find it… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
“The poor man retains the prejudices of his forefathers without their faith, and their ignorance without their virtues; he has adopted the… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
South Africa has faced many problems in the past. You would understand those problems if you understood the history of the struggle… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
America's most dangerous and threatening black man is the one who has been kept sealed up by the Northerner in the black… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
Whoever wants to reach socialism by any other path than that of political democracy will inevitably arrive at conclusions that are absurd… — Vladimir Lenin Copy Share Image
As the consumer is the public general, without distinction of rank or fortune, the free market is the most obvious expression of… — Faustino Ballve Copy Share Image
Finally, I want to make the point that we are Republicans. We are the majority. It is going to be a little… — Jack Kingston Copy Share Image
A constitutional state is like daily bread, like water to drink and air to breath, and the best thing about democracy is… — Gustav Radbruch Copy Share Image
Before Katrina, you didn't see criticism of the Bush administration in the media. Here they are, stealing elections, enacting illegal wars, huge… — Ani DiFranco Copy Share Image
Life is a republic where the individuals are for the most part unconscious that while they are working for themselves they are… — Francis Galton Copy Share Image
Israel was not created in order to disappear - Israel will endure and flourish. It is the child of hope and the… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
There's a narrative out there about Republicans being not just anti-illegal immigrant, but anti-immigrant. It was very important to me to break… — Mike Coffman Copy Share Image
The foundations of democratic transition should be laid in accordance with a sincere and committed strategy that is supported by various policy… — Recep Tayyip Erdogan Copy Share Image
I noticed that democracy was broken and tried to work on fixing that in Japan. Then I realized that it was broken… — Joichi Ito Copy Share Image
I may have come into politics with an unacknowledged condescension toward the game and the people who played it, but I left… — Michael Ignatieff Copy Share Image
The building of America has had its fair share of mistakes, but it's a constitution that's the jewel of democracy, the envy… — Gary Oldman Copy Share Image
“Election does not exclude anybody from the kingdom of God who wants in. Rather, it includes in God’s kingdom those whose direction… — Michael Horton Copy Share Image
Democracy rests upon two pillars: one, the principle that all men are equally entitled to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness;… — Louis D. Brandeis Copy Share Image
Democracy is something America has never really practiced. Because the Founding Fathers hated two things: monarchy and democracy. They wanted a republic,… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
“In American life, democracy and capitalism, despite their advantages, tend to erode the place of traditional authorities (families, religious faith, and other… — Charles J. Chaput Copy Share Image
If there is a horrific attack on this country like 9/11, the American people will demand we go to war and settle… — Pat Buchanan Copy Share Image
Global markets must be balanced by global values such as respect for human rights and international law, democracy, security and sustainable economic… — Anna Lindh Copy Share Image
Democracy no longer means what it was meant to. It has been taken back into the workshop. Each of its institutions has… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
Conservatives, they're like the Republicans to me. They don't do much. They have this whole hierarchy and boys' club thing going on.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
As dismayed as Americans are with the influence of the special interests that finance election campaigns, they've been reluctant to embrace the… — John Harwood Copy Share Image
Some Democrats say the estimated $60 billion dollar cost of a war with Iraq could be better spent at home. When he… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image