Who is against democracy? Is it the one who calls for peaceful resistance, or the one who bombs people, sheds their blood… — Muqtada al Sadr Copy Share Image
Republicans drove us into debt with two wars and the Bush tax cuts. Now they want to pay for that debt with… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
To be a film director is not a democracy, it's really a tyranny. You're the head of the project, for better rather… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
But if we had to trade with a Europe dominated by the present German trade policies, we might have to change our… — Wendell Willkie Copy Share Image
The issue is: $1 trillion or $2 trillion is a lot of money. If our objective is to have stability in the… — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image
The greatest threat to public confidence in elections in this case is the prospect of enforcing a purposefully discriminatory law, one that… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
The practice of our democracy depends on a sense of, and knowledge of, history in the same way that playing in the… — Lewis H. Lapham Copy Share Image
This is, after all, the country that gave the world the rule of law, parliamentary democracy, the right to own property, the… — Andrea Leadsom Copy Share Image
Our ultimate weapon is not our guns but our beliefs ... Ours are not Western values. They are the universal values of… — Tony Blair Copy Share Image
In Latin America, in the past, it was almost impossible to guarantee democracy. There were military dictatorships, and nowadays there are not… — Evo Morales Copy Share Image
“Under that democracy, license was not confounded with freedom. Political 'equality' has been understood in two senses: as meaning either that all… — Isocrates Copy Share Image
The technologies for the alternative energy sources exists today. The economics are compelling. The public health is compelling. Why would we maintain… — Robert F. Kennedy, Jr Copy Share Image
“If you wanted to bestow the grandiose title of "most successful organization in modern history," you would struggle to find a more… — David Leonhardt Copy Share Image
“Without the continued existence of the democratic system and of publicly funded education and research, however, most current teachers and intellectuals would… — Hans-Hermann Hoppe Copy Share Image
Much of human progress has been in defiance of religion or of the apparent natural order. The defiance of religious and secular… — Fred Edwords Copy Share Image
“When I was ten years old, one of my friends brought a Shaleenian kangaroo-cat to school one day. I remember the way… — David Gerrold Copy Share Image
Not everything is so bad... Whichever way you look at it, we feel that we can face the future when the liberal,… — Kersti Kaljulaid Copy Share Image
For about ten years now, the struggle for democracy and the respect of human rights has been in the focus point -… — Omar Bongo Copy Share Image
Republicans like to accuse Democrats of trying to 'pick winners and losers.' They say we should run government 'like a business' and… — Tom Steyer Copy Share Image
The two great points of difference between a democracy and a republic are: first, the delegation of the government, in the latter,to… — James Madison Copy Share Image
When you read about the end of the Soviet Union, it's always about the "death of socialism." They never say "the death… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The inability or unwillingness of citizens to differentiate between fake and authentic news is undermining a fundamental assumption of democracy: the informed… — Richard Edelman Copy Share Image
The good news, to relieve all this gloom, is that a democracy is inherently self-correcting. Here, the people are sovereign. Inept political… — Theodore C. Sorensen Copy Share Image
To balance China, the democracies will need new friends - and India with its fast-growing economy, youthful population, and democratic politics seems… — David Frum Copy Share Image
What we need in Africa is balanced development. Economic success cannot be a replacement for human rights or participation or democracy... it… — Mo Ibrahim Copy Share Image
You can't have a democracy when people don't learn to put themselves in the shoes of another person, who can't think what… — Martha Nussbaum Copy Share Image
The key to winning any general election in the USA is to excite your base and then expand your base - get… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
Elections are supposed to resolve conflicts in a great democracy, but our next one will not. The elites will face off against… — Bhaboo Copy Share Image
After all, how can a society flourish, a country attain democracy and health, children grow into intelligent beings, sensitive to the needs… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
“Changing entrenched systems is daunting; the odds against reshaping the nation's police forces are high. But there are few things more important… — Ann Medlock Copy Share Image
“New Englanders began the Revolution not to institute reforms and changes in the order of things, but to save the institutions and… — Edward Pearson Pressey Copy Share Image
“The problem with the Mindset of a fair Democracy is that it purports to be a fair and trustworthy system, but history… — Tony Dovale Copy Share Image
However, it was the great 18th century social philosophers John Locke, Thomas Hobbes, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau who brought the concept of a… — Simon Mainwaring Copy Share Image
The modern election campaign is created by power in order to convince the realm that all is well, and, further, that its… — Neil Macdonald Copy Share Image
I actually have to consciously stay away from CNN and MSNBC because it will rot my brain and start having me agree… — Eddie Pepitone Copy Share Image
The English, being the most practical people in the world, came up with parliamentary democracy and codified football and Cadbury's Creme Egg.… — Ardal O'Hanlon Copy Share Image
I believe that it is essential to our leadership in the world and to the development of true democracy in our country… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Ultimately, we didn't go to Germany to create a democracy. We went to overthrow Adolf Hitler. But once a democracy was there,… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
Although he runs as an independent and caucuses with the Democrats, Senator Sanders is a socialist/Social Democrat who openly pines for European… — Will Cain Copy Share Image
The most effective way to restrict democracy is to transfer decision-making from the public arena to unaccountable institutions: kings and princes, priestly… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
