An independent and free media is essential to ensure democracy. — Warren Christopher Copy Share Image
If knowledge does not bring money, the book is its place, not the brain. — Ilkin Santak Copy Share Image
Patronage is almost a wicked word. By itself it could well-nigh defeat democracy. — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
My people are going to learn the principles of democracy, the dictates of truth and the teachings of science. Superstition must go. — Mustafa Kemal Ataturk Copy Share Image
Putting it as strongly as I can, the failure to give free airtime for our political campaigns endangers our democracy. — Walter Cronkite Copy Share Image
Law matters, because it keeps us safe, because it protects our most fundamental rights and freedoms, and because it is the foundation… — Elena Kagan Copy Share Image
The Republicans proved they are not the party of 'no.' They're the party of 'f**k, no!' — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
An election is coming. Universal peace is declared and the foxes have a sincere interest in prolonging the lives of the poultry. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Democracy means that you have the right to vote without intimidation and undue burdens. — DeForest Soaries Copy Share Image
If I were the president of the United States, I would make unions illegal. They no longer serve a functional purpose in… — Kevin O'Leary Copy Share Image
“You need to change hearts and change laws. Although I never imagined running for office myself, I came to see partisan politics… — Hillary Rodham Clinton Copy Share Image
The nonconformist and the rebel say all manner of unanswerable things against the existing republic, but discover to our sense no plan… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Without God, there is no virtue because there is no prompting of the conscience... without God, there is a coarsening of the… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
A republic is not an easy form of government to live under, and when the responsibility of citizenship is evaded, democracy decays… — Earl Warren Copy Share Image
“One of the crucial traits of real leaders in a democracy is the ability to help people become better informed so that… — William W. Lewis Copy Share Image
You can offer the ability to citizens to choose from one of the two parties and elect their leaders as much as… — Glenn Greenwald Copy Share Image
If you want to rip the heart out of a democracy, you go after the facts. That's what modern authoritarians do. You… — Maria Ressa Copy Share Image
Some kind of affirmative action is important in a democracy and for economic competitiveness and national security. The Army was the first… — Andrew Young Copy Share Image
The International Brigade was not formed to protect freedom and democracy. It was founded as a tool of of the Comintern, to… — Kevin Myers Copy Share Image
I think that the Republicans who have been cautious, recognizing that they have to be concerned about their re-elections, etc., they won't… — Maxine Waters Copy Share Image
“Historically, it is traditional and habitual for us to be inadequately prepared. This is the combined result of a number factors, the… — Ernest King Copy Share Image
“Democracies, as we know, are prone to every error from incompetence and corruption to misguided fetishes and gridlock. Therefore, it is astonishing,… — Madeleine K. Albright Copy Share Image
Everyone that I'm friends with does not have the same party standing. For the most part, my friends are Democrats, but not… — Logan Browning Copy Share Image
Capitalism is out of control, thanks in no small part to Citizens United, the Supreme Court decision which said that a corporation… — Bill Moyers Copy Share Image
Socialism is the democratisation of every level of society, or it is nothing. It is based on an understanding that the concentration… — Owen Jones Copy Share Image
The problems that exist on Wall Street today go to the center of a debate in this country about wealth and democracy.… — Dennis Kucinich Copy Share Image
Democracy should be practiced not every six years, but every day. — Gael Garcia Bernal Copy Share Image
Elections in Nigeria Under My Watch Have Been Credible and Transparent — Goodluck Jonathan Copy Share Image
For a politician, the long term is between now and the next election. — Edgar Fiedler Copy Share Image
