The problem of education in a democratic society is to do away with ... dualism and to construct a course of studies… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
We are governed, our minds are molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested, largely by men we have never heard of. This… — Edward Bernays Copy Share Image
“All the professions that actually require some tangible skillsets and expertise, don't rely on the jungle whim of democracy. Yet the most… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
America says we are a great democratic society and other people should follow our example. Well, I say we benefited from slavery,… — Jim Brown Copy Share Image
“Nothing is more necessary to the culture of the higher sciences, or of the more elevated departments of science, than meditation; and… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
Setting aside labels, I am somebody who believes that government in a democratic society should be representing the needs of the vast… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
We have a responsibility to give people opportunities to do what they can do. It's a fundamental tenet of democratic society. Libertarians… — Mitch Kapor Copy Share Image
I grew up in a dictatorship, so I really appreciate democracy. I think democracy isn't just a random thing that's around -… — Paul van Dyk Copy Share Image
As a matter of constitutional tradition, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, we presume that governmental regulation of the content… — John Paul Stevens Copy Share Image
Good, healthy democratic societies are built on three pillars: there's peace and stability, economic development, and respect for rule of law and… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
As political theorist Michael Parenti points out, historians often overlook Fascism's economic agenda--the partnership between Big Capital and Big Government--in their analysis… — Richard Heinberg Copy Share Image
Human existence may be simpler than we thought. There is no predestination, no unfathomed mystery of life. Demons and gods do not… — E. O. Wilson Copy Share Image
“It is only when women start to organize in large numbers that we become a political force, and begin to move towards… — Sheila Rowbotham Copy Share Image
As a great democratic society, we have a special responsibility to the arts. For art is the great democrat, calling forth creative… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
An understandable hunger for potential clients tempts many [career counseling therapists] to overpromise, like creative writing teachers who, out of greed or… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
I still oppose "Visit Myanmar Year," and I would ask tourists to stay away. Burma is not going to run away. They… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
In our democratic society, the library stands for hope, for learning, for progress, for literacy, for self-improvement and for civic engagement. The… — Vartan Gregorian Copy Share Image
I say from time to time that the vote is precious. It's almost sacred. It is the most powerful nonviolent tool or… — John Lewis Copy Share Image
The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organised habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those… — Edward Bernays Copy Share Image
That's where we all kind of were in the mid-1960s. Students for a Democratic Society grew from a small group of socialists… — Bill Ayers Copy Share Image
When public men indulge themselves in abuse, when they deny others a fair trial, when they resort to innuendo and insinuation, to… — J. William Fulbright Copy Share Image
That's the place we're in right now: we think we have the capability to get every piece of information, and we don't.… — Daniel Espinosa Copy Share Image
Procedure is the bone structure of a democratic society. Our scheme of law affords great latitude for dissent and opposition. It compels… — Abe Fortas Copy Share Image
[Felix Frankfurter] said courts are not representative bodies. They're not designed to be a good reflex of a democratic society. Their judgment… — Sam Brownback Copy Share Image
Party politics in modern democratic society means pandering to a wide variety of different groups and sympathizing with their often quite base… — Randal Marlin Copy Share Image
In pluralistic, democratic societies, there is the freedom to adopt the religion of your choice. This is good. This lets curious people… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
It is incorrect to say there have been no reforms at all in Burma; there have of course been reforms, but we… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
The end of Students for a Democratic Society is viewed by me and a lot of other people as a terrible sorry… — Bill Ayers Copy Share Image
I came to the United States because I valued living as a free person, one who is able to advocate in a… — Sami Al-Arian Copy Share Image
Human rights commissions, as they are evolving, are an attack on our fundamental freedoms and the basic existence of a democratic society...… — Stephen Harper Copy Share Image
I was resolved to sustain and preserve in my college the bite of the mind, the chance to stand face to face… — Virginia Gildersleeve Copy Share Image
The completion of the Iraqi cabinet with the appointment of three critical ministers is also confirmation of continued movement toward a just… — Spencer Bachus Copy Share Image
If markets are leading us in directions that we, as a democratic society, decide are not compatible with our vision of liberty… — Lina Khan Copy Share Image
It transmitted because on the campuses, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee was recruiting, was organizing. Students for a Democratic Society was founded at… — Bill Ayers Copy Share Image
The justice system is a foundation of our existence as a democratic society. I will not be the one to soften its… — Ayelet Shaked Copy Share Image
Healthy debate has been replaced by automatic sensors that eliminate the need for actual talking during a filibuster - a la 'Mr.… — Douglas Wilder Copy Share Image
The average man's love of liberty is nine-tenths imaginary, exactly like his love of sense, justice and truth... It takes a special… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
Since achieving their independence in 1992, the people of Croatia have built a democratic society based on the rule of law, respect… — Elton Gallegly Copy Share Image
I think most people accept that it is necessary to have some surveillance in a democratic society. I think most people accept… — Keir Starmer Copy Share Image
A free and democratic society is not the norm. When you look to the history books, world history was not based on… — Rocky Carroll Copy Share Image