A lot of Republicans are white Christians, but the Republican Party is reaching out to Hispanics, and reaching out to blacks, and… — Susan Estrich Copy Share Image
You look at what animates Democratic voters; you look at what animates Democratic politicians: it's health care. It's increasingly climate. It is… — Jon Lovett Copy Share Image
In the compound republic of America, the power surrendered by the people is first divided between two distinct governments, and then the… — James Madison Copy Share Image
A great democracy must be progressive or it will soon cease to be a great democracy. — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
When I was sixteen, I borrowed a copy of 'To Kill a Mockingbird' from the mobile library. Democrats and Republicans were standing… — James Carville Copy Share Image
I think we need to just be very clear about what we're trying to do in Afghanistan. Frankly, we're not trying to… — David Cameron Copy Share Image
“A normal woman, indeed, no more believes in democracy in the nation than she believes in democracy at her own fireside; she… — H.L. Mencken Copy Share Image
“Real democrats always insist that England is an aristocratic country. Real aristocrats always insist (for some mysterious reason) that it is a… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
You cannot have democratic accountability in anything bigger than a nation state. — Vaclav Klaus Copy Share Image
The media is absolutely essential to the functioning of a democracy. It's not our job to cozy up to power. We're supposed… — Amy Goodman Copy Share Image
“As we celebrate the 150th anniversary of this tragic event in the American past, democracy is no longer being threatened by secession,… — John Fea Copy Share Image
The Americans lecture the world on democracy and then won’t let me turn the traction control off! — Jeremy Clarkson Copy Share Image
Of old, the demagogue was also a general, and then democracies changed into tyrannies. Most of the ancient tyrants were originally demagogues.… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
I liked working with Republicans. We had five pretty good years after we had that bad year in '95 that culminated in… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
“These various remedies, eugenic, educational, ethical, populist and socialist, all assume that either the voters are inherently competent to direct the course… — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
Liberal education reminds those members of a mass democracy who have ears to hear, of human greatness. — Leo Strauss Copy Share Image
In a small Swiss city sits an international organization so obscure and secretive....Control of the institution, the Bank for International Settlements, lies… — Keith Bradsher Copy Share Image
“The values of science and the values of democracy are concordant, in many cases indistinguishable.” — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
Advocating and participating in our democracy is how we keep America strong and honor those who made the ultimate sacrifice for our… — Tom Suozzi Copy Share Image
In a region wrought with strife, the shared democratic values between the U.S. and Israel have been the foundation for our historic… — Jeff Van Drew Copy Share Image
Republicans are manufacturing a Social Security crisis that does not exist in order to dismantle Social Security. — Diane Watson Copy Share Image
“I'm sorry, but I don't want to be an emperor. That's not my business. I don't want to rule or conquer anyone.… — Charlie Chaplin Copy Share Image
With the likely nominations of Barack Obama by the Democrats and John McCain by the Republicans, one of these two parties is… — Chuck Todd Copy Share Image
The largest threat to freedom, democracy, the market economy and prosperity, is no longer socialism. It is, instead, the ambitious, arrogant, unscrupulous… — Vaclav Klaus Copy Share Image
Here in the U.S., we've made democracy into a science. A cold, impersonal science. — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
What with the political monopoly, the Cheka and the Red Army, all that now existed of the 'Commune-State' of our dreams was… — Victor Serge Copy Share Image
In my personal opinion, Russia is no less democratic than it used to be. It is a democratic country. It is democratic… — Roman Abramovich Copy Share Image
They think democracy -- I used to say damn the democracy, because it's not a stable government. — Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Copy Share Image
But democracy is by no means a limit one may not overstep; it is only one of the stages in the course… — Vladimir Lenin Copy Share Image
The absolute ruler may be a Nero, but he is sometimes a Titus or Marc Aurelius; the people is often Nero, but… — Antoine Rivarol Copy Share Image
Nevertheless, I resist cynicism and continue to believe in the possibilities for genuine democracy. — William Greider Copy Share Image
My links with [Mahatma] Gandhi now are very political links because I do not believe there is any other politics available to… — Vandana Shiva Copy Share Image
Syrian people have right to fight for democracy and freedom in their country but they don't need the penetration of foreign elements,… — Burhan Sonmez Copy Share Image
After the 2000 election, which hinged on the results of a recount in Florida, Democrats smeared President George W. Bush as 'selected,… — Mollie Hemingway Copy Share Image
Modern life means democracy, democracy means freeing intelligence for independent effectivenessthe emancipation of mind as an individual organ to do its own… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
“The only foundation for a useful education in a republic is to be laid in religion. Without this there can be no… — Benjamin Rush Copy Share Image
The American experiment with representative democracy has been a great success, but we need to realize that it needs to be a… — Richard Painter Copy Share Image