“Neoliberalism works best when there is formal electoral democracy, but when the population is diverted from the information, access, and public forums… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
[T]here is only one sound argument for democracy, and that is the argument that it is a crime for any man to… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
We live in a democracy. We have this extraordinary opportunity to use our mind and say what we think, speak as we… — Hal Holbrook Copy Share Image
For much of its history, Virginia, the 'cradle of American democracy,' failed to live up to our ideals. All too often, our… — Ralph Northam Copy Share Image
Let's not give the electoral process so much importance. We have to be cynical about it. Let's give importance to the real… — Gael Garcia Bernal Copy Share Image
137 years later, Memorial Day remains one of America's most cherished patriotic observances. The spirit of this day has not changed -… — Doc Hastings Copy Share Image
We shouldn't let the Republicans off the hook. Theodore Roosevelt, we learned from Jeff Cowan's new book, was just as bad as… — Jeffrey Rosen Copy Share Image
Now that the 2014 elections are over and national politics is all about 2016, Democrats have good reason to worry that, for… — Byron York Copy Share Image
I'm talking of the idea, basically very widespread in America, that the less government the better, which is obviously being used to… — Murray Bookchin Copy Share Image
Voters replaced Democratic senators with Republicans in Arkansas, Colorado, Iowa, North Carolina, Montana, South Dakota, West Virginia, and likely in Alaska, and… — Byron York Copy Share Image
Remember, there are two things that keep us oppressed: them and us. We are half of the equation. There will not be… — Tammy Baldwin Copy Share Image
“Tomorrow is the day of the yearly election of the Well-Doer. Tomorrow we shall again hand over to our Well-Doer the keys… — Yevgeny Zamyatin Copy Share Image
I hated the culture, I hated the work. I very quickly realized that this wasn't what I wanted to do. So, after… — Sharif Abdel Kouddous Copy Share Image
Cast your whole vote, not a strip of paper merely, but your whole influence. A minority is powerless while it conforms to… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
All modes of government are failures. Despotism is unjust to everybody, including the despot, who was probably made for better things. Oligarchies… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
There's kind of a hidden point which isn't being brought out, and that is that it is inconceivable that the U.S. would… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
As young people make diverse claims on the promise of a radical democracy, articulating what a fair and just world might be,… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
In my view, Democrats and Republicans work together too little, and I would try to change that if I got to be… — Lindsey Graham Copy Share Image
The United Nations has a critical role to play in promoting stability, security, democracy, human rights, and economic development. The UN is… — Chuck Hagel Copy Share Image
I want a capital-earning democracy. Every man and woman a capitalist. Housing is the start. If you're a man or woman of… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
I think it reflects the reality on the ground, that this was an important milestone that's been achieved by the Iraqi people,… — Scott McClellan Copy Share Image
Voting is merely a labor-saving device for ascertaining on which side force lies and bowing to the inevitable... It is neither more… — Benjamin Tucker Copy Share Image
It is not democracy to send in billions of dollars to push regime change overseas. It isn't democracy to send in the… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
I consider anybody a twerp who hasn't read 'Democracy in America' by Alexis de Tocqueville. There can never be a better book… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“In 2009, Obama surrogate Jim Messina told Democratic Senators that they could defend Obamacare as stridently as possible – because, after all,… — Ben Shapiro Copy Share Image
I registered as a Republican when I was twenty-one. My parents were Republicans. But as I've gotten older I've questioned my whole… — Kevin Costner Copy Share Image
The essence of what exists in the U.S. is not democracy but capitalism - imperialism. What the U.S. spreads around the world… — Bob Avakian Copy Share Image
Remarkably, governments are beginning to embrace the idea that nothing enhances democracy more than giving voice and information to everybody in the… — Mo Ibrahim Copy Share Image
“Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy… — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
We have shown that Islam can rule the world perfectly for 14 centuries, and during this time of Muslim power we did… — Abu Bakar Bashir Copy Share Image
A lot of young poets today, from what I've heard and experienced, can't get their heads past George W. Bush, and I've… — Amber Tamblyn Copy Share Image
Our nation is not a fully representative democracy if we do not have a one-person, one-vote method of directly electing our president.… — Shaun King Copy Share Image
We're going to have to forgive a great deal of the Soviet era debt. There's no question about that. Let's face up… — Jeffrey Sachs Copy Share Image
The Blue Dogs are all Democrats; they are. And I'll tell you, in terms of wearing the Democratic label, I think they're… — Jim Matheson Copy Share Image
“Democracy, we now know, is more than periodic elections in some countries, such elections have been used to legitimize essentially authoritarian regimes… — Joseph E. Stiglitz Copy Share Image
The Democrats have shown little interest in legislating, but unlimited interested in investigating every aspect of President Trump's life. It's a wonder… — Kayleigh McEnany Copy Share Image
“We must hold to a rigid accountability those public servants who show unfaithfulness to the interests of the nation or inability to… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Russia can be either an empire or a democracy, but it cannot be both. . . . Without Ukraine, Russia ceases to… — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
Freedom will not prevail because of historical forces; it will only win, if it does, because of historical actors. In other words,… — Max Boot Copy Share Image
While Democrats may never adopt the policies of Ronald Reagan, they should follow his golden rule of politics closely. Reagan adamantly instructed… — Jack Schlossberg Copy Share Image
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