Everything which bars freedom and fullness of communication sets up barriers that divide human beings into sets and cliques, into antagonistic sects… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
Republicans traditionally say, 'oh, we'll cut domestic spending, but we won't touch the military.' The liberals - the ones who are good… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
To Democrats, guaranteeing voting rights is a critical part of safeguarding democracy. However, we also recognize that our efforts to do so… — Colin Allred Copy Share Image
Democracy alone can supply the vitalizing force to stir the peoples of the world into triumphant action, not only against their human… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
India's national elections are really an aggregate of thirty different state elections, each influenced by its own local considerations, regional political currents,… — Shashi Tharoor Copy Share Image
There should be a democracy of voices in literature. There are people who live with a kind of striving and with a… — Anne Michaels Copy Share Image
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Ukraine is also successfully moving toward democracy and making progress expanding freedoms and rights to its people. We can help Ukraine achieve… — Vito Fossella Copy Share Image
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Things need to be properly named. Political confusion starts with terminology confusion. Islamism implies some sort of political and social plan for… — Tariq Ramadan Copy Share Image
When we don't pay close attention to the decisions made by our leaders, when we fail to educate ourselves about the major… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The largest weight is now on Germany's shoulders. Chancellor Merkel must continue to convince people of the EU's importance; she must spearhead… — Anthony Glees Copy Share Image
In on summer they have done their business... they have completely pulled down to the ground their monarchy, their church, their nobility,… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
The general election of 1983 has produced one important result that has passed virtually without comment in the media. It is that,… — Tony Benn Copy Share Image
Political systems must love poverty-they produce so much of it. Poor people make easier targets for a demagogue. No Mao or even… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Obama and his Democrats need to be placed on the defensive. They are the primary drivers of this spending; they are the… — David Limbaugh Copy Share Image
I am of the opinion which you have always held, that "viva voce" voting at elections is the best method. [Lat., Nam… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Tax avoidance and evasion by the rich undermine democracy by starving social programs and public services. They also send a message to… — Jagmeet Singh Copy Share Image
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The ultimate enemy of Democracy is not the drug dealer of the crooked politician or the crazed skinhead. The ultimate enemy is… — Gerry Spence Copy Share Image
The Democrats filibustered something in the Senate when I was eight years old. I don't remember what it was on and I… — Jonathan Krohn Copy Share Image
The question in brief, is whether democracy and freedom are values to be preserved or threats to be avoided . . .… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I might be popular, but that is not sufficient in a parliamentary democracy set-up. One has to assess every chief minister, his… — Sharad Pawar Copy Share Image
So, you know, I think that Democrats are being more successful in Congress and I'm really going to be proud of the… — Jane Harman Copy Share Image
Amnesty International continues to report that extra judicial tortures and murders continue. This is not democracy that we are exporting to Mexico,… — Stephen F. Lynch Copy Share Image
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In Islam, democracy is included and people are free in Islam, both in expressing their opinions and their actions, until there is… — Ruhollah Khomeini Copy Share Image
You can't blame the administration and the Republicans for taking us back to deficits, for spending the Social Security surplus and assaulting… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
I've heard Donald Trump say some pretty unhinged things. I've heard them over and over and over again. But nothing is more… — Sarah Cooper Copy Share Image
What many of the Senate Democrats are taking as the lesson of this election was that Hillary Clinton is too moderate and… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
We're learning lessons from Africa. And the lesson that we need to learn is, how do we straighten our backs up in… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
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The act of voting by ordinary Iraqis in the face of extreme danger confirms President Bush's belief that people around the globe,… — John Ensign Copy Share Image
As I understand I took most so-called democratic states about 200 years on average to build their democracies. That is why, when… — Aleksandr Lebed Copy Share Image
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