A functioning, robust democracy requires a healthy educated, participatory followership, and an educated, morally grounded leadership. — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
To tackle the underlying roots of violence and conflict, we need a massive international effort to reduce poverty and injustice, and to… — Clare Short Copy Share Image
Ironically, the very fact that democracy has such a lengthy history has actually contributed to confusion and disagreement, for 'democracy' has meant… — Robert A. Dahl Copy Share Image
Vietnam presumably taught us that the United States could not serve as the world's policeman; it should also have taught us the… — Jeane Kirkpatrick Copy Share Image
The greatest threat to public confidence in elections in this case is the prospect of enforcing a purposefully discriminatory law, one that… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
Democrats, more often than not, do not play the game of politics correctly. — Jack Schlossberg Copy Share Image
It's characteristic of democracy that majority rule is understood as being effective not only in politics but also in thinking. In thinking,… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
I have absolutely no idea what my generation did to enrich our democracy. We dropped the ball. We entered a period of… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
I realized that this was the big secret of democracy -- that change can occur by starting off with just a few… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Lebanon is restless, Syria got its walking papers, Egypt is scheduling elections with more than one candidate, and even Saudi Arabia, whose… — Suzanne Fields Copy Share Image
The problem is there is no such thing as a viable democracy made up of experts, zealots, politicians and spectators. — Elizabeth Coleman Copy Share Image
“As Dio observed later, democracy sounded very well and good, “but its results are seen not to agree at all with its… — Stacy Schiff Copy Share Image
In remembering those who lost their lives in the London attacks and the September 11th attacks we continue our commitment to fighting… — Doc Hastings Copy Share Image
Anti-democracy...is a virus that exists, and pro-democracy is the antibody to that virus, and I think we have to become vigilant, and… — Harry Belafonte Copy Share Image
We are sensible of the duty and expediency of submitting our opinions to the will of the majority, and can wait with… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
As long as there is democracy, there will be people wanting to play jazz because nothing else will ever so perfectly capture… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
Traditional Republicanism grew up in the 1850s as opposed to the Democrats, who always saw the world kind of as a 'us… — Heather Cox Richardson Copy Share Image
Drive-Bys assign all meanings to local elections based on what they want to be able to report after the Democrat wins. But… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
I would like to see Russia develop as democratically as possible. But when we judge Russia we must also consider where the… — Angela Merkel Copy Share Image
America's objective in the Middle East is to create democracy in the same way that my goal on a first date to… — Dov Davidoff Copy Share Image
In this world which is losing faith in so called representative democracy, there are new developments in participatory democracy. These are very… — Eduardo Galeano Copy Share Image
As it is now, decades after 1965, the people of Indonesia have no clue about any other system except their own, or… — Andre Vltchek Copy Share Image
I suspect that a lot of the frustration people feel about government would feel a lot better if we had corporate influence… — Sheldon Whitehouse Copy Share Image
“We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien philosophies, and competitive values. For a nation… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
What can the schools do to defend democracy? Should they preach a specific political doctrine? I believe they should not. If they… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Everything has to be done to build some sort of international democracy. We've seen only the tiniest beginnings of that. — Susan George Copy Share Image
What's interesting is this election year has made the citizen groups off-limits. All these citizen groups? - local, state, national? - that… — Ralph Nader Copy Share Image
The combination of economic and political power in the same hands is a sure recipe for tyranny. — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
I would say to the president: This is not about me. This is not about Republicans here in Congress. It's about fairness… — John Boehner Copy Share Image
“Congress may carry on the most wicked and pernicious of schemes under the dark veil of secrecy. The liberties of a people… — Patrick Henry Copy Share Image
No matter what happens, nothing can prevent the historical process by which society demands freedom and democracy, — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
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
Republicans are the party of 'no,' and Democrats are the party of 'don't know' because it hasn't fought for bold ideas, policies,… — Jesse Jackson Copy Share Image
In any democracy, there is always a tug-of-war between policies to achieve equality and policies to promote excellence. I am certain that… — John Turner Copy Share Image
Voting rights matter. They are a major part of who we are as Americans. — Marc Veasey Copy Share Image
The survival of American democracy depends less on the size of its armies than on the capacity of its individual citizens to… — Lewis H. Lapham Copy Share Image
The aim of life is no more to control the mind, but to develop it harmoniously; not to achieve salvation here after,… — Bhagat Singh Copy Share Image
