Freedom of speech is central to most every other right that we hold dear in the United States and serves to strengthen… — Sam Farr Copy Share Image
Far from an excess of majority rule, American democracy has seen the rise of minority rule, with efforts to entrench it in… — Jamelle Bouie Copy Share Image
A democracy is a government in the hands of men of low birth, no property, and vulgar employments. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
I believe that democracies do not go to war; that's the lesson of history, and I think that a democratic Pakistan is… — Benazir Bhutto Copy Share Image
If our democracy is to flourish, it must have criticism; if our government is to function it must have dissent. — Henry Steele Commager Copy Share Image
“When the Chief Justice read me the oath,' he [FDR] later told an adviser, 'and came to the words "support the Constitution… — Susan Quinn Copy Share Image
I am not concerned with dodging the odium of the word. The proposed definition of democracy is socialistic . . . (democracy)… — Herbert Croly Copy Share Image
But a wild democracy . . . too often disdains the essential principles of justice. — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
Only a work democracy can create the foundation of genuine freedom. Long experience in sociological disputes leads me to expect that a… — Wilhelm Reich Copy Share Image
When elections are not democratic, even the most populist discussions become superficial, disconnected from real power; they are theatre. — Zephyr Teachout Copy Share Image
You're more likely to vote Democratic if you hate Republicans than if you love Democrats, and vice versa. — Kevin Drum Copy Share Image
The struggle for democracy has to be maintained on as many fronts as culture has aspects: political, economic, international, educational, scientific and… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
“It was not, however, to these Fascist groups, numerically unimportant as they were, that the Third Republic owed its collapse. On the… — Hannah Arendt Copy Share Image
Democracy is necessary to peace and to undermining the forces of terrorism. — Benazir Bhutto Copy Share Image
For too long, New Yorkers have strained to find a leader who represents us, who puts us first, and we have been… — Zohran Mamdani Copy Share Image
“Grassroots Tea Party activism therefore marries participatory engagement and considerable learning about the workings of government with factually ungrounded beliefs about the… — Thdea Skocpol Copy Share Image
Democrats should be focused on which way we can help the most people in this country, and Republicans should be focused on… — Lewis Black Copy Share Image
Democracy cannot survive where there is such uniformity that everyone wears exactly the same intellectual uniform or point of view. Democracy implies… — Fulton J. Sheen Copy Share Image
The money power preys on the nation in times of peace, and conspires against it in times of adversity. It is more… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I didn't know growing up what I wanted to do. I finally settled on broadcast journalism as a way to satisfy the… — Mort Crim Copy Share Image
In Scripture the election of God ... does not come out of works but out of grace. God's electing plan prepares the… — G. C. Berkouwer Copy Share Image
You gather a certain number of people around you but, you know, they look - they look - they didn't look to… — Rudy Giuliani Copy Share Image
It is quite possible that we will soon come to live under some sort of global despotism, enlightened or not. This is… — Torbjorn Tannsjo Copy Share Image
I am an Indian, and I know what India is. I know Indian culture. I know Indian constitution and democracy. — Mammootty Copy Share Image
The only tool we have to fix the problems of this country - the democratic process - is itself broken. Which is… — Arianna Huffington Copy Share Image
I welcome this chance to further strengthen the unbreakable ties between the United States and Israel and to assure you of our… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Tony Blair personified the shift away from democracy, towards control by bankers. — Max Keiser Copy Share Image
In schools, churches and local communities, Americans are participating in their democracy by getting others to as well. — Alex Padilla Copy Share Image
Foreign policy of a pluralistic democracy like the United States should be based on bipartisanship because bipartisanship is the means and the… — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
When I started in this business, everybody said the Democrats were the better communicators because they sounded like social workers, and Republicans… — Frank Luntz Copy Share Image
Freedom in a democracy is the glory of the state, and, therefore, in a democracy only will the freeman of nature deign… — Plato Copy Share Image
Only a fool would try to deprive working men and working women of their right to join the union of their choice. — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
Sometimes it's better to have a benign dictator than a dumb democracy, to be honest. — Serj Tankian Copy Share Image
In my lifetime I have seen democracy begin to expand, not only to include those who have been excluded, but to provide… — Susan Griffin Copy Share Image
It's coming to America first, The cradle of the best and of the worst. It's here they got the range And the… — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
“So if you're anti-war, be pro-peace instead. If you're antihunger, be pro-people having more than enough to eat. If you are anti-a-particular… — Rhonda Byrne Copy Share Image
A democracy in the Middle East must be more than a democracy in name only - it must live out its principles. — Kay Granger Copy Share Image
We sincerely ask the Beijing authorities across the Strait to view the election result from a positive perspective, to accept the democratic… — Chen Shui-bian Copy Share Image
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