I do not say that democracy has been more pernicious on the whole, and in the long run, than monarchy or aristocracy.… — John Adams Copy Share Image
My argument has always been that this is not an anti-Bush film, it's a pro-democracy film. And if George W.Bush comes out… — John Sayles Copy Share Image
A community of small farmers... land property owners, will be the only assurance that the freedom our republic offers will be guaranteed… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
To ask for 'our rights' is our right... the state may or may not accede to our demands... but our right to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Based on what our country stands for. We can't fail to stand for democracy. — Kelly Ayotte Copy Share Image
But, clearly, the prime minister has laid down some ground rules which any functioning democratic state would insist upon, having to do… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
Democracy is an experimental system. I like it when states try out new ideas. I think we ought to expand, not contract,… — Alex Tabarrok Copy Share Image
Democracy doesn't require a whole lot of work of its citizens, but it requires some: It requires taking a good look outside… — Matt Taibbi Copy Share Image
Democracy is not possible without effectively working legal system. — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
A large family and Democrats have a lot in common: teenagers and Democrats are always happy spending other people's money. — Anne Northup Copy Share Image
Economics and politics are so intertwined and interlinked that politics now, mainstream politics, extreme center politics, are little else but a version… — Tariq Ali 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
To be elect in Christ Jesus, and there is no other election, means to be incorporated into his mission to the world,… — Lesslie Newbigin Copy Share Image
Democracy, though slowly attained and never by revolutionary jumps, is the best government on earth when it tries to make all its… — Peter Viereck Copy Share Image
Rulers like Egypt's Gamal Abdel Nasser started subsidizing bread as a way to buy loyalty, or at least obedience, and this system… — Annia Ciezadlo Copy Share Image
The flood of money that gushes into politics today is a pollution of democracy. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In the world there is no democracy better than our democracy. Such a thing has never before been seen. — Ruhollah Khomeini Copy Share Image
If you read Mein Kampf, Hitler's book, which I have outside, I bought it when I was eleven, Hitler said, "democracy inevitably… — Tony Benn Copy Share Image
I can't really stress enough how inviolable the House floor is supposed to be. It's a place of debate. It's a place… — Colin Allred Copy Share Image
“The important thing is that we are participating-whether it's by running, voting, or supporting (financially or otherwise) candidates who make a difference… — Jessica Valenti Copy Share Image
All nations are imagined communities, and our imagined community is based on a uniquely inspiring set of principles. Americans have proved that… — Anne Applebaum Copy Share Image
The long fight to save wild beauty represents democracy at its best. It requires citizens to practice the hardest of virtues--self-restraint. Why… — Edwin Way Teale Copy Share Image
The mobs of the great cities add just so much to the support of pure government as sores do to the strength… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
We reject: kings, presidents and voting. We believe in: rough consensus and running code. — David D. Clark Copy Share Image
What makes America's election system unique is the fact that even when elections are close, we find a resolution, which leads to… — Mercedes Schlapp Copy Share Image
Ukraine is a vital link for Europe: our energy transportation networks; our location between the European Union and Eurasia. We're the melting… — Yulia Tymoshenko Copy Share Image
If a jerk burns the flag, America is not threatened, democracy is not under siege, freedom is not at risk. — Gary Ackerman Copy Share Image
Every nation has its war party. It is not the party of democracy. It is the party of autocracy. It seeks to… — Robert M. La Follette, Sr Copy Share Image
In the United States we have all across this country, we have dozens of Halakha courts, in which particularly observant Jews can… — Mark Durie Copy Share Image
The claim that democracy and efficiency are contradictory is nonsense. That's evident in the history of democracy itself, because it is only… — Sigmar Gabriel Copy Share Image
Republicans and Democrats spend so much time fighting and then they're all aghast, you know, and so it's just not the way… — John Kasich Copy Share Image
I don't think Edward Snowden deserves a death penalty or life in prison. I think that's inappropriate. I think that's why he… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
The ideas and principles of democracy should not be limited to politics, but must pervade all areas of social life. — Bruno Kreisky Copy Share Image
In a mature democracy, what is legal is decided by parliament... Our process is legitimised by parliament and by the ballot box. — Carles Puigdemont Copy Share Image
“The stench of deception permeates the air of our great American democracy--wretched.” — Will Leamon Copy Share Image
There's a big conservative press unabashedly and for the Democrats and even people to the left of the Democratic party, there's almost… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
I think we need to push harder, we the Democrats, because it's an open door for the Republicans - prosperity centers. — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
Britain, which in the years immediately before this war was rapidly losing such democratic virtues as it possessed, is now being bombed… — J. B. Priestley Copy Share Image
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