The right of voting for representatives , is the primary right by which other rights are protected. — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
“Thus, it is a political axiom that power follows property. But it is now a historical fact that the means of production… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
Nobody should have the right to eavesdrop, or you become a totalitarian state - the kind of state I escaped as a… — Jan Koum Copy Share Image
If you were to ask me to choose between democratic values and wealth, power, prosperity and fame, I will very easily and… — Narendra Modi Copy Share Image
I think we ought to call (Republicans who sign the Norquist no tax pledge) exactly what they are - they are traitors… — Bill Press Copy Share Image
The struggle to avert catastrophic climate change is bigger than all the other struggles, whether it is slavery, democracy struggles, the woman's… — Kumi Naidoo 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
Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin is wrong to choose to vote against the For the People Act, a bill that would increase election… — John Fetterman Copy Share Image
The United States is unusual among the industrial democracies in the rigidity of the system of ideological control - 'indoctrination,' we might… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
We obviously - I'm from Michigan, so we saw a disproportionate number of these social media ads targeting us, targeting our population.… — Elissa Slotkin Copy Share Image
For democracy is a method of finding proximate solutions for insoluble problems. — Reinhold Niebuhr Copy Share Image
We are all better off when we raise skills in our state, and I know that Republicans and Democrats are going to… — Gretchen Whitmer Copy Share Image
Imagine a country where the majority of the population reaps the majority of the benefits for their hard work, creative ingenuity, and… — Nomi Prins Copy Share Image
I've campaigned for people. I've campaigned across the country for people. I have supported people in local elections. I do work with… — Caroline Kennedy Copy Share Image
Wikileaks is a democratizing force. Its giving individuals access to decisions and thinking by their representatives and in a democracy that ought… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The states have the authority to change this voting system for president, right now, in fact, if they wanted, on an emergency… — Jill Stein Copy Share Image
Change comes with both fear and some pain. Those two ingredients create mistrust, misunderstanding and misinformation. Such is the process of democracy. — David Mixner Copy Share Image
Democrats, you know, want to identify with and relate to what you're feeling, what you've been bummed out about, where your head… — Martin Nolan Copy Share Image
Having the reins of governance, power and political influence within one family will shatter the idea of equal opportunity to all, which… — J. Jayalalithaa Copy Share Image
A politician thinks of the next election. A statesman, of the next generation. — James Freeman Clarke Copy Share Image
My generation has not seen one single day of peace, and my dream is for my children and the children of all… — Juan Manuel Santos Copy Share Image
President Trump is committed to democracy and rule of law in our hemisphere. — Robert C. O'Brien Copy Share Image
The aspirations of democracy are based on the notion of an informed citizenry, capable of making wise decisions. The choices we are… — Ann Druyan Copy Share Image
Democracy depends on citizens being informed, and since our media, especially television (which is the most important source of news for most… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
The kind of values for which I was supposed to kill, such as democracy and national independence, were better served, I thought,… — Torbjorn Tannsjo Copy Share Image
100 political parties put together can never defeat the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, come 2015 presidential election. — Patience Jonathan Copy Share Image
Nowhere has democracy ever worked well without a great measure of local self-government, providing a school of political training for the people… — Friedrich August von Hayek Copy Share Image
The saddest life is that of a political aspirant under democracy. His failure is ignominious and his success is disgraceful. — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
Somebody once said that the ideal size of a country for democracy to work is around 10 million people - and that… — Johan Renck Copy Share Image
In some countries that are darlings of the West, like Egypt, everyone knows the result of national elections years in advance: The… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
Republicans are not going to play I-told-you-so, but it is pretty obvious that the tax reductions passed in 2003 helped Americans dig… — Marsha Blackburn Copy Share Image
Good and just society is neither the thesis of capitalism nor the antithesis of communism, but a socially conscious democracy which reconciles… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
We need to have Turkey respect democracy, human rights, and fundamental freedoms. — Federica Mogherini Copy Share Image
Democrats don't react the same way Republicans do, because they are not forced to react the same way Republicans are forced to… — Jack Abramoff Copy Share Image
If Republicans are aiming for the heart, for compassion, the last thing they should do is abandon the sanctity of life. Instead,… — Gary Bauer Copy Share Image
The self-discipline of the Social Democracy is not merely the replacement of the authority of bourgeois rulers with the authority of a… — Rosa Luxemburg Copy Share Image
Democracy is not just the right to vote, it is the right to live in dignity. — Naomi Klein Copy Share Image
We have also come to this hallowed spot to remind America of the fierce urgency of Now. This is no time to… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image