Free speech is the foundation of an open and liberal democracy from college campuses to the White House. — Hasan Minhaj Copy Share Image
In the United States, unlike any other advanced democracy, money really talks. Our Supreme Court has said that spending money on politicians… — T.R. Reid Copy Share Image
I've always said that the more coordinated the efforts of the international community are, the better it will be for democracy in… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
It's plain that the American right wing, the Republicans and some sections of the Democratic Party, don't really care about international norms.… — Vijay Prashad Copy Share Image
Republics demanded virtue. Monarchies could rely on coercion and "dazzling splendor" to suppress self-interest or factions; republics relied on the goodness of… — James Monroe Copy Share Image
New information technologies-including email, the web, and computerized blast-faxes and phone calls-have fundamentally changed the landscape of political competition in modern democracies.… — Thomas Homer-Dixon Copy Share Image
One of the things I care about a lot is public financing in elections. — Zephyr Teachout Copy Share Image
Election days come and go. But the struggle of the people to create a government which represents all of us and not… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
There is in the American Government...a want of unity.... The Sailors, the helmsman, the engineer, do not seem to have one purpose… — James Bryce Copy Share Image
Democracy is disruptive... there is no right in a democratic civil society to be free of disruption. — Naomi Wolf Copy Share Image
People don't talk to each other. You're alone with your television set or internet. But you can't have a functioning democracy without… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Remember, at the end of the day [election] campaigns are always about the candidates. — Chris Christie Copy Share Image
Millions like me in Russia want a free press, the rule of law, social justice, and free and fair elections. My new… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
The political restructuring we pursue in China is aimed at advancing the self-improvement and development of the socialist political system. We will… — Hu Jintao Copy Share Image
If Republicans want to defend the rights of corporations and billionaires to spend unlimited, secret money in campaigns, then they should say… — Sheldon Whitehouse Copy Share Image
Well, we are Americans. I've always believed that you work with where you are - I am a Mormon woman who was… — Terry Tempest Williams Copy Share Image
There is a big risk for the Republicans in a race, especially with Hillary Clinton as a likely Democratic nominee in a… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The 2009 elections were the first my party faced. Still MNS candidates lost by lesser margins. Each of my candidate got more… — Raj Thackeray Copy Share Image
The history of American democracy, to say the least, has been checkered. Our nation was founded at a time when people of… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
The free world must continue calling attention to the Chinese Communist Party's crimes in Xinjiang, erosion of democracy in Hong Kong, and… — Tom Suozzi Copy Share Image
Indeed, if I understand this global-warming business correctly, the danger is that the waters will rise and drown the whole of Massachusetts,… — Mark Steyn Copy Share Image
The right to work is a slogan which should be accepted by every democracy. — Max Aitken, Lord Beaverbrook Copy Share Image