Each candidate behaved well in the hope of being judged worthy of election. However, this system was disastrous when the city had… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
As the tension eases, we must look in the direction of agriculture, industry and education as our final goals, and toward democracy… — Naguib Mahfouz Copy Share Image
Human beings act in a great variety of irrational ways, but all of them seem to be capable, if given a fair… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
I'm just trying to be part of the movement that decentralizes and hopefully creates peace. By supporting smaller, democratic structures, you can… — Dar Williams Copy Share Image
If you look at the Associated Press wires, there's a constant flow of information coming in. At that time I happened to… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Liberty has not only enemies which it conquers, but perfidious friends, who rob the fruits of its victories: Absolute democracy, socialism. — Lord Acton Copy Share Image
Democracy doesn't automatically safeguard women and minorities. — Anand Giridharadas Copy Share Image
The Republicans cry for smaller government; however, it seems that at every turn, they work at interfering with the lives of Americans,… — Deb Haaland Copy Share Image
Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
The government may change faces from time to time, but it's not like we fight wars for democracy - we fight wars… — Woody Harrelson Copy Share Image
The Republicans have a me too candidate running on a yes but platform, advised by a has been staff. — Adlai Stevenson Copy Share Image
Republicans lost it some time ago. What's scary is when they lose their sense of good planning. Like dude, you know, if… — Aaron McGruder Copy Share Image
A republic - if you can keep it - is about limitation, and for good reason, because we are mortal and our… — Mike Pence Copy Share Image
Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more than half of the time. — E. B. White Copy Share Image
It is clear that in a monarchy, where he who commands the exceution of the laws generally thinks himself above them, there… — Baron de Montesquieu Copy Share Image
Education as a democratic project always presupposes a vision of the future in its introduction to, preparation for, and legitimation of particular… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
The devotion of democracy to education is a familiar fact. . . . [A] government resting upon popular suffrage cannot be successful… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
Every Missourian should be confident in the legitimacy of their vote and take pride in the strength and security of our elections… — Mike Parson Copy Share Image
Accountability is the essence of democracy. If people do not know what their government is doing, they cannot be truly self-governing. The… — Garry Wills Copy Share Image
For Republicans, tort reform and its health care analogue, malpractice reform, speak to the goal of stronger economic growth and lower costs. — Bill Bradley Copy Share Image
The House Rules Committee is perhaps the free world's outstanding bureaucratic abomination - a tiny, airless closet deep in the labyrinth of… — Matt Taibbi Copy Share Image
The Republicans tend to choose the candidate who came in second place in the last election, and Democrats tend to move on.… — Brian Schweitzer Copy Share Image
Political corruption is eating our democracy out from the inside. Most Americans know that. But democratic and economic health can't be easily… — Zephyr Teachout Copy Share Image
Democracy is not only the right to vote, it is also about not resorting to violence in order to reach political goals… — Tzipi Livni Copy Share Image
We want councillors and MPs to be more closely involved in housing issues because this will help to strengthen local democracy and… — Grant Shapps Copy Share Image
If we desire a society of peace, then we cannot achieve such a society through violence. If we desire a society without… — Bayard Rustin Copy Share Image
Democracy cannot be forced upon a society, neither is it a gift that can be held forever. It has to be struggled… — Heinz Galinski Copy Share Image
Democracy forever teases us with the contrast between its ideals and its realities, between its heroic possibilities and its sorry achievements. — Agnes Repplier Copy Share Image
Finally, I believe in an America where religious intolerance will someday end; where all men and all churches are treated as equal;… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Mexico has proven by now that it's a strong electoral democracy. Now we have to build a democracy that produces better results;… — Enrique Pena Nieto Copy Share Image
Yes, there is a crisis of hunger on the planet, but hunger is not caused by a scarcity of food but a… — Anna Lappe Copy Share Image
The fact is, when it comes to economic leadership, the Republicans have nothing to brag about. This isn't what the American people… — Debbie Wasserman Schultz Copy Share Image
An honest examination of democratic decline would look at the ways in which our counter-majoritarian institutions are thwarting the public will -… — Jamelle Bouie Copy Share Image
It's abominable, and it's a disgrace to a great democracy to see what's happened in our country. The main reason for that… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
If sexual relations between consenting adults are not part of the right to privacy guaranteed by the Constitution, then American democracy is… — Coretta Scott King Copy Share Image
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