Nelson Mandela went to jail believing in violence, and 27 years later he and his colleagues had slowly and carefully honed the… — Scilla Elworthy Copy Share Image
I understand that the end does not justify the means. And this should be a lasting value for democracy. — Park Geun-hye Copy Share Image
If you stick to the old values and say that you were educated in this way, so you were trained in this… — Ilkin Santak Copy Share Image
In the barbershop, there's democracy. You're a professor; you're an engineer; you're a garbage man, have at it. You got something to… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
Retaliation is counter-poison and poison breeds more poison. The nectar of Love alone can destroy the poison of hate. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Independents come back, usually right before an election. They tune out, and then they start refocusing. — Ronna McDaniel Copy Share Image
“Now I have very little respect for the electoral system in the United States. I could have respected it in the early… — Myles Horton Copy Share Image
I think reconciliation is Obama's goal - but the fight with the Republicans is like a fight with pit bulls, they never… — Jesse Jackson Copy Share Image
Because democratic institutions do not renew themselves as effortlessly as flowering trees, they demand the ceaseless tinkering of people who possess both… — Bill Vaughan Copy Share Image
We've gotten to the point now where Republicans and Democrats have nothing in common besides being members of the 'caustic caucus,' and… — Emanuel Cleaver Copy Share Image
Until the control of the issue of currency and credit is restored to government and recognized as its most conspicuous and sacred… — William Lyon Mackenzie King Copy Share Image
If you're going to have an exchange of ideas, the only thing you can do is to meet people face-to-face in front… — Ed Schultz Copy Share Image
Yesterday in a 25 to 24 vote, Republicans welcomed back Lott back into their leadership and named him minority whip. That is… — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
“Socialists have advocated numerous ways of democratizing the economy, from setting up worker cooperatives to nationalizing major industries... At the core of… — Nathan J. Robinson Copy Share Image
So much of what passes for public life consists of little more than candidates without ideas, hiring consultants without conviction, to stage… — Gerald R. Ford Copy Share Image
I certainly hoped that in the Eastern part of Germany, what was just beginning to be called the German Democratic Republic, you… — Stefan Heym Copy Share Image
“There are two ideas of government. There are those who believe that if you just legislate to make the well-to-do prosperous, that… — Alice Schroeder Copy Share Image
We can only undo the election if the behavior meets the constitutional standard of subverting and threatening our system of government. — Zoe Lofgren Copy Share Image
“Democracy! Bah! When I hear that word I reach for my feather boa!” — Allen Ginsberg Copy Share Image
“We must make our choice. We may have democracy, or we may have wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but… — Louis D. Brandeis Copy Share Image
Once the philosophical foundation of democracy has collapsed, the statement that dictatorship is bad is rationally valid only for those who are… — Max Horkheimer Copy Share Image
I ask everyone to join together - Republicans, Democrats, Independents and 'I Don't Cares' - to stand against racism of all kinds.… — Marjorie Taylor Greene Copy Share Image
Don't expect other nations to have a democracy like ours - they don't have enough lawyers. — Cullen Hightower Copy Share Image
We live in a country where voting rights get gutted but Sharknado gets a sequel. — John Fugelsang Copy Share Image
The Republicans won the women's vote in 2010. It was the first time since Ronald Reagan that the Republicans had won the… — Cathy McMorris Rodgers Copy Share Image
We must take proactive steps to promote democracy and human rights abroad. — Sam Brownback Copy Share Image
“In theory at any rate each militia was a democracy and not a hierarchy . It was understood that orders had to… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
I think the people should demand accountability on the voting. I think there's no point in voting if you're not gonna demand… — Aaron McGruder Copy Share Image
Elections remind us not only of the rights but the responsibilities of citizenship in a democracy. — Robert Kennedy Copy Share Image
There are many Republicans who hardly even know a Democrat. And there are just as many, if not more, Democrats who don't… — James Carville Copy Share Image
Every voting choice you exercise ought to be for the candidate, platform, party, or policy that will best represent the values of… — Tony Evans Copy Share Image
Though editorialists at The New York Times and The Washington Post still don't get it, most Democrats in Congress finally do: Today's… — Robert Kuttner Copy Share Image
More than poverty, more than degree of education, religion, access to natural resources, even degree of democracy - violence against females is… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
Capitalism is out of control, thanks in no small part to Citizens United, the Supreme Court decision which said that a corporation… — Bill Moyers Copy Share Image
There is just a small difference between the United States and Russia - Russia does not teach the whole world democracy. — Margarita Simonyan Copy Share Image
