We know that a government shutdown is gonna blamed on the Republicans no matter who, what, when, where, why. You want to… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
Democracy is liberty - a liberty which does not infringe on the liberty nor encroach on the rights of others; a liberty… — Chiang Kai-shek Copy Share Image
In this country, we move on after Election Day and focus on the transition of power. — Michelle Wu Copy Share Image
One cannot have a trade union or a democratic election without freedom of speech, freedom of association and assembly. Without a democratic… — George Meany Copy Share Image
I think what it was about was the people's right to vote and have those votes counted. And if you think back… — David Boies Copy Share Image
“It is, indeed, difficult to conceive how men who have entirely given up the habit of self-government should succeed in making a… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
Freedom of speech is a principal pillar of a free government; when this support is taken away, the constitution of a free… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
To preserve our sovereign integrity, we must prove to them nobody need tell us how to hold a clean and democratic election. — Ferdinand Marcos Copy Share Image
It's this mingling of the economic and political elite which is really destroying our democracy. — Jill Stein Copy Share Image
You can organize elections any day, even tomorrow. But what will be the result of chaotic elections? More chaos! — Joseph Kabila Copy Share Image
Why does the UK government ignore workplace bullying? Our system of democracy - government and law - is based on the adversarial… — Tim Field Copy Share Image
Eminem knows that Republicans buy songs - his songs - too. His message to them is to stop buying. — Bari Weiss Copy Share Image
The Arab Spring, nobody's in the streets demonstrating for radical Islam; they're in the streets with a window of democracy. They want… — Jack Keane Copy Share Image
If democracy is to be an articulation of mutual respect, a leader in a democracy leads by showing respect to all. — Abhijit Banerjee Copy Share Image
If you want a good argument against democracy, spend five minutes with a voter. — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
We want a free market, but we know that the paradox of a 'free' market is that sometimes you have to intervene.… — Margrethe Vestager Copy Share Image
Republicans insist that if you're going to run for political office, you have to be loyal to President Trump. This is wrong.… — Richard Painter Copy Share Image
Global markets must be balanced by global values such as respect for human rights and international law, democracy, security and sustainable economic… — Anna Lindh Copy Share Image
The majority of men cannot be made disinterested for life by exhortation, by religious services, by any expenditure of subsidized works, or… — Herbert Croly Copy Share Image
Certainly, if we believe in democracy and democratic systems, when [Benazir Bhutto] failed to pass any legislation, really, at all in her… — Fatima Bhutto Copy Share Image
In a political sense, there is one problem that currently underlies all of the others. That problem is making Government sufficiently responsive… — Gerald R. Ford Copy Share Image
What we need in Africa is balanced development. Economic success cannot be a replacement for human rights or participation or democracy... it… — Mo Ibrahim Copy Share Image
We should not be surprised that democracy is imperfect even in Western countries. — Richard Holbrooke Copy Share Image
The motivating force of the theory of a Democratic way of life is still a belief that as individuals we live cooperatively,… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
When our government is spoken of as some menacing, threatening, foreign entity, it ignores the fact that in our democracy, government is… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The tragedy of modern democracies is that they have not yet succeeded in effecting democracy. — Jacques Maritain Copy Share Image
In a democracy, regulation of the press and imposing standards on it must be voluntary. — Shami Chakrabarti Copy Share Image
In a free Europe... the system of power lies on three pillars. These are democracy, rule of law, and human rights. It's… — Frans Timmermans Copy Share Image
“There is nothing wrong with the United States--or the world at large--that cannot be stabilized and reconstructed by restoring the intelligence and… — Robert David Steele Copy Share Image
Hillary certainly needs the black vote, and Democrats need it. She's not doing anything too soon; she's raising her money and not… — Darryl Pinckney Copy Share Image
“The lesson we are indebted to Egypt for, our future generations learned that in the face of oppression silence is never golden.” — Aysha Taryam Copy Share Image
I'm going to take part in the elections, not just as a candidate but as a mouthpiece for those who can't become… — Ksenia Sobchak Copy Share Image
Republicans didn't lie to the American people about whether there were classified e-mails on that server and Republicans didn't tell families of… — Eric Bolling Copy Share Image
Democracy allows rhetoric, false empathy and emotion to pummel rational thinking - so it's no wonder so many politicians thrive in it. — David Harsanyi Copy Share Image