The globalisation of information makes people aware of what they have - and have not. Problems and oppression are impossible to hide,… — Anna Lindh Copy Share Image
China recognizes and also respects the universality of human rights. We will continue our efforts to promote democracy and the rule of… — Hu Jintao Copy Share Image
Democratic nations care but little for what has been, but they are haunted by visions of what will be. — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
“The very concept of social planning, of rational planning for human concerns—that's regarded as virtually subversive. And that's the only thing that… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The German Reich is a Republic, and whoever doesn't believe it gets one in the neck. — Alfred Doblin Copy Share Image
My publication, 'The Post,' has taken the initiative to translate many of my pieces and publish them in Arabic. For that, I… — Jamal Khashoggi Copy Share Image
“From Hobbes’s theory of the sovereign ruling by authority to Max Weber 250 years later, defining the state in terms of a… — Kenneth Minogue Copy Share Image
We are a democracy: there are enough checks and balances in our country, and we have an impeccable record of not contributing… — Manmohan Singh Copy Share Image
We preach the virtues of democracy abroad. We must practice its duties here at home. Voting is the first duty of democracy. — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
Islamism implies some sort of political and social plan for Muslim people. In that classification, we find different categories. Legalist ones, traditional… — Tariq Ramadan Copy Share Image
The question is, how do you stop the power elite from doing as much damage to you as possible? That comes through… — Chris Hedges Copy Share Image
Our inner cities are almost at an all-time low, run by the Democrats for sometimes more than a hundred years, chain unbroken.… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
For decades the G.O.P. has won elections by appealing to social and racial divisions, only to turn after each victory to deregulation… — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
Will Great Britain have an unwilling India dragged into war or a willing ally co-operating with her in the prosecution of a… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
The diverse natures of men, combined with the necessity to satisfy in some manner the sentiment which desires them to be equal,… — Vilfredo Pareto Copy Share Image
Large-scale hog producers are a greater threat to the United States and U.S. democracy than Osama bin Laden and his terrorist network. — Robert F. Kennedy, Jr Copy Share Image
“If you wanted to bestow the grandiose title of "most successful organization in modern history," you would struggle to find a more… — David Leonhardt Copy Share Image
“Quiet people avoid the question of the Presidency, for there will be a new election in three years and a half, and… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
In the neuter austerity of that terrain all phenomena were bequeathed a strange equality and no one thing nor spider nor stone… — Cormac McCarthy Copy Share Image
I'm fed up with democracy. In a democracy, people vote for the mayors. I wanted to build a city where I will… — Emir Kusturica Copy Share Image
I'd like to teach Iraq about Democracy because we're so experienced with it. First they should know that after 100 years they… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
Idea of holding each other’s hands at the Women’s March—it feels like we are being invited to do that every day. So… — Kerry Washington Copy Share Image
You know, probably the notion that conservatives, Republicans, only care about the rich and that Democrats care about the poor - is… — Daniel Garza Copy Share Image
Americans cannot teach democracy to the world until they restore their own. — William Greider Copy Share Image
What we Republicans should stand for is growth in the economy. We ought to make the pie higher. — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
Democracy in Yemen did not stop, instead it is in a continuous development, there is no other way to follow rather than… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There is no "ruler" in our country. Poland is a democracy. Our Prime Minister leads the government; the President is fulfilling his… — Jaroslaw Kaczynski Copy Share Image
All democracies demand common public education because nothing makes people so much alike as the same education. — Karl Jaspers Copy Share Image
Democracy is itself, a religious faith. For some it comes close to being the only formal religion they have. — E. B. White Copy Share Image
No good government but what is republican... the very definition of a republic is 'an empire of laws, and not of men.' — John Adams Copy Share Image
Perhaps our national ambition to standardize ourselves has behind it the notion that democracy means standardization. But standardization is the surest way… — Ida Tarbell Copy Share Image
Of course, the aim of a constitutional democracy is to safeguard the rights of the minority and avoid the tyranny of the… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
While 1857 was about 'Swaraj ki ladai', the 2014 elections would be about 'Surajya ki ladai'. — Narendra Modi Copy Share Image
The only way that we can win over potential jihadists to liberal democracy is by winning the battle of ideas. — Maajid Nawaz Copy Share Image
The peaceful transfer of power is a central tenet of American democracy, and Connecticut stands ready to aid in the protection of… — Ned Lamont Copy Share Image
