Furthermore, when citizens are all almost equal, it becomes difficult for them to defend their independence against the aggressions of power. — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
Democracies have been found incompatible with personal security or the rights of property; and in general been as short in their lives… — James Madison Copy Share Image
There's a big difference in a representative republic and a democracy. We do not have a democracy in America. — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
The only foundation for . . . a republic is to be laid in Religion. Without this there can be no virtue,… — Benjamin Rush Copy Share Image
America is a land of wonders, in which everything is in constant motion and every change seems an improvement. No natural boundary… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
For those who can, one of the things to do is not to move. To stay put. That doesn't mean don't travel;… — Gary Snyder Copy Share Image
The slave will be free. Democracy in America will yet be a glorious reality; and when the top-stone of that temple of… — John Greenleaf Whittier Copy Share Image
“I consider myself a “social ecologist,” concerned with man’s man-made environment the way the natural ecologist studies the biological environment.....the discipline itself… — Peter F. Drucker Copy Share Image
“Democracy in America was never the same as Liberty in Europe. In Europe Liberty was a great life-throb. But in America Democracy… — D.H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
“In a democracy where the ignorant are in the majority, democracy always slides towards autocracy.” — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
Take a stand against intolerance and for our American values. Say it with pride: I support democracy in America. I support working… — Richard Trumka Copy Share Image
“Exilic Intellectuals 1 "It is part of morality not to be at home in one's home." —Theodore W. Adorno "[I am] the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Europeans had highly developed regional and national cultures and societies before they bolted on Protestantism. America, on the other hand, was half-created… — Kurt Andersen Copy Share Image
Democracy is four wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien philosophies, and competitive values. — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
“Congress may carry on the most wicked and pernicious of schemes under the dark veil of secrecy. The liberties of a people… — Patrick Henry Copy Share Image
The idea of an election is much more interesting to me than the election itself...The act of voting is in itself the… — Jeff Melvoin Copy Share Image
Not until I went into the churches of America and heard her pulpits flame with righteousness did I understand the secret of… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
There is in fact a manly and legitimate passion for equality that spurs all men to wish to be strong and esteemed.… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
“America posed a deeply interesting question to any Frenchmen with a political curiosity to ask it. How had Americans launched a revolution… — Alan James Ryan Copy Share Image
“Real love isn't ambivalent. I'd swear that's a line from my favorite best-selling paperback novel, "In Love with the Night Mysterious", except… — Tony Kushner Copy Share Image
