Democracy is based on the assumption that a million men are wiser than one man. How's that again? I missed something. — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
The exercise of true leadership is inversely proportional to the exercise of power. — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Campaign may invite a certain skepticism about democracy, but it will surely restore your faith in cinema verite. — A. O. Scott 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
Bush is quite vulnerable if the Democrats pick the right issues. So far, though, they've shown their usual tendency to go for… — Glenn Reynolds Copy Share Image
I support both Democrats and Republicans on many issues. I'm more interested in where they are on technology. — John T. Chambers Copy Share Image
Anarchy is the sure consequence of tyranny; for no power that is not limited by laws can ever be protected by them. — John Milton Copy Share Image
Journalism, like democracy, is not something that is achieved. It is a work in progress, and not every day is as good… — John Maxwell Hamilton Copy Share Image
It is acknowledged, namely, that there are in the world three forms of government, autocracy, oligarchy, and democracy: autocracies and oligarchies are… — Aeschines Copy Share Image
Of course there are many factors that led to the Iranian revolution, but back in 1951, the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company - which… — Adam Curtis Copy Share Image
Two hundred years ago, our Founding Fathers gave us a democracy. It was based upon the simple, yet noble, idea that government… — Paul Tsongas Copy Share Image
In fact, in some countries there are actually voting drives conducted in prison! But here in the U.S., we seem to take… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
This doesn't mean abandoning our values and ideals; wherever we can, it's in our interest to help foster democracy through the diplomatic… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The US constitution's First Amendment rights only cover Americans, but I believe that in a democracy the competition of ideas and free… — Joichi Ito Copy Share Image
I never wanted to do biography just to tell the life of a famous man. I always wanted to use the life… — Robert Caro Copy Share Image
The republic I fell in love with, the republic I risked my life to defend, the values I hold dear, the integrity… — Allen West Copy Share Image
Almost all of the liberal and Christian members of the constitutional commission have withdrawn, because we all fear that the Muslim Brotherhood… — Mohamed ElBaradei Copy Share Image
In the South, prior to the Civil Rights movement and the 1964 Civil Rights Act, democracy was the rule. The majority of… — Neal Boortz Copy Share Image
It's the Democrat Party that is destroying the integrity of the American electoral system. It's not Vladimir Putin. It's not Dmitry Medvedev.… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
The truths of the Judaic-Christian tradition, are infinitely precious, not only, as I believe, because they are true, but also because they… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
There was great political uncertainty in South Asia at the time of the Buddha. The older small tribal societies were cracking up… — Pankaj Mishra Copy Share Image
“...is there any body of citizens in the country who actually welcome and enjoy a General Election?..YES. Those citizens are schoolchildren...attending national… — Flann O'brien Copy Share Image
Those who won our independence believed that the final end of the state was to make men free to develop their faculties… — Louis D. Brandeis Copy Share Image
In many European countries we have populist indirect democratic systems. The people elect, in a proportionate manner, a parliament. The parliament with… — Torbjorn Tannsjo Copy Share Image
“gay marriage... always being an issue for the voting public when it should be an individual‘s private choice.” — G.A. - Being Screwed (Action #7 Hauser Copy Share Image
“A democracy of mean and ignorant people is just as scary as any other horrible form of government.” — Bryant McGill Copy Share Image
“Elections are won by men and women chiefly because most people vote against somebody rather than for somebody.” FRANKLIN P. ADAMS” — C.J. Werleman Copy Share Image
“A hundred years hence, our belief in democracy and human rights might look equally incomprehensible to our descendants. Dreamtime” — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
Liberty, freedom and democracy are very fuzzy words, but human rights is very specific. — Joichi Ito Copy Share Image
The spirit of democracy cannot be superimposed from the outside. It must come from within. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
If the administration is going to be run according to the PM whims, one wonders if there is democracy left in the… — Uddhav Thackeray Copy Share Image
I grew up in a world where the social democratic state was the norm, not the exception. — Tony Judt Copy Share Image
People call me a socialist sometimes. But, no, you gotta meet real socialists. You'll have a sense of what a socialist is. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Supporters of tough voter ID laws are not afraid of vote fraud - they are afraid of democracy. — Adam Cohen Copy Share Image
Congress needs to toughen the laws protecting elections and make clear that anyone interfering with democracy will pay a stiff price. — Adam Cohen Copy Share Image
Only the person who does not evade conflict and directs his efforts in keeping with the course of society's development can be… — Georgi Plekhanov Copy Share Image
Slowly but surely, we are acquiring that famous culture of democracy, which is our objective. — Paul Biya Copy Share Image
Democracy is a device that ensures the people shall be governed no better than they deserve. — Anthony Scaramucci Copy Share Image
“We would not be ashamed of doing some of the things we do in private, if the number of sane human beings… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
Democracy, the deceitful theory that the Jew would insinuate - namely, that theory that all men are created equal. — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
