That was the miracle of Abraham Lincoln, politician. He pursued the high purpose of moving justice forward via the low arts of… — Joe Klein Copy Share Image
In policy arena after policy arena, Democrats respond to every failure of clunky government by proposing the addition of still more layers… — Ben Sasse Copy Share Image
I mean, this is a group [Republicans], don't forget, that gave its presidential straw ballot to Ron Paul, Ron Paul, and Rand… — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
You are sitting here defending an assault on American democracy. Somebody probably said nice things about anybody at a given point. This… — James Carville Copy Share Image
The East knew and to the present day knows only that One is Free; the Greek and the Roman world, that some… — Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Copy Share Image
Because Republicans believe that the federal government is limited in its function-some have concluded that Republicans are somehow inherently insensitive to minority… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
Democracy has nothing to do with freedom. Democracy is a soft variant of communism, and rarely in the history of ideas has… — Hans-Hermann Hoppe Copy Share Image
Despite what one might gather from the shrill rantings of the leftist commentariat, for whom religion is a sort of disease, religious… — Josh Hawley Copy Share Image
I think if you're a liberal, you believe that we all are, at least to some extent, our brothers' keepers, you really… — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
The Democrats seem to be basically nicer people, but they have demonstrated time and again that they have the management skills of… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
“All this was built on the firm foundation of primate bonding patterns. If the pattern broke down at the bottom, it gave… — Gardner R. Dozois Copy Share Image
“Government surveillance is an egregious violation of personal autonomy, leaving in its wake not only legal ramifications but a trail of emotional… — James William Steven Parker Copy Share Image
“when your actions towards acquiring leadership in any country portrays blatant mischief orchestrated towards disregarding the concepts of the constitution, you do… — Akuku Mach Pep Copy Share Image
Even if people aren't Republicans, it doesn't seem shocking to them that Ronald Reagan was the president. Well of course, because Arnold… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
There is an urgent need to-day for the citizens of a democracy to think well. It is not enough to have freedom… — Susan Stebbing Copy Share Image
There are some historians who say that democratic republics dont last more than 200 years. Well, weve got to show that you… — Maurice Hinchey Copy Share Image
But if there's an erosion at home, you know, Thomas Jefferson warned about a tyranny of an oligarchy and if we surrender… — Pat Robertson Copy Share Image
Surely there is not a capitalist or well-informed person in this world today who believes that [World War I] is being fought… — Rose Pastor Stokes Copy Share Image
“Democracy requires citizens to see things from one another's point of view, but instead were more and more enclosed in our own… — Eli Pariser Copy Share Image
Republicans are always criticizing President Obama for using the teleprompter. Is that a big deal? After eight years of George Bush, I'm… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
My parents were lured to America by the democracy here promised. In our family, freedom was a word to conjure by. Hoping… — Jenkin Lloyd Jones Copy Share Image
Politics is democracy's way of handling public business. We won't get the type of country in the kind of world we want… — David R. Brower Copy Share Image
What we're losing culturally the fastest, aside from natural resources and oil and the idea of democracy and social justice, is the… — Art Spiegelman Copy Share Image
The kind of values for which I was supposed to kill, such as democracy and national independence, were better served, I thought,… — Torbjorn Tannsjo Copy Share Image
The Democratic position seems to be everything is going to be free. Free education. Free health care. Free housing. Free love. Free… — John Kennedy Copy Share Image
Democrats don't have reasons for people to vote for them. They're just trying to gin up anger and resentment for their opposition.… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
We need democracy - but right now democracy needs us! It needs self-assured citizens who have confidence and drive, common sense and… — Frank-Walter Steinmeier Copy Share Image
It would be a mistake to view Camacho as the beacon of democracy in Mexico. He has played by the PRI's rules… — Denise Dresser Copy Share Image
I've written a book entitled 'Islam: the Challenges of Democracy,' because it is a challenge. It requires careful interpretation of the Islamic… — Khaled Abou El Fadl Copy Share Image
I believe that the Conservative Party should remain the last big-tent party, where people are free to hold divergent beliefs that are… — Leslyn Lewis Copy Share Image
“These two norms undergirded American democracy for most of the twentieth century. Leaders of the two major parties accepted one another as… — Steven Levitsky Copy Share Image
“Suppose the elections are free and fair and those elected are racists, fascists, separatists", said the American diplomat Richard Holbrooke about Yugoslavia… — Fareed Zakaria Copy Share Image
Here they are today, the Democrats; they're making this big deal about how this woman [Hillary Clinton] has overcome all of this… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
Everybody calls it a purge, but when people move out of the state, they don't need to be on our voting rolls… — Brian Kemp Copy Share Image
Democracy means doing whatever you want without asking permission of anybody but your boss, your doctor, your lawyer, your landlord, your bank,… — Sam Levenson Copy Share Image
It is a mistake to apply American democratic procedures to the faith and the truth. You cannot take a vote on the… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
“At the age of nineteen [44 BC] on my own responsibility and at my own expense I raised an army, with which… — Imperator Caesar Divi Filius Augustus Copy Share Image
People live with the illusion that we have a democratic system, but it's only the outward form of one. In reality we… — Jose Saramago Copy Share Image
The world is threatened by terrorism and violent extremism like never before. The rule of law is one of our chief defences… — Peter MacKay Copy Share Image
Liberalism and Western-style democracy have not been able to help realize the ideals of humanity. Today these two concepts have failed. Those… — Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Copy Share Image
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