What are we fighting the terrorists for if we ourselves do not even stand up for democracy - civil liberties and fundamental… — Nawaz Sharif Copy Share Image
Voting has proliferated in the United States, and it has reached a point where there is now almost one vote available per… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Thank the Lord, Germanic democracy means just this: that any old climber or moral slacker cannot rise by devious paths to govern… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
Rural voters believed the Democrats traded millions in campaign cash at their expense. Along came a guy named Trump to give these… — Bob Beckel Copy Share Image
The digital revolution has deepened the crisis within representative democracy. But as it forces its demise, it might also dictate its future.… — Eduardo Paes Copy Share Image
In the long run the ideas of the majority, however detrimental they may be, will carry on. The future of mankind depends… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
Once the philosophical foundation of democracy has collapsed, the statement that dictatorship is bad is rationally valid only for those who are… — Max Horkheimer Copy Share Image
Everything [Ronald Reagan] got, the tax cuts, he had Democrats outnumbering him in the House and Senate everywhere. There were certain realities… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
“This was the first time that the Supreme Court equated the right to vote with the fundamental right of speech and expression… — Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly Copy Share Image
“While Bigge was trying to turn back the clock, ex-convicts and their sons and daughters were demanding greater rights. Most important, they… — Daron Acemoğlu Copy Share Image
Condelleza Rice and Colin Powell are both dangerous people. What they did in Haiti [2004 U.S.-backed coup that ousted democratically elected President… — Randall Robinson Copy Share Image
“So take something that's been happening in recent years: devolution―that is, removing authority from the federal government down to the state governments.… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Look, the United States doesn't have political parties. In other countries, take say Europe, you can be an active member of the… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The aim of life is no more to control the mind, but to develop it harmoniously; not to achieve salvation here after,… — Bhagat Singh Copy Share Image
Great nations which fail to meet their responsibilities are consigned to the dustbin of history. We grew from that small, weak republic… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
I don't even know in American educational history classes how much of D-Day, World War II, all of that is taught versus… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
Our democracy is predicated on the belief that our government should be accessible by the people. We cannot allow ourselves to give… — Erik Paulsen Copy Share Image
“There's not a branch of publishing or broadcasting that doesn't depend in some way on advertising. It'd be like an aquarium without… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
I believe that American engagement, through our embassy, our businesses, and most of all through our people, is the best way to… — Chris Christie Copy Share Image
The House Rules Committee is perhaps the free world's outstanding bureaucratic abomination - a tiny, airless closet deep in the labyrinth of… — Matt Taibbi Copy Share Image
In democracies, we aren't always governed by the people or the parties that we voted for. But when officials are elected, we… — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
From this vision of the role of the United Nations in the next century flow three key priorities for the future: eradicating… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
Those who try to stifle the vibrancy of our democracy and shield policies from scrutiny behind a false cloak of patriotism miss… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
The Democrats are dropping the F-bomb at practically every appearance now, because they think that's how they connect to the Millennials. They're… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
Once again, the Republicans in the Senate have rejected an increase in the minimum wage. They support tax breaks for multi-millionaires, but… — Mark Dayton Copy Share Image
“As the familiar quote usually attributed to Supreme Court justice Louis D. Brandeis goes, “We can have democracy in this country, or… — Jaron Lanier Copy Share Image
In general the 53 countries on the continent of Africa have made great progress towards freedom and democracy, and in terms of… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
I think more so than the Republican Party, we reflect America on the Democratic side of the aisle, and that's a healthy… — Mike Ross Copy Share Image
As for Republicanism, no analogy could be found for it upon the face of the earth—unless we except the case of the… — Edgar Allan Poe Copy Share Image
I realized that democracy is indivisible, or rather, that freedom is indivisible. There are many clown-democracies in the Arab world, which have… — Walid Jumblatt Copy Share Image
Many people don't understand how disciplined you have to be to play jazz... And that is really the idea of democracy -… — Dave Brubeck Copy Share Image
People cannot be free unless they are willing to sacrifice some of their interests to guarantee the freedom of others. The price… — Saul Alinsky Copy Share Image
We're not a democracy. It's a terrible misunderstandin g and a slander to the idea of democracy to call us that. In… — Ramsey Clark Copy Share Image
The crisis of Western values has many aspects, many faces. There is a decline in faith in liberal democracy, a loss of… — Anne Applebaum Copy Share Image
“Keep clear of the dupes that talk democracy and the dogs that talk revolution, drunk with talk, liars and believers. I believe… — Robinson Jeffers Copy Share Image
The era of big government is over, but the era of big challenge is not. We need an era of big citizenship.… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
I don't believe that there's such a thing as objectivity in much of journalism, but I think there is a serious effort… — Jann Wenner Copy Share Image
“Americans today are no wiser than the Europeans who saw democracy yield to fascism, Nazism, or communism in the twentieth century. One… — Timothy Snyder Copy Share Image
I think Democrats made a mistake running away from liberalism. Liberalism, uh, Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, John and Robert Kennedy - that's… — Theodore C. Sorensen Copy Share Image
All democracies turn into dictatorships - but not by coup. The people give their democracy to a dictator, whether it's Julius Caesar… — George Lucas Copy Share Image