You can't have an industrial revolution, you can't have democracies, you can't have populations who can govern themselves until you have literacy.… — Howard Rheingold Copy Share Image
If all political parties are committed to the role of the free market, the politicians act as, I don't know, as traffic… — Ken Loach Copy Share Image
Everything that we believe in and count on is really in question right now. Our safety net, public education, housing, health care,… — Ai-jen Poo Copy Share Image
When a nation uses their improperly gained or intelligence-wise gained information to take policy positions that impact another nation's democracy or their… — Jeff Sessions Copy Share Image
I found a correlation between the spreading of democracy after the fall of the Berlin Wall and the rise in slavery. Now,… — Loretta Napoleoni Copy Share Image
Class struggle: external peace, international solidarity, peace among peoples. This is the sacred slogan of international socialist democracy that liberates nations. — Karl Liebknecht Copy Share Image
The Republicans, they are in the danger of rooting for the country to fail. They look bad that way, I mean, and… — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
The United Nations has a critical role to play in promoting stability, security, democracy, human rights, and economic development. The UN is… — Chuck Hagel Copy Share Image
As Americans, we have shown ourselves to have the greatest military on the face of the planet, but we are not so… — Martin O'Malley Copy Share Image
Now, I swore an oath to uphold the laws on the books... Now, I know some people want me to bypass Congress… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
President Obama has said that our aspirations should be realistic. We are not going to turn one of the poorest countries in… — David Petraeus Copy Share Image
Institutions work this way. A son is murdered by the police, and nothing is done. The institutions send the victim's family on… — Huey Newton Copy Share Image
“In The Knights Aristophanes gave us a picture of the final state of corruption in which the vulgar rabble ends when--just as… — Søren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
The billionaires and their super PACs increasingly control the American political process. This is not democracy. This is not what brave Americans… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
Only one American has given his life for Iranian democracy. He was a young idealist from Nebraska named Howard Baskerville. In 1907,… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
Republicans are going to have to ask themselves the question, do we want a candidate who could be tied up in court… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
Taiwan is a strong, vibrant democracy, and its inclusion in the IMF would bolster both the global economy as well as democratic… — Al N. Green Copy Share Image
My heart beats red, white, and blue. And with patriotism it aches Generally, I believe in democracy, freedom and civil rights But… — John Walter Bratton Copy Share Image
Election is an act of God before creation in which He chooses some people to be saved, not on account of any… — Wayne Grudem Copy Share Image
We must challenge this statement and this sentiment that the news media is the enemy of the American people. This sentiment may… — William H. McRaven Copy Share Image
The Founders knew that a democracy would lead to some kind of tyranny. The term democracy appears in none of our Founding… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
If we put our trust in the common sense of common men and 'with malice toward none and charity for all' go… — Henry A. Wallace Copy Share Image
Democracy is liberty - a liberty which does not infringe on the liberty nor encroach on the rights of others; a liberty… — Chiang Kai-shek Copy Share Image
The more I see of democracy the more I dislike it. It just brings everything down to the mere vulgar level of… — D. H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
There's much talk about how there can't be democracy in a region that has problems of illiteracy and poverty. But I bring… — Bobby Ghosh Copy Share Image
The abuse of buying and selling votes crept in and money began to play an important part in determining elections. Later on,… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
One of the achievements of the reform movement is that people realize that they can be democrats and remain faithful Muslims. Democracy… — Abdolkarim Soroush Copy Share Image
[For business after WWII ] democracy means getting people to regard government as an alien force that's robbing them and oppressing them,… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
We have to take our democracy back. We cannot leave it to Facebook or Snapchat or anyone else. We have to take… — Margrethe Vestager Copy Share Image
Regardless of how people love to deride politicians, democracy is not an easy gig. My decisions, views and heartfelt principles are dismissed… — Jess Phillips Copy Share Image
Well, protest is central to the evolution of black American culture. It was protest that really finally won our freedom for us.… — Shelby Steele Copy Share Image
No one is born a good citizen; no nation is born a democracy. Rather, both are processes that continue to evolve over… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
There are a lot of Democrats that tell me that they are just distressed over what Obama has done to the health… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
The more we allow Republicans to concentrate the lion's share of wealth in the hands of a few, the more power these… — Tom Steyer Copy Share Image
I think that if Republicans are given the reins of leadership in the House or Senate or both, we will have to… — John Thune Copy Share Image
A society which is liberal democratic cannot have public policy determined upon the basis of who has got the loudest voice -… — Charles Kennedy Copy Share Image
Republicans and Democrats are obsessed with making sure that illegal aliens are granted citizenship. The American people are not. They're concerned about… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
We want to be a country with a competitive edge in the world. And a country with a solid democracy. To do… — Juan Manuel Santos Copy Share Image
Political civility is not about being polite to each other. It's about reclaiming the power of 'We the People' to come together,… — Parker Palmer Copy Share Image
For all the manufactured 'Republican versus Democrat' drama that dominates today's cable news and political rhetoric, the most striking feature of our… — Letitia James Copy Share Image