I do think that the U.S. has an opportunity as a democracy to really exemplify what a religiously diverse society can be… — Diana L. Eck Copy Share Image
My journey to public service began the morning after the 2016 election, when I faced the reality that democracy requires participation -… — Dean Phillips Copy Share Image
Our forms of government - though both cast in the democratic pattern - are greatly different. Indeed, sometimes it appears that many… — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
The Republicans want illegal immigrants for different reasons. They want 'em for cheap labor. Democrats want 'em for voters. Well, Republicans would… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
Trusting each other is the beginning of a certain secular faith, a faith that allows us to live in families and communities… — Sue Halpern Copy Share Image
We are not directly involved in Syria. But we will be working with our partners in the European Union and at the… — William Hague Copy Share Image
We had the support of the Democratic sheriff of my parish which was the popular Democratic Sheriff of my parish, Harry Lee… — David Duke Copy Share Image
We need to thank all of our troops, and particularly those for whom we can never express enough gratitude for they have… — Virgil Goode Copy Share Image
Democracy, taken in its narrower, purely political, sense, suffers from the fact that those in economic and political power possess the means… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
I call upon both Republicans and Democrats to work with us to have a national ID card that is free and accessible.… — Andrew Young Copy Share Image
America is a melting pot, and education has been a mainspring for our democracy and freedom, a means of providing gifts of… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Frankly, we are republicans and they're democrats but before all of that, we're Americans. And I believe we need to unify in… — John Kasich Copy Share Image
Yet optimism is in order, because day by day democracy is proving itself to be a not-at-all-fragile flower. From Stettin on the… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
We must face the bitter fact that we have forsaken our great dream of a life of, for, and by the people;… — Saul Alinsky Copy Share Image
“Because it is a curious challenge for western man to distinguish between aristocracy and plutocracy, it will be his unhappy fate to… — Tom Fahy Copy Share Image
Our party [Republicans] has been focused on big business too long. I came through small business. I understand how hard it is… — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
The Catalan institutions and political parties have to be consistent, because they have the democratic legitimacy of the ballot box and they… — Jordi Cuixart Copy Share Image
The Greek city-states politicised citizen and subject, creating institutions that were way ahead of anything in China or India. The politicians of… — Tariq Ali Copy Share Image
Americans are quite skeptical about the goal of promoting democracy. People feel it's a desirable goal, but, from a commonsense point of… — Daniel Yankelovich Copy Share Image
Democrats cannot win elections without capturing the votes of independent-minded swing voters. And that is where writing off the Tea Party as… — Juan Williams Copy Share Image
Jazz is improvisation and syncopation, with resilience and flow, with earthy elegance, nuance and subtlety, with the integrity of individual expression within… — Greg Thomas Copy Share Image
In a true democracy, there has to be a line between deliberative debate and mob rule. Trump has crossed the line, and… — Kimberle Williams Crenshaw Copy Share Image
“Now, what is the purpose of election? Ephesians 1:4 says, “For he chose us in him before the creation of the world… — Gregory Brown Copy Share Image
The practical core of democracy, defined functionally, is the peaceful exchange of power between different groups of powerful political players arranged in… — Noah Feldman Copy Share Image
This voting thing is actually beautiful. Not just necessary - it's a wonderful thing and it makes you powerful. And we've forgotten… — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
Even though the Bush campaign ad tells you that Afghanistan is a new democracy at the Olympics because of Bush's efforts, Afghanistan… — Peter Schuyler Copy Share Image
I do not say that democracy has been more pernicious on the whole, and in the long run, than monarchy or aristocracy.… — John Adams Copy Share Image
It would shine a torch into the dirty little corner where the BNP defecate on our democracy, and that would be much… — Billy Bragg Copy Share Image
I challenge the Republican nominees and all Republicans to not just be the anti-illegal immigration party. That's not who we are and… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
To accomplish his goals, President Biden will have to work with Democrats across a wide ideological spectrum and also seek common ground… — Tom Suozzi Copy Share Image
The Republican Party stinks because all of the Republicans have accomplished nothing, and they talk about all of these issues and do… — Jackie Mason Copy Share Image
Ultimately, the people of Burma will determine their country's future. But we have chosen to act along with allies and partners because… — Linda Thomas-Greenfield Copy Share Image
If you don't have any fresh ideas, then you use stale tactics to scare the voters. If you don't have a record… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I guess 35 years ago, I thought we had more of a democracy than we actually do. Majority support doesn't help unless… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
What are the American ideals? They are the development of the individual for his own and the common good; the development of… — Louis D. Brandeis Copy Share Image
What conservatives and Republicans must recognize is that the White House has broken with them. What President Bush is doing, and has… — Peggy Noonan Copy Share Image
Britain, which in the years immediately before this war was rapidly losing such democratic virtues as it possessed, is now being bombed… — J. B. Priestley Copy Share Image
In 1956, I shall not go to the polls. I have not registered. I believe that democracy has so far disappeared in… — W. E. B. Du Bois Copy Share Image
Public opinion is presumptively an input to policy formation in a democracy because politicians respond to it or at least are believed… — Alan Blinder Copy Share Image
When it comes to social issues, Republicans don't just need to be more empathetic. They also need to be more emphatic in… — Gary Bauer Copy Share Image
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