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
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
In a wild and diverse democracy each of us should be trying to talk to lots and lots and lots of people… — Bill Ayers Copy Share Image
Our president seems determined to do anything he can with the Russians and the Russians hate - but a report and hates… — Ralph Peters Copy Share Image
“When Republicans recently charged the President with promoting 'class warfare,' he answered it was 'just math.' But it's more than math. It's… — Robert B. Reich Copy Share Image
The ultimate authority, wherever the derivative may be found, resides in the people alone, and that it will not depend merely on… — James Madison Copy Share Image
My fellow Americans, all of us in this grand hall and everybody watching at home, when we vote in this election, we'll… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
My notion of democracy is that under it the weakest shall have the same opportunities as the strongest... no country in the… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
The Democratic power elite on some level feels delegitimized by its working-class, black and female constituencies. What it wants are the "legitimate"… — Ellen Willis Copy Share Image
“The truth is, one who seeks to achieve freedom by petitioning those in power to give it to him has already failed,… — Larken Rose 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
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
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
“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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
“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
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
“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 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
“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
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
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
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
“Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead. Tradition refuses… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
That the will of the people can be established by voting for democrats is, of course, a delusion. Yet when considering a… — Robert Musil Copy Share Image
In the 21st century, our adversaries will continue to use cyberattacks against us. We need to be prepared to defend our networks… — Amy Klobuchar Copy Share Image