The President proclaims war, and those Senators who dissent are not those who know better, but those who can afford to...Democracy becomes… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“Representative government is artifice, a political myth, designed to conceal from the masses the dominance of a self-selected, self-perpetuating, and self-serving traditional… — Giuseppe Prezzolini Copy Share Image
The fabric of democracy is always fragile everywhere because it depends on the will of citizens to protect it, and when they… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
I was elected by the Democrats to be chair of the Veterans Committee, which I'm very proud of. And now am the… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
You have to stand guard over the development and maintenance of Islamic democracy, Islamic social justice and the equality of manhood in… — Muhammad Ali Jinnah Copy Share Image
I don't think generally politician come from democratic country. I think not that thinking. But sometimes little bit short-sighted. They are mainly… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
The Reservoir plan is an engineering mechanism applied to the field of economics, and in its essence it has nothing to do… — Benjamin Graham Copy Share Image
Tax avoidance and evasion by the rich undermine democracy by starving social programs and public services. They also send a message to… — Jagmeet Singh Copy Share Image
All nations are imagined communities, and our imagined community is based on a uniquely inspiring set of principles. Americans have proved that… — Anne Applebaum Copy Share Image
Whatever else the religious Right may be, it is a bonanza for its opponents... Reports of the great terror that is upon… — Richard John Neuhaus Copy Share Image
Elections, for their part, are typically popularity contests rather than measures of candidates' relative competency or effectiveness. Imagine if scientific truth were… — Nathan Myhrvold Copy Share Image
[The healthcare bill is a] headlong rush into socialism…we will not stand for the Obama-Pelosi-Reid hijacking of our freedom and democracy so… — Michael Steele Copy Share Image
Public education is the key civil rights issue of the 21st century. Our nation's knowledge-based economy demands that we provide young people… — Eli Broad Copy Share Image
“The success of totalitarian movements among the masses meant the end of two illusions of democratically ruled countries in general and of… — Hannah Arendt Copy Share Image
“Consequential to the election outcome were the many private contacts in the capital between southern Democrats and Hayes’s northern Republican supporters. At… — Ron Chernow Copy Share Image
The long fight to save wild beauty represents democracy at its best. It requires citizens to practice the hardest of virtues--self-restraint. Why… — Edwin Way Teale Copy Share Image
“How many Indians today would want to call a vote to divest themselves of democracy, English, the railway network, the legal system,… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
The American system of democracy is founded on the concept that every citizen has the right to vote, to know that their… — Barbara Mikulski Copy Share Image
We do have to take the long-term view. And long term, the question to ask ourselves is whether America should attack others… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
Rosa Luxemburg was - still is for me - a great personal and intellectual heroine. Her analysis of Leninism and capitalism and… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
Post-modernism was the worst thing that could have happened to our democracy. The idea that you have to deconstruct and destroy all… — Emmanuel Macron Copy Share Image
When I saw how the European Union was developing, it was very obvious what they had in mind was not democratic. In… — Tony Benn Copy Share Image
Once upon a time, it was the Democrats who claimed to be the party of the working man. No longer. They abandoned… — Corey Stewart Copy Share Image
There are only two forces that can withstand the force of the war's spirit when it seizes upon the world. The one… — Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence, Baroness Pethick-Lawrence Copy Share Image
Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word, equality. But notice the difference: while democracy seeks equality in liberty, socialism… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
Democracy, as I understand it, requires me to sacrifice myself for the masses, not to them. Who knows not that if you… — John C. Calhoun Copy Share Image
I have come from outside Delhi, but I give you an assurance that the people in the Government are very capable. I… — Narendra Modi Copy Share Image
I want a capital-earning democracy. Every man and woman a capitalist. Housing is the start. If you're a man or woman of… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
One can only presume, despite unequivocal polling to the contrary, that Republicans believe relentlessly attacking womens' abilities to make their own health… — Jan Schakowsky Copy Share Image
Republicans are the party of 'no,' and Democrats are the party of 'don't know' because it hasn't fought for bold ideas, policies,… — Jesse Jackson Copy Share Image
Well my briefing was that Honduras was a small and vulnerable country just back on the path towards democracy it was about… — John Negroponte Copy Share Image
Our society is connecting workers with the products people consume and recognizing workers for their contributions. It is important to do that,… — Dolores Huerta Copy Share Image
I think the Democrats are catering to them, but, you know, in the entire history of the United States of America, there… — Pat Robertson Copy Share Image
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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