If you are a minority or an interest group, the Democrats will hold the debate at your house. Whereas Republicans take a… — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
Republicans aren't cowards. Many will take the side of climate principle in a fair fight. But it is asking a lot of… — Sheldon Whitehouse Copy Share Image
What do the Republicans say? Donald Trump? They say they're just going to roll back the Dodd-Frank regulations. They want to undermine… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
I am aware that one should always make room for renewal in politics. A democracy is the healthier for the turnover of… — Bob Brown Copy Share Image
Do not allow Democrats anywhere near foreign policy. Not even to keep them away from domestic policy. It's a mistake to ask… — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
For the record, our democracy is revered around the world. And free elections are the best way on Earth to choose our… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
I think the success of democracy is not really police security; it's the presence of a broad middle class. The stronger the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The largest threat to freedom, democracy, the market economy and prosperity, is no longer socialism. It is, instead, the ambitious, arrogant, unscrupulous… — Vaclav Klaus Copy Share Image
“Established politicians are also bumping into a new cast of characters within corridors of legislative power. In 2010 parliamentary elections in Brazil,… — Moisés Naím Copy Share Image
“Some might say what I’m recommending amounts to electoral nihilism. We would end up giving the presidency over to Republicans and their… — Eddie S. Glaude Jr Copy Share Image
Gandhi is the other person. I believe Gandhi is the only person who knew about real democracy — not democracy as the… — Vandana Shiva Copy Share Image
Because they don't teach the truth about the world, schools have to rely on beating students over the head with propaganda about… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“Sometimes, when I look at my work at the newspaper and squint in just the right way, I can even see it… — Jennifer Steil Copy Share Image
We want no dictatorship of physicists, as physicists. If our democracy is to realize its full promise, we want no dictatorship at… — Jerome Frank Copy Share Image
Gentlemen, comrades, do not be concerned about all you hear about Glasnost and Perestroika and democracy in the coming years. They are… — Mikhail Gorbachev Copy Share Image
“Because sometimes bad things—downright horrible things in fact—must be done. For the greater good of the Republic. The “greater good” is, after… — Jason Anspach Copy Share Image
You may hate Hillary Clinton and you may have good reason for hating Hillary Clinton, but Hillary Clinton is one person who… — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
I always believe that ultimately, if people are paying attention, then we get good government and good leadership. And when we get… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We tie ourselves in knots when we act as if democracy is good for the United States and Israel but not for… — Nicholas D. Kristof Copy Share Image
“Democracy, we now know, is more than periodic elections in some countries, such elections have been used to legitimize essentially authoritarian regimes… — Joseph E. Stiglitz Copy Share Image
Governments must not run only for elections. The government should be a bona fide attempt of meeting the demands and expectations of… — Narendra Modi Copy Share Image
Democracy only works, as President [Barack] Obama spoke of in his farewell message, if it's driven by the people and the people… — Aldis Hodge Copy Share Image
I have a prominent platform and I want to use it to promote respect for human rights, democracy, and personal freedom. For… — Enes Kanter Copy Share Image
Historically, Democrats have shown they are willing to do just about anything to win elections. Republicans must quit taking the high road… — Charlie Kirk Copy Share Image
There is no society that protects freedom of religion more than secular democracies, because in societies where one religion rules, different viewpoints… — Flemming Rose Copy Share Image
Liberal democracy - as you know, in the old days, we were saying we want socialism with a human face. Today's left… — Slavoj Zizek Copy Share Image
Love of the republic in a democracy, is a love of the democracy; love of the democracy is that of equality. Love… — Baron de Montesquieu Copy Share Image
We will shortly become like Germany, France, the United Kingdom, or Sweden - a socialist democracy in which the government dominates the… — Dick Morris Copy Share Image
Democracy without morality is impossible. Every time in this century we've lowered the tax rates across the board, on employment, on saving,… — Jack Kemp Copy Share Image
I just don't accept that there is a trade off between trade and democracy ... what we've got now is an institution… — Ruth Davidson Copy Share Image
I stand in support of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nations and all Canadians who find themselves with no voice in our present… — Gord Downie Copy Share Image
Democracy was always a gamble. In 1776, the founders rejected the old idea that government should be based on hierarchies according to… — Heather Cox Richardson Copy Share Image
How much ... did the volume of disease in a nation account for its spirit? If so, the eradication of sickness, as… — Alice Tisdale Hobart Copy Share Image
The American principles of democracy expresses the deepest values of the Sharia both structurally and in the government... Sharia requires us Muslims… — Feisal Abdul Rauf Copy Share Image
I think reconciliation is Obama's goal - but the fight with the Republicans is like a fight with pit bulls, they never… — Jesse Jackson Copy Share Image
Since the Reagan era, Republicans have prescribed cuts for rich people and corporations as a cure-all. But every time they put their… — Tom Steyer Copy Share Image
Whether people care enough about local news to pay for it is, sadly, an entirely different question than whether our democracy requires… — Eric Alterman Copy Share Image
From fighting voter suppression in the Texas House to calling out Republicans in the House Oversight Committee for their brazen lies, I… — Jasmine Crockett Copy Share Image
“Because we live in a democracy, and the people can't govern themselves well if they don't know the truth about the world… — Rosslyn Elliott Copy Share Image
He [Deng Xiaoping] said that he did not understand why we failed to grasp that the alternative was not democracy, but total… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
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