It is my view that it is a big embarrassment for Africa . It is hypocritical for African leaders to talk about… — Raila Odinga Copy Share Image
“Pnin slowly walked under solemn pines. The sky was dying. He did not believe in an autocratic God. He did believe, dimly,… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
We know how to punish retailers and manufacturers that don't provide quality and value. But we're lousy at fighting effectively for what… — Shoshana Zuboff Copy Share Image
There's a real danger when people get distracted by peripheral issues. They get distracted by democracy building. They get distracted about military… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
In view of our public pledges, we public officials can never again go before the public merely promising election reform. The time… — Charles Edison Copy Share Image
A democrat need not believe that the majority will always reach a wise decision. He should however believe in the necessity of… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
I considered mores to be one of the great general causes responsible for the maintenance of a democratic republic . . .… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
Many people suggest using mathematics to talk to the aliens, and Dutch computer scientist Alexander Ollongren has developed an entire language (Lincos)… — Seth Shostak Copy Share Image
When the function of libraries is put in terms of their contributions to the community, people see their centrality. The challenge to… — Arthur Curley Copy Share Image
“We find that at present the human race is divided into one wise man, nine knaves, and ninety fools out of every… — T.H. White Copy Share Image
In battle, combatants engaged in war against America get no due process and may lawfully be killed. But citizens not in a… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
In my view, it is not a question of Trump having won the election, it's a question of Democrats having lost the… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
As the Republicans run to the crazy Tea Party right, they leave behind the huge mass of genuinely moderate and independent Americans… — Jennifer Granholm Copy Share Image
“I, too, like yourself was a good party man: my party was that of the Church; I was ultramontane. Your party system… — Henry Adams Copy Share Image
“Antidemocracy, executive predominance, and elite rule are basic elements of inverted totalitarianism. Antidemocracy does not take the form of overt attacks upon… — Sheldon S. Wolin Copy Share Image
“Literate, affluent, self-confident people do not like living under either dictatorship or chaos. As more nations move into modernity and find themselves… — Oliver H. Woshinsky Copy Share Image
The state exists at our expense, and we do not live at the expense of the state. For this reason we do… — Ilkin Santak Copy Share Image
The more people participate in the process of their own education, and the more people participate in defining what kind of production… — Paulo Freire Copy Share Image
When I got to the Senate, I started working with Republicans. I think I practically worked with every single one of them,… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
Where I underestimated the opposition was how willing Republicans in Congress would be to put their short-term political interests ahead of what… — Valerie Jarrett Copy Share Image
The good news is the Republicans have started to say the right things about net neutrality. The bad news is we're not… — Brian Schatz Copy Share Image
Election Day outside of big cities is different. For one thing, there are so few people in my town that each individual… — Susan Orlean Copy Share Image
I think the Iraqi people have shown extraordinary patience and courage in the last few months. They have really put a political… — Paul Bremer Copy Share Image
It is better to kill the barbarian during his coming than to tell your children that there was culture, but the barbarians… — Ilkin Santak Copy Share Image
I happen to love America. I love this freedom and democracy. The fact is we are the ones who killed innocent people,… — Robert Scheer Copy Share Image
[Democrats] have robbed these citizens of their future and, if we win, I will give them their hope, their jobs, their education.… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
I think Canada deserves a forthrightly left electoral alternative. I don't see the advantage for our democracy in having a number of… — Avi Lewis Copy Share Image
There is little doubt that our society is changing rapidly, but one thing will never change as long as we remain a… — Max Boot Copy Share Image
“The important thing is that we are participating-whether it's by running, voting, or supporting (financially or otherwise) candidates who make a difference… — Jessica Valenti Copy Share Image
Silence is not an effective political strategy, and what we do if we silence the public interest, which is so hard to… — Jill Stein Copy Share Image
The Democrats are about punishing achievement and punishing success and saying it's unjustified, it's unfair, and it may involve cheating and scandal.… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
For far too long, Democrats have hailed themselves as the party of women. As Republicans, we know their so-called monopoly on being… — Ronna McDaniel Copy Share Image
A democracy which fails to concentrate authority in an emergency inevitably falls into such confusion that the ground is prepared for the… — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
The largest bloc of voters now has divorced the Democratic and Republican parties, which are now minority parties and the plurality of… — Jill Stein Copy Share Image
Democrats need to become a 50-state party. You can't have a great party on the West Coast and the East Coast. You… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
High school is neither a democracy nor a dictatorship - nor, contrary to popular belief, an anarchic state. High school is a… — John Green Copy Share Image
Let's be very honest about what this is about. It's not about bashing Democrats, it's not about taxes, they have no idea… — Janeane Garofalo Copy Share Image
The history and our experience shows that Democrats and Republicans think the same way in some cases, and their ideas aren't very… — Shirin Ebadi Copy Share Image
Democracy in the studio is overrated. What you wind up getting is compromise on everybody's part, which means that nobody has their… — Paul Stanley Copy Share Image
It has become a fashion to declare a package after every crisis. The time has come to pack those who keep giving… — Narendra Modi Copy Share Image