It's like the American democratic system. When you vote, even if your candidate doesn't win, you accept that democracy was in action.… — Olaf Carlson-Wee Copy Share Image
We, the people, are not free. Our democracy is but a name. We vote? What does that mean? It means we choose… — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
There is no more important task in a democracy than resolving the differences among people and finding a course of action that… — Robert McNamara Copy Share Image
I think that rather than talking about particular models, of which there could be a huge number, we should talk about basic… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
Republicans are people who, if you were drowning 50 feet from shore, would throw you a 25-foot rope and tell you to… — S. I. Hayakawa Copy Share Image
Knowledge of the natural world and how it works should be counted as fundamental to informed governance. You can't have a functioning… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
Despite his consistent party-line voting record, some independents and Democrats still think of Senator McCain as the most palatable, independent-minded Republican. But… — Sarah Vowell Copy Share Image
Human rights are being told all over the world, but there is no state where the economical freedom is being told. Economical… — Ilkin Santak Copy Share Image
The proper goal of an economic democracy agenda is to replace the global suicide economy ruled by rapacious and unaccountable global corporations… — David Korten Copy Share Image
I swore an oath to uphold the laws on the books . Now, I know some people want me to bypass Congress… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“I am a congenital optimist about America, but I worry that American democracy is exhibiting fatal symptoms. DC has become an acronym… — Graham Allison Copy Share Image
Before we get too depressed about the state of our politics, let's remember our history … Many forms of Government have been… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“A Radical is a man with both feet firmly planted--in the air. A Conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Illiteracy does not impede the practice of democracy, as witnessed by the success of democracy in India despite the high illiteracy rate.… — Alaa Al Aswany Copy Share Image
No government has the right to decide on the truth of scientific principles, nor to prescribe in any way the character of… — Richard P. Feynman Copy Share Image
You’re talking about Rwanda or Bangladesh, or Cambodia, or the Philippines. They’ve got democracy, according to Freedom House. But have you got… — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share Image
In this era of the global village, the tide of democracy is running. And it will not cease, not in China, not… — Paul Tsongas Copy Share Image
Both candidates in this election [2004] pledge to end this war and bring our troops home. The great difference - the great… — John McCain Copy Share Image
What did Republicans get for 16 days of a government shutdown with people being hurt? We have absolutely nothing to show for… — Trey Gowdy Copy Share Image
The Republicans need all the entertainment help they can get. When Charlie Daniels was one of your convention headliners, you know you… — Shawn Amos Copy Share Image
“Talk about an ideal democracy! In the realm of time there is no aristocracy of wealth, and no aristocracy of intellect. Genius… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Until defense of democracy in the digital era is taken up by governments collectively, both in NATO and outside the alliance, liberal… — Toomas Hendrik Ilves Copy Share Image
The problem we have is not Democrats versus Republicans. It is a Washington cartel. I've said many times the biggest divide we… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
We need to reform the political system, or we'll lose the democracy. I don't think it's that hard. It doesn't take rocket… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
“To accuse nations (not leaders or governments) is the hallmark of the demo-nationalist of the nineteenth or twentieth centuries; it leads to… — Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn Copy Share Image
All men are capable of reason. That is the fundamental principle of democracy Because everybody's mind is capable of true knowledge, you… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
The amount of money coming into Washington is not a factor when the Democrats start spending it. Witness Obama. National debt doubled… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
Interactivity has the virtue of democracy, conferring upon everyone with access to a computer the right and opportunity to be heard, but… — Robert De Flers Copy Share Image
“All the professions that actually require some tangible skillsets and expertise, don't rely on the jungle whim of democracy. Yet the most… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
The challenge for America is: can we become a multicultural, multiracial democracy? It would be historic. It would be America's greatest contribution… — Ro Khanna Copy Share Image
It is time to investigate Russian interference in our democracy and to address it in a manner that will help restore Americans'… — Raja Krishnamoorthi Copy Share Image
The advancement of democracy and human rights is as serious a business as anything we do in our foreign policy and cannot… — Tom Malinowski Copy Share Image
Republic. I like the sound of the word. It means people can live free, talk free, go or come, buy or sell,… — John Wayne Copy Share Image
What should be targeted is a concept of organic, and not just mechanic, democracy that preserves the rule of law, separation of… — Recep Tayyip Erdogan Copy Share Image
I wish to express my hope that the efforts of our nations, nationalities and peoples in the direction of the development of… — Girma Woldegiorgis Copy Share Image
When people first vote for democracy, they have extremely high hopes, excessive expectations, and they're not realized. They don't instantly get richer… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
If Democracy should fail, it would be because we had been so lacking in self-discipline that our personal problems had taken all… — Margery Wilson Copy Share Image
Democracy is a system that recognizes the equality of humans before the law. Whether you are the family of Breonna Taylor or… — Daniel Cameron Copy Share Image
There are only two reasons for buying a book, after all. Either we intend to read it, in which case most of… — Geoffrey Nunberg Copy Share Image
It is remarkable to me that both parties are so out of touch with the American people, both Democrats, Republicans and Independents,… — Glenn Beck Copy Share Image
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