It turned out that [Bill] Clinton had authorized Texaco to illegally ship oil to the military junta [in Haiti] during a time… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Democrats justify anything they do against Trump as being righteous, even if it's morally wrong or even if it's illegal, because they're… — Matt Gaetz Copy Share Image
To feed men and not to love them is to treat them as if they were barnyard cattle. To love them and… — Mencius Copy Share Image
“four very powerful corporate lobbies have repeatedly come out on top and turned our democracy into what might more accurately be called… — Jeffrey D. Sachs Copy Share Image
“Liberians, we don't always have to agree, but we must empower each other, find common ground on issues, and build bridges across… — Henry Johnson Jr Copy Share Image
We have got to change the political culture in America. We need a political revolution. That means we are working on politics… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
The faith in reason insists that the poverty of democracy offers a greater hope for mankind than the prosperity that attaches itself… — Bill Vaughan Copy Share Image
Few believe Democrats will control both houses of Congress in 2021, and even if they manage to, Republicans will still be around… — S.E. Cupp Copy Share Image
I hated the culture, I hated the work. I very quickly realized that this wasn't what I wanted to do. So, after… — Sharif Abdel Kouddous Copy Share Image
“Democracy and freedom do not guarantee the millennium. No, we do not choose political freedom because it promises us this or that.… — Karl R. Popper Copy Share Image
You know, when I made a series of overtures to the Republicans, going over to meet with both Republican caucuses, you know,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Republics demanded virtue. Monarchies could rely on coercion and "dazzling splendor" to suppress self-interest or factions; republics relied on the goodness of… — James Monroe Copy Share Image
Parliamentary democracy is, in truth, little more than a means of securing a periodical change in the management team, which is then… — Tony Benn Copy Share Image
I was previously involved in local and state politics, but not national, because grassroots democracy starts at the bottom. This was the… — Jill Stein Copy Share Image
“In 1951 Dec 20th, Nehru, while campaigning for the first democratic elections in India, took a short break to address a UNESCO… — Ramachandra Guha Copy Share Image
The purpose of democracy - supplanting old belief in the necessary absoluteness of establish'd dynastic rulership, temporal, ecclesiastical, and scholastic, as furnishing… — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
At the bottom of all the tributes paid to democracy is the little man, walking into the little booth, with a little… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
At a time of pervasive cynicism about our government, it is more important than ever to invest in restoring confidence in our… — Laphonza Butler Copy Share Image
I'm absolutely confident that the actions we took in Iraq are influencing reformers and freedom lovers in the greater Middle East. And… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
Trump did not win the 2016 presidential election solely on the votes of his base; he won it after he consolidated wavering… — Jamelle Bouie Copy Share Image
If the country is to survive as a democracy it will depend on voters who understand how our political institutions have evolved… — Alan Bullock Copy Share Image
Why is it that aggression in the name of God shocks secular liberal sensibilities, whereas the act of killing in the name… — Talal Asad Copy Share Image
There's a big conservative press unabashedly and for the Democrats and even people to the left of the Democratic party, there's almost… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
When Democrats are proposing things like a Green New Deal and Medicare for all and proposing that they take away your private… — Dan Crenshaw Copy Share Image
A country cannot simultaneously prepare and prevent war. I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
The great vice of democracy is that for a generation we have been busy getting ourselves on to the list of beneficiaries… — Robert Menzies Copy Share Image
If the Democrats want to insult women by making them believe that they are helpless without Uncle Sugar coming in and providing… — Mike Huckabee Copy Share Image
To get back to the kind of shared prosperity and upward mobility we once considered normal will require another era of fundamental… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
To view the opposition as dangerous is to misunderstand the basic concepts of democracy. To oppress the opposition is to assault the… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
My primary motivation for running for the 9th Congressional District is that I strongly believe that one of the hallmarks of the… — Willie Herenton Copy Share Image
“Then there rose up before her a vision of a parish saved, a village reformed, a county reorganised, and a triumphant election… — Mrs. Oliphant Copy Share Image
I want to step up our voter-registration activities. Not every branch does it, and not all the time. I want them to… — Julian Bond Copy Share Image
Our people do not want barren theories from their democracy. Maury Maverick has expressed very quaintly, but clearly, what they really want… — Robert H. Jackson Copy Share Image
“Calling himself “an old-time believer in democracy,” he again made clear that his socialist sentiments did not make him sympathetic to Soviet-style… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
There must be no majority decisions, but only responsible persons, and the word 'council' must be restored to its original meaning. Surely… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
Republicans are definitely pro-birth - they'll do everything they can to make sure that that baby comes out, regardless of how it… — Jennifer Granholm Copy Share Image
The history of American democracy, to say the least, has been checkered. Our nation was founded at a time when people of… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
The Democrats have invested a lot of time in telling struggling Americans that Republicans or anyone who doesn't agree with their agenda… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
“Neoliberalism works best when there is formal electoral democracy, but when the population is diverted from the information, access, and public forums… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Democracy is based on the majority principle. This is especially true in a country such as ours where the vast majority have… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image