Where is democratic process or popular sovereignty for the endangered population? It cannot be "given" or "allocated" by some other power without… — Judith Butler Copy Share Image
I don't believe in democracy I believe in military dictatorship. I believe the strong should always rule the weak and the leader… — Dirgha Copy Share Image
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What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans, and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
It is assumed in many parts of the world that democracy is a group of people facing a certain problem, who come… — David Graeber Copy Share Image
A legitimate democracy cannot act against a terror organization because it is using civilians as a human shield, and therefore it should… — Benjamin Netanyahu Copy Share Image
We have to have a more realistic foreign policy and not a utopian one where we say, oh, we're going to spread… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
The Republicans can send the nation into turmoil, but we will not come to any agreement that does not include new revenue… — Patty Murray Copy Share Image
“Rather, he accepted democracy as an objective fact and wanted to address positive and negative lessons the French people could learn from… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
“Well, honey, it’s capitalism that brings out the meanness and greed,” says I. “Our founding fathers did a decent job of framing… — Jerry Ash Copy Share Image
Margaret Thatcher in Britain and soon after Ronald Reagan in the United States - both hard-line advocates of market fundamentalism - announced… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
I'm worried about people who say George W. Bush is lying. It's much more frightening that he's not lying, that he believes… — Seymour Hersh Copy Share Image
The truth is, our democracy is stronger when more people participate and when everyone's views are heard. More participation not only leads… — Nina Turner Copy Share Image
Vladimir Putin is the bigger danger than Donald Trump because Trump can be dealt with within American democracy. There is an independent… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
I hope I can tell you what happened in Europe and support you in your fight to preserve freedom for your children… — Geert Wilders Copy Share Image
The best defence [for a democracy, for the public good] is aggressiveness, the aggressiveness of the involved citizen. We need to reassert… — John Ralston Saul Copy Share Image
Thus we can see that – at least at the level of economics – democracy is a sort of slow-motion suicide, in… — Stefan Molyneux Copy Share Image
So I think democracy, in the long-term, in our countries will survive if it comes to be associated with leadership, will not… — Mario Monti Copy Share Image
I'm enormously interested in freedom and retaining the right to have whatever economy we want and to shape it as we want… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Everybody now seems to be talking about democracy. I don't understand this. As I think of it, democracy isn't like a Sunday… — Dalton Trumbo Copy Share Image
Having gathered all power to itself, [the State] has become the sole focus of all conflict, and it must construct totalitarian defences… — Anthony de Jasay Copy Share Image
Such a small percentage of our population carry the burden of knowing what's really going on in our country's name, and I… — Lisa Ling Copy Share Image
The American flag is an enduring symbol of liberty, democracy, and justice. It is fitting that the House act to protect it… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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Israel was born under the British mandate. We learned from the British what democracy means, and how it behaves in a time… — Shimon Peres Copy Share Image
We have 45,000 square miles of geography in Ohio. We have a system that allows us to manage a free and fair… — Kenneth Blackwell Copy Share Image
The true natural check on absolute democracy is the federal system, which limits the central government by the powers reserved, and the… — Lord Acton Copy Share Image
For politicians to be honest, the public needs to allow them to be honest, and the media, which mediates between the politicians… — Rory Stewart Copy Share Image
Policy proposals to ensure the integrity of ballots are routinely presented by Democrats as not just racist but as having no function… — Mollie Hemingway Copy Share Image
We asked voters who'd never voted before... who don't believe that their vote makes a difference, to turn out in races like… — Katie Porter Copy Share Image
And I agree that the Democratic legislators in Massachusetts might have given some advice to Republicans in Congress about how to cooperate.… — Barack Obama 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… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
Democratic socialism means that we must reform a political system that is corrupt, that we must create an economy that works for… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
“Things fall apart, Ciena. Our parents saw the Republic self-destruct. The Empire might last another year or another decade, but eventually there’s… — Claudia Gray Copy Share Image
Our political class no longer has any convictions. You can only pass along the beliefs that you hold. They no longer believe… — Marine Le Pen Copy Share Image
Resurrecting American democracy is vital to averting climate catastrophe. We must first repeal the Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling, which has flooded… — Robert F. Kennedy, Jr Copy Share Image
[The Democrats] will say that the Reagan administrtion has given benefits to the rich at the expense of the poor - a… — Herbert Stein Copy Share Image
We shouldn't let the Republicans off the hook. Theodore Roosevelt, we learned from Jeff Cowan's new book, was just as bad as… — Jeffrey Rosen Copy Share Image
An election goes on every minute of the business day across the counters of hundreds of thousands of stores and shops where… — Bruce Barton Copy Share Image
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