In fact, in some countries there are actually voting drives conducted in prison! But here in the U.S., we seem to take… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
The republic I fell in love with, the republic I risked my life to defend, the values I hold dear, the integrity… — Allen West Copy Share Image
This doesn't mean abandoning our values and ideals; wherever we can, it's in our interest to help foster democracy through the diplomatic… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I never wanted to do biography just to tell the life of a famous man. I always wanted to use the life… — Robert Caro Copy Share Image
The US constitution's First Amendment rights only cover Americans, but I believe that in a democracy the competition of ideas and free… — Joichi Ito Copy Share Image
Democracy... while it lasts is more bloody than either aristocracy or monarchy. Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and… — John Adams Copy Share Image
There are ways to pursue political change. In a democracy, it's through the ballot box. There are other ways, and many democracies… — Richard Armitage Copy Share Image
Hatred is corrosive of a person's wisdom and conscience; the mentality of enmity can poison a nation's spirit, instigate brutal life and… — Liu Xiaobo Copy Share Image
Well, it all began with Democracy. Before we had the vote all the power was in the hands of rich people. If… — Tony Benn Copy Share Image
The contemporary tendency in our society is to base our distribution on scarcity, which has vanished, and to compress our abundance into… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
“AN IMPERIALIST POWER THAT ACTS ON ITS OWN REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE REST OF THE WORLD THINKS. 18–29 30–49 50–64 65+ Improper/Somewhat… — John Zogby Copy Share Image
There is no genuine democracy without an informed public. While there are no guarantees that a critical education will prompt individuals to… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
“During the 1992 election I concluded as early as my first visit to New Hampshire that Bill Clinton was hateful in his… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“the less popular of the two parties controls every lever of power at the federal level, as well as the majority of… — Timothy Snyder Copy Share Image
I am not a Republican, nor a Democrat, nor an American, and got sense enough to know it. I am one of… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
I think Donald Trump should be delegitimized for many reasons. And his response to this hacking is also cause for delegitimization. But… — David Corn Copy Share Image
Well, I would say that we've got to redefine democracy, that we have been stuck in concepts of representative democracy, that we… — Grace Lee Boggs Copy Share Image
It is true you cannot eat freedom and you cannot power machinery with democracy. But then neither can political prisoners turn on… — Corazon Aquino Copy Share Image
Some observers compare elections in some countries with sports events, where people are but spectators. Moreover, elections must not be mere interludes… — Alfred-Maurice de Zayas Copy Share Image
I think it is a simple statement of principle that in a democracy you should make your MPs work harder for your… — Nick Clegg Copy Share Image
All such men are, or ought to be, agreed, that simple governments are despotisms; and of all despotisms, a democracy, though the… — Fisher Ames Copy Share Image
We must continue to have voting rights in the state, not to politicize this, but they must have a voice in the… — Marc Morial Copy Share Image
People might not think that, but the Republicans have all of the cards. And this is the time to get rid of… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
Representative democracy is a remarkably blunt instrument. Hundreds of issues are bundled together at every election, yet the vote tends to swing… — George Monbiot Copy Share Image
What you're seeing is a loss of confidence in institutions and their legitimacy because they are not seen as delivering. It's hardly… — Jonathan Wood Copy Share Image
Until the control of the issue of currency and credit is restored to government and recognized as its most conspicuous and sacred… — William Lyon Mackenzie King Copy Share Image
Civil disobedience is not something outside the realm of democracy. Democracy requires civil disobedience. Without civil disobedience democracy does not exist. — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
The merit of a democratic regime rests on one's continual willingness to exchange views, and to compete on the basis of individual… — Jose Eduardo Dos Santos Copy Share Image
It's said that history inevitably marches toward democracy, but it only leaves the possibility of democracy, and the constant threat that it… — Zephyr Teachout Copy Share Image
“But democrats are seldom welcome on planets run by totalitarian governments, and scarcely more welcome on planets where anarchy prevails--this is due… — Christopher Stasheff Copy Share Image
“It’s a lot easier to blow up trains than to make them run on time. What is it that Mister Churchill used… — Max Brooks Copy Share Image
“Chant back to us our platitudes about democracy, greatness, and freedom. Vote in our rigged corporate elections. Send your young men and… — Chris Hedges Copy Share Image
We're the party that has fought for Medicare. We're the party that has fought for Social Security. The Republicans have tried to… — Tom Perez Copy Share Image
“The only sure way to alter today’s patently unequal democracy is for average Americans to mobilize politically—to break out of their political… — Hedrick Smith Copy Share Image
As is often the case when things are complicated, extreme views have superficial appeal. On the one extreme, some see China as… — Dennis C. Blair Copy Share Image
Because of my parents' love of democracy, we came to America after being driven twice from our home in Czechoslovakia - first… — Madeleine Albright Copy Share Image
To include freedom in the very definition of democracy is to define a process not by its actual characteristics as a process… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
To me, technology was a means to an end to achieve the social justice goals, stronger democracy and more effective government that… — Beth Simone Noveck Copy Share Image
I don't make any secret of the fact that I'm closer to the Republicans than to the Democrats. But even under a… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
The constant free flow of communication amount us-enabling the free interchange of ideas-forms the very bloodstream of our nation. It keeps the… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
