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
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
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
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
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
“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 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
People are always asking, "Is this person in front of me the same on the inside as he or she appears to… — Parker J. Palmer Copy Share Image
Shrouded by the 'dodgy dossier,' which warped opaque intelligence, none of the stated war aims in Iraq spoke to the British national… — Dominic Raab Copy Share Image
That's the issue that I've been exploring: How did the Republic turn into the Empire? That's paralleled with: How did Anakin turn… — George Lucas Copy Share Image
“Democracy requires active participation, and sooner or later someone ‘offers’ to take all the difficult decision-making away from you and your hectic… — Daniel Suarez Copy Share Image
I had a really unusual, remarkably unusual father because he, in our family, was the one that suffered the most. He was… — George Takei Copy Share Image
Say the Pentagon Papers, - that material went much deeper. It went into internal government planning back for twenty - five years.… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“The most durable kind of change is that which is people-driven. In each of our transitions - from colonialism to independence, to… — SBYudhoyono Copy Share Image
The science of war leads one to dictatorship, pure and simple. The science of non-violence alone can lead one to pure democracy.… — Mahatma Gandhi 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
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
“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
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
“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
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
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
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
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
“(The protest leaders’ responses that a democracy has ceased to be democratic when its representatives must be shielded from the people they… — Nathan Hill Copy Share Image
Where annual elections end, there slavery begins ... Humility, patience, and moderation, without which every man in power becomes a ravenous beast… — John Adams Copy Share Image
We may like to think politics is a battle of ideas and that the best idea wins out. But that's not true… — Chuck Todd Copy Share Image
According to Lenin, socialism and democracy are indivisible… The essence of perestroika lies in the fact that it unites socialism with democracy… — Mikhail Gorbachev Copy Share Image
Our democracy's history is littered with names we neither remember nor celebrate - people who stood in the way of progress while… — Gabrielle Giffords 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
President Obama's trying to work out a nuclear deal with Iran, and the Republicans are steamed. They got together and sent Iran… — David Letterman Copy Share Image
Fascism is a system of political authority and social order intended to reinforce the unity, energy, and purity of communities in which… — Robert O. Paxton Copy Share Image
For those who have envisioned the State of Israel to be a democracy, which although primarily a Jewish polity for Jews is… — David Novak Copy Share Image
I've entered politics the moment I marked my finger with the electoral voting mark. So I've entered politics, but I am not… — Kamal Haasan Copy Share Image
Every citizen of this country should be guaranteed that their vote matters, that their vote is counted, and that in the voting… — Barbara Boxer Copy Share Image
I believe the Obama administration was asleep at the switch, not paying attention to what NATO and E.U. expansion - and promoting… — John Mearsheimer Copy Share Image
Republicans are always saying we should privatize things like schools, prisons, social security - hey, how about we privatize privacy! Because if… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
For us, democracy is a question of human dignity. This includes the political liberties, the right to freely express our views, the… — Olof Palme Copy Share Image
The basic problem is that web 2.0 tools are not supportive of democracy by design. They are tools designed to gather spy-agency-like… — Jaron Lanier Copy Share Image
