Those against politics are in favor of the politics inflicted upon them. — Bertolt Brecht Copy Share Image
Democracy is 51% of the people taking away the rights of the other 49%. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
We need a revolution in consciousness to overturn the system we live in, to strengthen our democracy, to find courage and give… — Gail Bradbrook Copy Share Image
No perfect democracy is possible without perfect nonviolence at the back of it. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
A people inspired by democracy, human rights and economic opportunity will turn their back decisively against extremism. — Benazir Bhutto Copy Share Image
“Insurgence and all forms of evil in a society doesn't describes her as a failure, but vividly shows a lack of love… — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
If Republicans start losing their seats because they're climate deniers, that is a very salutary signal. — Sheldon Whitehouse Copy Share Image
Every election is important and each election says it's more important than the last. — will.i.am Copy Share Image
In a democracy, you need to have a strong judicial system. You need freedom of speech, you need art, and you need… — Tzipi Livni Copy Share Image
Watching Republicans in Washington is like watching lemmings, if lemmings jumped into cesspools instead of off cliffs. — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Ukraine is a vital link for Europe: our energy transportation networks; our location between the European Union and Eurasia. We're the melting… — Yulia Tymoshenko Copy Share Image
In the early 2000s, people expected that anonymity on the Internet would be positive for the development of democracy in South Korea.… — Kim Young-ha Copy Share Image
The Republican brand has been so badly damaged that if Republicans try to run an anti-Obama, anti-Rev. Wright or, if Sen. Clinton… — Newt Gingrich Copy Share Image
What our men and women in uniform are doing is providing for the Iraqi people and other surrounding nations the opportunity to… — Robin Hayes Copy Share Image
The republic, as I at least understand it, means association, of which liberty is only an element, a necessary antecedent. It means… — Giuseppe Mazzini Copy Share Image
As we talk with candour, we open the doors to new possibilities and new areas of cooperation in advance in democracy, in… — Atal Bihari Vajpayee Copy Share Image
When courts rule in our country, we have them as the final arbiter on matters in which we might not agree on.… — Cyril Ramaphosa Copy Share Image
We should insist that governments receiving American aid live up to standards of accountability and transparency, and we should support countries that… — Lee H. Hamilton Copy Share Image
The Democratic power elite on some level feels delegitimized by its working-class, black and female constituencies. What it wants are the "legitimate"… — Ellen Willis Copy Share Image
My notion of democracy is that under it the weakest shall have the same opportunities as the strongest... no country in the… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
“When Republicans recently charged the President with promoting 'class warfare,' he answered it was 'just math.' But it's more than math. It's… — Robert B. Reich Copy Share Image
The ultimate authority, wherever the derivative may be found, resides in the people alone, and that it will not depend merely on… — James Madison Copy Share Image
My fellow Americans, all of us in this grand hall and everybody watching at home, when we vote in this election, we'll… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
“The truth is, one who seeks to achieve freedom by petitioning those in power to give it to him has already failed,… — Larken Rose Copy Share Image
Our president seems determined to do anything he can with the Russians and the Russians hate - but a report and hates… — Ralph Peters Copy Share Image
In a wild and diverse democracy each of us should be trying to talk to lots and lots and lots of people… — Bill Ayers Copy Share Image
“Journalists must uphold democracy; they are its fourth and last pillar” — Those Facts Copy Share Image
My fate is to be President of the Republic - or leader of the opposition. — Georges Pompidou Copy Share Image
