“Sapiens by contrast is more like a banana republic dictator. Having” — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
Democrats should be welcoming to anyone who shares our general values. — Michael Capuano Copy Share Image
The discrepancy between American ideals and American practice creates a dry rot which eats away at the foundations of our democratic faith. — Helen Gahagan Douglas Copy Share Image
You know, the Democrats want to balance the budget by raising spending and raising taxes. The Soviet Union had a balanced budget. — Tom DeLay Copy Share Image
I will make a bargain with the Republicans. If they will stop telling lies about Democrats, we will stop telling the truth… — Adlai Stevenson Copy Share Image
Democratic forms of government are vulnerable to mass prejudice, the so-called tyranny of the majority. — Maggie Gallagher Copy Share Image
Democracy is reproached with saying that the majority is always right. But progress says that the minority is always right. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I'm too fiscally conservative for the Democrats and too socially liberal for the Republicans, like 75% of the American people. — Angus King Copy Share Image
Today, I think, the state of philosophizing about democracy is very healthy. It bridges political science and philosophy, as it should. — Martha C. Nussbaum Copy Share Image
“Democracy is Nationalism disguised as Leninism. Totalitarian disguised as equalitarian.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Made no mistake: America is a Christian nation. The bedrock of our theo-democracy is our Judeo-Christian values. that term, by the way,… — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
In my world, a woman was the most powerful thing that I knew. Still is. A woman made the money in my… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
Political struggle is the most important thing any of us can do as a citizen in a democracy; and that means the… — Jonathan Kozol Copy Share Image
My view is instead of political discussions, persuasions, which dominate democracy, in our country we have taken our democracy to the other… — Jacob Zuma Copy Share Image
We Republicans are going to go forward, and we're going to win. But more importantly, we're going to win for the country.… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
Obamacare is a crime against democracy because a material part of that bill was not disclosed to the Senate nor to the… — Michele Bachmann Copy Share Image
The problem is that the things demanded by an empire, which is staying power, ruthlessness, the ability and the willingness to use… — Mark Danner Copy Share Image
Those who deplore our militants, who exhort patience in the name of a false peace, are in fact supporting segregation and exploitation.… — A. Philip Randolph Copy Share Image
The country is headed toward a single and splendid government of an aristocracy founded on banking institutions and moneyed incorporations and if… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
What's insulting to the American people, the Senate, to this whole process is that the Republicans, with all other nominees, have said… — Rachel Maddow Copy Share Image
There is no life without guilt anyway, at least in the Western world. I think in other civilizations it might be different… — Pascal Bruckner Copy Share Image
“One of the strangest phenomena of our time, and one that will probably be a matter of astonishment to our decedents, is… — Frédéric Bastiat Copy Share Image
It's normal that elections make fierce partisans of many of us. It's normal that Mr. Trump would attract the usual right-wing buffoons… — Bret Stephens Copy Share Image
I saw in States' rights the only availing check upon the absolutism of the sovereign will, and secession filled me with hope,… — Lord Acton Copy Share Image
“This is why we apply the LCD Principle or Lowest Common Democracy. In short, this is social interaction based not on the… — Geoffrey Wood Copy Share Image
Increasingly, our leaders must deal with dangers that threaten the entire world, where an understanding of those dangers and the possible solutions… — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
“Success of democracy lies within the analytical thought of a common man.” — M.H. Rakib Copy Share Image
Revolutions are frightening, but election campaigns are disgusting. — Nicolas Gomez Davila Copy Share Image
