Children should be educated and instructed in the principles of freedom. — John Adams Copy Share Image
I don't personally feel that I have to save democracy and journalism. — Katharine Weymouth Copy Share Image
Most people aren't Republicans four generations down from a president. — Margaret Hoover Copy Share Image
“I have stated that a democracy is always two years behind the dictator.” — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
Democrats are unified under the premise of total political annihilation. — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
The thought about Republicans is, we're supposed to be Jeffersonian. That government governs the best that governs the least. — Pat Robertson Copy Share Image
We elect Democrats to the Congress to give us stuff and we elect Republicans to the White House so we don't have… — Charlie McDowell Copy Share Image
“Democracy doesn’t give everything, but it grants the freedom to be yourself and pursue what you need.” — Bhuwan Thapaliya Copy Share Image
Jeffersonian democracy, faulty as it is, and only the fragment of it that we have, is a thing of such preciousness, a… — W. S. Merwin Copy Share Image
“Free man needs loyalty to the self first of all, and this implies the right to be himself” — Joost A. M. Meerloo Copy Share Image
What is really needed to make democracy function is not knowledge of facts, but right education. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
The world is weary of statesmen whom democracy has degraded into politicians. — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
This is not a democracy," I said, understanding he fear but unable to do anything about it. "It's a Maxocracy. — James Patterson Copy Share Image
“If I were making a country, I'd get the sewage pipes first, then the democracy, then I'd go about giving pamphlets and… — Aravind Adiga Copy Share Image
You talk about the values that you have whether they're in favor or not in favor. That's how you lead. The reality… — Artur Davis Copy Share Image
Given political history in Chile, it seemed to me that there was a critical task of consolidating a democracy and creating healthy… — Michelle Bachelet Copy Share Image
The promises of Fidel Castro's so-called revolution of pluralism and democracy, were and continue to be a false promise and a betrayal… — Andy Garcia Copy Share Image
I'm a simple country neuroscientist, not an expert on democracy, but I do know something about how the brain works and how… — Daniel Levitin Copy Share Image
Nonetheless, we continue to be obsessed with finding or inventing a European nation which, as in the nation state, guarantees homogeneity and… — Ulrich Beck Copy Share Image
Freedom of speech is central to most every other right that we hold dear in the United States and serves to strengthen… — Sam Farr Copy Share Image
Republicans have not won the state of Pennsylvania and look what you have. You're companies are all gone. Your jobs are all… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
“My father despises cats. He believes them to be Democrats. He considers them to be little mean hillary clintons covered all over… — Patricia Lockwood Copy Share Image
But the question is, do we care enough? Do we care enough to keep standing up for the country that we know… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“Our democratic societies rest on a meritocratic worldview, or at any rate a meritocratic hope, by which I mean a belief in… — Thomas Piketty Copy Share Image
Google, Facebook, Amazon, Apple are among the most powerful monopolies in the history of humanity. So, the problem is, is that they… — Franklin Foer Copy Share Image
“When men are spoken of as kings and subjects, or when Government is mentioned under the distinct and combined heads of monarchy,… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
“The message from too many Democrats and Republicans alike remains that we should not let facts get in the way of our… — John Hulsman Copy Share Image
Democratic communities have a natural taste for freedom: left to themselves they will seek it, cherish it, and view any deprivation of… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
“A democratic state begins from the assumption that most of those who gravitate toward power are mediocre and probably immoral. It assumes… — Chris Hedges Copy Share Image