As soon as I came in as leader, we had seven weeks to an election, so we had to be entirely focused… — Jacinda Ardern Copy Share Image
I believe democracy will succeed in Tunisia, but I also believe that it will succeed in the other Arab Spring countries. — Rashid al-Ghannushi Copy Share Image
To glorify democracy and to silence the people is a farce; to discourse on humanism and to negate people is a lie. — Paulo Freire Copy Share Image
The Democrats seem to be basically nicer people, but they have demonstrated time and again that they have the management skills of… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
For a fledging democratic system to succeed, we need citizens who understand the procedures, believe in democratic rules and get personally involved. — Friedrich Naumann Copy Share Image
The political form of a society wherein the proletariat is victorious in overthrowing the bourgeoisie will be a democratic republic. — Vladimir Lenin Copy Share Image
Religious freedom is for prayer and rituals,but not for convertion.No relegion cannot provide the peace. — Sumesh Nair Copy Share Image
Brexit has energised millions of people, young and old, to take part in our democracy and that's a great thing. — Liz Truss Copy Share Image
A community of small farmers... land property owners, will be the only assurance that the freedom our republic offers will be guaranteed… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Rejecting the notion that democracy and markets are the same, young people are calling for an end to the poverty, grotesque levels… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
It is critical the U.S. hold Vietnamese officials accountable for their human rights violations and show we stand with the Vietnamese people… — Michelle Steel Copy Share Image
But having made my decision as Commander-in-Chief based on what I am convinced is our national security interests, I will seek authorization… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Any country is either becoming more democratic or less democratic. I think the United States hasn't tended to its journey toward democracy… — Masha Gessen Copy Share Image
My argument has always been that this is not an anti-Bush film, it's a pro-democracy film. And if George W.Bush comes out… — John Sayles Copy Share Image
Because democratic institutions do not renew themselves as effortlessly as flowering trees, they demand the ceaseless tinkering of people who possess both… — Bill Vaughan Copy Share Image
As the attorney general for Pennsylvania, my job is to enforce the laws of the commonwealth. My office does not count the… — Josh Shapiro Copy Share Image
In the United States, the day when you pay your taxes is a day of mourning because this alien force - the… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“on Democracies: "there is nothing to check the inducements to sacrifice the weaker party or an obnoxious individual. Hence it is that… — James Madison Copy Share Image
There is a vulgar persuasion, that the ignorance of women, by favoring their subordination, ensures their utility. 'Tis the same argument employed… — Frances Wright Copy Share Image
The federal government and our democracy is not a speedboat. It's an oceanliner, as I discovered when I came into office. It… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Cast your whole vote, not a strip of paper merely, but your whole influence. A minority is powerless while it conforms to… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I think what we are confronting now is a new war of ideas. It's not communism versus capitalism, but it is authoritarianism… — Adam Schiff Copy Share Image
“It is extremely difficult to obtain a hearing from men living in democracies, unless it be to speak to them of themselves.… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
For years, the Democrats have controlled the inner cities; some up to 100 years; some over 100 years; unbroken. I say to… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
A federal Voters' Bill of Rights could press the states to put non-partisan managers in charge of elections. — Adam Cohen Copy Share Image
I think, as Republicans, we need to stick by what we believe in. And that is fiscal conservatism and individual freedom. — Kane Copy Share Image
The real menace of our Republic is the invisible Government which like a giant Octopus, sprawls its slimy legs over our cities,… — John Francis Hylan Copy Share Image
If you vote for Democrats, you might as well give Al Quaeda a death ray and a manual. — John Oliver Copy Share Image
Democracy is never a thing done. Democracy is always something that a nation must be doing. — Archibald MacLeish Copy Share Image
In a democracy, the public has a right to know not only what the government decides, but why and by what process. — Gerald R. Ford Copy Share Image
The best example of democracy I can recall is five wolves sitting down to dinner with one sheep. — Charles De Montesquieu Copy Share Image
“Open Everything' is everything--it is our mind, our heart, our soul, our destiny.” — Robert David Steele Copy Share Image
“America: An ongoing experiment in democracy controlled largely by insanely wealthy people. And that's just the way we like it, thank you… — James Napoli Copy Share Image
The doctrine that the cure for the evils of democracy is more democracy is like saying that the cure of crime is… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
Tyranny and despotism can be exercised by many, more rigorously, more vigorously, and more severely, than by one. — Andrew Johnson Copy Share Image
In a racially divided society, majority rule is not a reliable instrument of democracy. — Lani Guinier Copy Share Image
Republicans will criticize whatever President Obama does because that is what they do. — Luis Gutierrez Copy Share Image
American democracy is spoiled by people buying everything in sight and then selling and buying everything in sight, including our politicians. — Russell Simmons Copy Share Image
A government by the passions of the multitude, or, no less correctly, according to the vices, and ambitions of their leaders is… — Fisher Ames Copy Share Image
Leaders cling to power in a socialist state like Venezuela by buying votes and manipulating elections. — Trish Regan Copy Share Image
