What is at stake in the debate over health care is more than the mere crafting of policy. The issue is now… — Thomas Frank Copy Share Image
If a [democratic] society displays less brilliance than an aristocracy, there will also be less wretchedness; pleasures will be less outrageous and… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
A free economy is as essential to society as democratic political institutions. A strong market-based economy is the fertile ground for democratic… — Lee R. Raymond Copy Share Image
As a boy, the very words 'Liberty Bell' and 'Independence Hall' fired my imagination and made a profound and lasting impression on… — Chiang Kai-shek Copy Share Image
Only a developed society, for example, only a strong democratic system in modern conditions can create a climate in which any manifestation… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
The democratic thought is based on that 'ordinary people' are suitable to rule themselves. — Torbjorn Tannsjo Copy Share Image
John Kerry and the other Democratic leaders are on the wrong side of history, as they were during the Reagan presidency. If… — Mark Levin Copy Share Image
The time has arrived in America for the Democratic Party to get out of the shadows of states rights and walk forthrightly… — Hubert H. Humphrey Copy Share Image
For nothing is more democratic than logic; it is no respecter of persons and makes no distinction between crooked and straight noses. — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
The Oscars is the one night of the year when you can see all your favorite stars without having to donate any… — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
Democratic societies can't force people. Therefore they have to control what they think. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The world has got more democracies than ever, and human rights are high on almost every country's agenda. Still, corruption and oppression… — Anna Lindh Copy Share Image
He who first shortened the labor of Copyists by device of Movable Types was disbanding hired armies and cashiering most Kings and… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
The art of manipulating public opinion, which is a necessary art for the democratic politician, and, like other arts, is sometimespractised with… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
The Democrats have got to open the door to young people. Welcome them in and understand that it will be messy, that… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
I... grew up in politics and I used to work for the Democratic Party. — Harvey Weinstein Copy Share Image
Our country as a whole, no less than the Hastings College of Law, values tolerance, cooperation, learning, and the amicable resolution of… — Samuel Alito Copy Share Image
The Democratic Party has gotten narrower and it's gotten smaller and it's fundamentally wrong on all the key questions involving the economic… — Artur Davis Copy Share Image
There are two options for any society: total prohibition as in a totalitarian state, or total license. Both avoid the ardours of… — P. D. James Copy Share Image
So we want an Islamic state where Islamic law is not just in the books but enforced, and enforced with determination. There… — Abu Bakar Bashir Copy Share Image
Great design is not democratic; it comes from great designers. If the standard is lousy, then develop another standard. — Edward Tufte 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
It doesn't matter what a majority of Americans say. George W.Bush is going to do what he thinks he must do. And… — Seymour Hersh Copy Share Image
We live in an age of de-democratization. The number of democracies in the world has been going backwards since 2005, and even… — David Frum Copy Share Image