President Obama's recommended reduction in the tax deduction for charitable giving reflects his fundamental belief that only the government can or should… — Dick Morris Copy Share Image
They tell us that we live in a great free republic; that our institutions are democratic; that we are a free and… — Eugene V. Debs Copy Share Image
Once wide coercive powers are given to governmental agencies for particular purposes, such powers cannot be effectively controlled by democratic assemblies. — Friedrich August von Hayek Copy Share Image
Reagan's story of freedom superficially alludes to the Founding Fathers, but its substance comes from the Gilded Age, devised by apologists for… — Bill Moyers Copy Share Image
I think that there's going to be a rush to judgment on civil liberties, and a clamping down, a suspension of our… — Barbara Lee Copy Share Image
At its most basic the democratic contract is a simple one: the right to vote comes with a responsibility to society, through… — Lucy Powell Copy Share Image
No theory of government was ever given a fairer test or a more prolonged experiment in a democratic country than democratic socialism… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
Remember and help America remember that the fellowship of human beings is more important than the fellowship of race and class and… — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share Image
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We can talk about republican or democratic approaches to the economy, but until you fix the student loan bubble - and that's… — Mark Cuban Copy Share Image
Our allies expect not only a commitment to democratic values from us, leadership on those values, including respect and equality and -… — Bridget Johnson Copy Share Image
There is an absence of democratic accountability and control in every sphere of government and the state. To address this debilitating legacy… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
I considered mores to be one of the great general causes responsible for the maintenance of a democratic republic . . .… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
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I think that the next two generations of Americans will be grappling with the very real specter of finding themselves living in… — Chelsea Manning Copy Share Image
To decide once every few years which members of the ruling class is to repress and crush the people through parliament-this is… — Vladimir Lenin Copy Share Image
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I wanted people to kind of take a peek to see that the pain, even though you may see them out at… — Ed Gordon Copy Share Image
You know, to listen to Senator Lieberman, Senator Kerry, Representative Gephardt, I'm anti-Israel, I'm anti-trade, I'm anti-Medicare and I'm anti-Social Security. I… — Howard Dean Copy Share Image
Elected representatives are so embedded in the basic notion of what constitutes a democratic nation that it has become indistinguishable from any… — Eduardo Paes Copy Share Image
Maybe this Democratic president[Barack Obama] did and can get comprehensive health care reform passed, but notice, Medicaid is not expanded in any… — Melissa Harris-Perry Copy Share Image
My vision is to have an independent Kosovo, democratic, with a politically tolerant society and with a solid economy, integrated into the… — Ibrahim Rugova Copy Share Image
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