The class distinctions proper to a democratic society are not those of rank or money, still less, as is apt to happen… — W. H. Auden Copy Share Image
Politics in a democratic society should not be treated like a baseball game, a game show or a soap opera. The times… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
I grew up in a dictatorship, so I really appreciate democracy. I think democracy isn't just a random thing that's around -… — Paul van Dyk Copy Share Image
“All the professions that actually require some tangible skillsets and expertise, don't rely on the jungle whim of democracy. Yet the most… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
Setting aside labels, I am somebody who believes that government in a democratic society should be representing the needs of the vast… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
Since achieving their independence in 1992, the people of Croatia have built a democratic society based on the rule of law, respect… — Elton Gallegly Copy Share Image
I think most people accept that it is necessary to have some surveillance in a democratic society. I think most people accept… — Keir Starmer Copy Share Image
Someone who does an act. In a democratic society, you're supposed to be an activist; that is, you participate. It could be… — Studs Terkel Copy Share Image
We believe that this initiative is a critical first step in our nation s effort to provide every student with a comprehensive,… — Lily Eskelsen Garcia Copy Share Image
When public men indulge themselves in abuse, when they deny others a fair trial, when they resort to innuendo and insinuation, to… — J. William Fulbright Copy Share Image
All religions try to benefit people, with the same basic message of the need for love and compassion, for justice and honesty,… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Our democratic values also include - and our national security demands - open and transparent government. Some information obviously needs to be… — John O. Brennan 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
Markets are a social construction, they're made from institutions. We in a democratic society create markets, we constitute markets, we bring them… — Douglas Massey Copy Share Image
There's just so many facets, I think, of the ignorance in our society that have to be corrected if we're really going… — Dolores Huerta Copy Share Image
That's the place we're in right now: we think we have the capability to get every piece of information, and we don't.… — Daniel Espinosa Copy Share Image
“Sonnet 1306 Doctors are not official representatives, Yet they do their job quite efficiently. Teachers are not official representatives, Yet they do… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
... an essential feature of a decent society, and an almost defining feature of a democratic society, is relative equality of outcome… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The aim of education is to enable individuals to continue their education ... (and) the object and reward of learning is continued… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
The chief safeguard of personal freedom in a democratic society is the anarchy and disorder of capitalist individualism. — Christopher Dawson Copy Share Image
If markets are leading us in directions that we, as a democratic society, decide are not compatible with our vision of liberty… — Lina Khan Copy Share Image
There is little hope for democracy if the hearts of men and women in democratic societies cannot be touched by a call… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
In pluralistic, democratic societies, there is the freedom to adopt the religion of your choice. This is good. This lets curious people… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
It is incorrect to say there have been no reforms at all in Burma; there have of course been reforms, but we… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
It is both a right and a responsibility of a democratic society to manage immigration so that it serves the national interest. — Barbara Jordan Copy Share Image
[Felix Frankfurter] said courts are not representative bodies. They're not designed to be a good reflex of a democratic society. Their judgment… — Sam Brownback Copy Share Image
We must build a trickle-up media that reflects the true character of this country and its people. A democratic media serving a… — Amy Goodman Copy Share Image
“Contrary to unwritten political law of abuse, Civilians are not the doormats of democracy. Civilians are the doors, civilians are the buildings,… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
Ensuring the access of all citizens to government information and to essential information for human development is a must for every democratic… — Koichiro Matsuura Copy Share Image
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 laid the foundation for the Voting Rights Act of 1965, but it also addressed nearly every… — Aberjhani Copy Share Image
Even in democratic society, we don't have good answers how to balance the need for security on one hand and the protection… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
But we don't have an example of a democratic society existing in a socialist economy - which is the only real alternative… — Peter L. Berger Copy Share Image
I personally believe that a democratic society is morally entitled to set and enforce a limit on the number of new immigrants… — Jan C. Ting Copy Share Image
Each American must remember and help America remember that the fellowship of human beings is more important than the fellowship of race… — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share Image
Sweden is still a very peaceful country to live in. I think that people in Britain have created this mythology about Sweden,… — Henning Mankell Copy Share Image
Democracy in itself does not define or guarantee a free society. History has told many stories of democratic societies that have degenerated… — Richard Ebeling Copy Share Image
“In the face of reformer civilians, even the politicians themselves will forget which party they belong to, so will their next of… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
It matters enormously to a successful democratic society like ours that we have three branches of government, each with some independence and… — Sandra Day O'Connor Copy Share Image
Bombs know no ism but barbarism. The laws that successfully govern a peaceful and democratic society do not interfere with the only… — Clare Boothe Luce Copy Share Image
Many of the contradictions in Postmodern art come from the fact that we're trying to be artists in a democratic society. This… — Brad Holland Copy Share Image
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