Our democratic societies are in danger. In allowing ourselves to be infiltrated by fear, to be blinded by the passion of identity,… — Tariq Ramadan 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
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
Ultimately there can be no freedom for self unless it is vouchsafed for others; there can be no security where there is… — Felix Frankfurter 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
All of those on the left, as I am, have always vastly preferred the democratic society over the hierarchical society and still… — Robert Bly 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
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
Good, healthy democratic societies are built on three pillars: there's peace and stability, economic development, and respect for rule of law and… — Kofi Annan 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
One of the main purposes of laws in a democratic society is to put burdens upon intelligence and reduce it to impotence.… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
I say from time to time that the vote is precious. It's almost sacred. It is the most powerful nonviolent tool or… — John Lewis 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
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
The interest in encouraging freedom of expression in a democratic society outweighs any theoretical but unproven benefit of censorship. — John Paul Stevens Copy Share Image
Democracy has always been in crisis: democracy is all about practicing the art of bearable dissatisfaction. In democratic societies, people often complain… — Ivan Krastev Copy Share Image
The equality of rights of all citizens is the basic tenet of modern democratic societies. — Jacques Maritain Copy Share Image
Now teach-ins are fairly common or they become common place. But in 1965, the Students for Democratic Society in Ann Harbor organized… — Bill Ayers 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
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
[ Alexis de] Tocqueville said it in 1835, and it's as true today as it was then: 'Despotism may govern without faith,… — Paul Kengor 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
I am always suspicious of the formulation that "politics" has prevented a great idea from being enacted by government. Politics IS government,… — Nicholas Lemann 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
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