“When we lack the ability to talk back to entities that are culturally and politically powerful, the very foundations of free speech… — Naomi Klein Copy Share Image
Let us not despair but act. Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer but the right answer. Let… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
The strength of democratic societies relies on their capacity to know how to stand firm against extremism while respecting justice in the… — Tariq Ramadan Copy Share Image
The problem of education in a democratic society is to do away with ... dualism and to construct a course of studies… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
The bulk of the totalitarian-minded in the democratic societies are men and women who are attracted to this destructive way of life… — Joost Meerloo Copy Share Image
We are governed, our minds are molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested, largely by men we have never heard of. This… — Edward Bernays Copy Share Image
Since a democratic society repudiates the principle of external authority, it must find a substitute in voluntary disposition and interest; these can… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
In a democratic society, nothing will ever receive unanimous support. The way to deal with this is to empower elected governments and… — Erin O'Toole 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
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
As a matter of constitutional tradition, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, we presume that governmental regulation of the content… — John Paul Stevens 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
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
As political theorist Michael Parenti points out, historians often overlook Fascism's economic agenda--the partnership between Big Capital and Big Government--in their analysis… — Richard Heinberg Copy Share Image
Although I have made a fortune in the financial markets, I now fear that the untrammeled intensification of laissez-faire capitalism and the… — George Soros Copy Share Image
Cities must urge urban planners and architects to reinforce pedestrianism as an integrated city policy to develop lively, safe, sustainable and healthy… — Jan Gehl Copy Share Image
There may be some difficulties, some interruptions, but as a nation and as a people, we are going to build a truly… — John Lewis Copy Share Image
[Students for a Democratic Society] was on many campuses and it was a powerful organization. It was founded by Tom Hayden, who… — Bill Ayers Copy Share Image
I believe that the will of the people is resolved by a strong leadership. Even in a democratic society, events depend on… — Yitzhak Shamir Copy Share Image
Generally speaking, the less privileged groups in democratic society, as they become aware of their interests and their political power, will be… — Gunnar Myrdal Copy Share Image
January 30th will be a historic day for the Middle East and the world. The Iraqi people will take the next step… — Dana Rohrabacher Copy Share Image
Some vested interests have an inclination to tarnish the image of those in politics and there have been occasions when some people… — Pinarayi Vijayan Copy Share Image
Honesty . . . is the foundation upon which relationships and many societies are built. Without it . . . there can… — Janny Scott 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
If our courts lose their authority and their rulings are no longer respected, there will be no one left to resolve the… — Rose Bird 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
The role of the teacher remains the highest calling of a free people. To the teacher, America entrusts her most precious resource,… — Shirley Hufstedler Copy Share Image
The Only cure for nihilism is for liberal democratic societies - their electorates, their judiciary, and their political leadership- to insist that… — Michael Ignatieff 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
I don't see anything immoral, unethical or illegal for a person in a democratic society to be able to spend their own… — Brian Day 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
De Tocqueville considered the impulse toward well-being as one of the strongest impulses of a democratic society. He can't be blamed for… — Saul Bellow Copy Share Image
Citizens of the democratic societies should undertake a course of intellectual self defense to protect themselves from manipulation and control, and to… — Noam Chomsky 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
Of course, most luxury goods in China are for corrupted officials and their relatives. And that made China become the biggest luxury-goods… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
There is danger that totalitarian governments, not subject to vigorous popular debate, will underestimate the will and unity of democratic societies where… — John F. Kennedy 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
China has seen a great deal of economic progress. It's certainly rather of a miracle. The growing role of the market in… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
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