“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
What I said was that in a democratic society, people must be permitted to make their choices and that the choices of… — Dennis Kucinich 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
I believe that a guarantee of public access to government information is indispensable in the long run for any democratic society… if… — Sissela Bok 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
Human rights commissions, as they are evolving, are an attack on our fundamental freedoms and the basic existence of a democratic society...… — Stephen Harper Copy Share Image
I came to the United States because I valued living as a free person, one who is able to advocate in a… — Sami Al-Arian Copy Share Image
I was resolved to sustain and preserve in my college the bite of the mind, the chance to stand face to face… — Virginia Gildersleeve Copy Share Image
The idea that each individual has intrinsic, God-given value and is of infinite worth quite apart from any social contribution - an… — Elaine Pagels 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
... 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
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
The devotion of democracy to education is a familiar fact. The superficial explanation is that a government resting upon popular suffrage cannot… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
There are credentials for admission to our democratic society [...]. You have to be educated in order to be a participant in… — Richard Rorty Copy Share Image
Now the ordinary Protestant, Jew or Secularist has a stereotype about Catholicism. It consists of Spanish Catholicism, Latin-American Catholicism and, let us… — Reinhold Niebuhr Copy Share Image
Let's not use the term democracy as a play on words which is what people commonly do, using human rights as a… — Alejandro Castro Espin Copy Share Image
The completion of the Iraqi cabinet with the appointment of three critical ministers is also confirmation of continued movement toward a just… — Spencer Bachus Copy Share Image
Party politics in modern democratic society means pandering to a wide variety of different groups and sympathizing with their often quite base… — Randal Marlin Copy Share Image
Procedure is the bone structure of a democratic society. Our scheme of law affords great latitude for dissent and opposition. It compels… — Abe Fortas 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
The end of Students for a Democratic Society is viewed by me and a lot of other people as a terrible sorry… — Bill Ayers 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
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
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
A free and democratic society is not the norm. When you look to the history books, world history was not based on… — Rocky Carroll Copy Share Image
The average man's love of liberty is nine-tenths imaginary, exactly like his love of sense, justice and truth... It takes a special… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
What is invaluable about Angela Davis' work is that she does not limit her politics to issues removed from broader social considerations,… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
The justice system is a foundation of our existence as a democratic society. I will not be the one to soften its… — Ayelet Shaked Copy Share Image
It transmitted because on the campuses, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee was recruiting, was organizing. Students for a Democratic Society was founded at… — Bill Ayers 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
Healthy debate has been replaced by automatic sensors that eliminate the need for actual talking during a filibuster - a la 'Mr.… — Douglas Wilder Copy Share Image
It is a mistake - as so many over-centralized socialist societies have discovered - to try to eliminate money as an incentive.… — Philip Slater Copy Share Image
It is the political task of the social scientist — as of any liberal educator — continually to translate personal troubles into… — C. Wright Mills Copy Share Image
The fact is that in my prep school, I went to a boarding school, 39 young men graduated from that prep school.… — Bill Ayers Copy Share Image
A society which makes provision for participation in its good of all its members on equal terms and which secures flexible readjustment… — John Dewey 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
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