Christians - at least Christians in a liberal democracy - have accepted, after Thomas Hobbes, that they must obey the secular rule… — Ayaan Hirsi Ali Copy Share Image
“In order to reach parity in conventional armament, Western countries would probably have had to scrap liberal democracy and the free market,… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
Those who believe that liberal democracy and the free market can be defended by the force of law and regulation alone, without… — Jonathan Sacks Copy Share Image
Since the revolution of the 18th century, America has basically had an ideology of liberal democracy and constitutionalism. — Samuel P. Huntington Copy Share Image
Noam Chomsky has a book, which I read for the first time when I was in Spain, called 'Fear of Democracy'. There… — Hugo Chavez Copy Share Image
In a liberal democracy rapid, radical and fundamental economic change must benefit the many not the few, if it is to gain… — Clive Lewis Copy Share Image
Liberal democracy is in regression all over the world, and it's a dangerous thing. — Steve Schmidt Copy Share Image
Islam is not a race...Islam is simply a set of beliefs, and it is not 'Islamophobic' to say Islam is incompatible with… — Ayaan Hirsi Ali Copy Share Image
“the dull old facts of altered climate, vanishing forests, creatures and polar ice. Profitable and poisonous agriculture obliterating biological beauty. Oceans turning… — Ian McEwan Copy Share Image
When the Soviet Union fell, optimistic scholars believed the world had shifted inexorably in the direction of free markets and liberal democracy.… — Ben Shapiro Copy Share Image
For a long time, early industrializing countries were absorptive. They were endlessly able to absorb new labor inputs to keep expanding. This… — Joshua Clover Copy Share Image
I call government that works the best for people open society, which is basically just another more general term for a democracy… — George Soros Copy Share Image
“To expose the roots of liberal democracy in ethinic conflict is an act of destruction that is necessary to lay the foundations… — Mitchell Heisman Copy Share Image
Of all the principles which constitute Liberal Democracy, internationalism is the clearest, the most distinctive, and the one with the longest history. — Charles Kennedy Copy Share Image
If Ukraine becomes a pro-American liberal democracy, and a member of NATO, and a member of the E.U., the Russians will consider… — John Mearsheimer Copy Share Image
“We need a laissez faire that will hold fast to the ends of autonomy and freedom of choice; one that will begin… — Robert A. Nisbet Copy Share Image
“Men will always seek gods in whose name they may perform great deeds or commit unspeakable atrocities, even when those gods are… — David Bentley Hart Copy Share Image
The most widely discussed formulation of [the One World model] was the "end of history" thesis advanced by Francis Fukuyama. "We may… — Samuel P. Huntington Copy Share Image
“Another threat, less overt but no less basic, confronts liberal democracy. More directly linked to the impact of technology, it involves the… — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
I'm not so sure liberal democracy as we know it has reached its terminus. It's clear though, that many have genuinely lost… — Tim Soutphommasane Copy Share Image
“Here is one final reason to think that the United States may be a state that uses the language of democracy to… — Jason F. Stanley Copy Share Image
“Can the West regain its optimism? If the answer is no – and most of the portents are skewing the wrong way… — Edward Luce Copy Share Image
An informed public democracy means rule of the people. A media system is absolutely essential to that process, if people are going… — Robert Waterman McChesney Copy Share Image
I believe the liberal international order is under assault from Russia, and from other authoritarian regimes, and it is being questioned from… — Daniel Fried Copy Share Image
“The television commercial has mounted the most serious assault on capitalist ideology since the publication of Das Kapital. To understand why, we… — Neil Postman Copy Share Image