[A]ll popular and well-mixed governments [republics] . . . are ever established by wise and good men, and can never be upheld… — Algernon Sidney Copy Share Image
So as far as Serbia is concerned, it does not have the right to influence the privatization or to claim any property,… — Ibrahim Rugova Copy Share Image
Hold on, my friends, to the Constitution and to the Republic for which it stands. Miracles do not cluster and what has… — Daniel Webster Copy Share Image
To decide once every few years which members of the ruling class is to repress and crush the people through parliament-this is… — Vladimir Lenin Copy Share Image
[I]f you think that American imperialism and its globalised, capitalist form is the most dangerous thing in the world, that means you… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
Wherever the appearance of a conventional aristocracy exists in America, it must arise from wealth, as it cannot from birth. An aristocracy… — Harriet Martineau Copy Share Image
We cannot afford to differ on the question of honesty if we expect our republic permanently to endure. Honesty is not so… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
What's wrong with it is, it lowers, to say the least, the credibility of the magazine. And if I were writing for… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
I am now-the friend of the equal rights of men, of representative democracy, of republicanism and the Declaration of Independence, the great… — John Stark Copy Share Image
I believe that this Republic will endure for many centuries. If so there will doubtless be among its Presidents Protestants and Catholics,… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
“Stop it, you two.” Ava looks nervous. “What if it’s the Red Hand?” Tiran brushes his tangled hair from his eyes. “Don’t… — Pierce Brown Copy Share Image
In a sense we've come to our nation's capital to cash a check. When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
The history of ancient and modern republics had taught them that many of the evils which those republics suffered arose from the… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
We inherited these principles and these freedoms and we here highly resolve that we shall pass them on, as we will pass… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
The Council on Foreign Relations is "the establishment." Not only does it have influence and power in key decision-making positions at the… — John Rarick Copy Share Image
When a republic's most venerable institutions no longer operate as they were intended, it becomes possible for small cabals to usurp power,… — T. D. Allman Copy Share Image
A state too expensive in itself, or by virtue of its dependencies, ultimately falls into decay; its free government is transformed into… — Simon Bolivar Copy Share Image
The Founders knew that a democracy would lead to some kind of tyranny. The term democracy appears in none of our Founding… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
The abuse of buying and selling votes crept in and money began to play an important part in determining elections. Later on,… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
Unlike other countries, it was founded on written proclamations. America is an ideal as well as a republic. Its documents are open… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
I want to see my kids grow up in a world that I grew up in, which was it had imagination and… — Craig T. Nelson Copy Share Image
“Going into the Republican Party National Convention, in all objective truth, our non‑winning front‑runners are the sorriest collection of stuffed shirts, empty… — John Barnes Copy Share Image
We are aware that in 2005 our efforts to preserve the stability and prestige of the Republic of Bulgaria in the area… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
After the signing of the Constitution, Benjamin Franklin was asked by a woman on the street, "What have you given us, sir?"… — Glenn Beck Copy Share Image
Royalty is a government in which the attention of the nation is concentrated on one person doing interesting actions. A Republic is… — Walter Bagehot Copy Share Image
America has joined forces with the Allied Powers, and what we have of blood and treasure are yours. Therefore it is that… — Charles E. Stanton Copy Share Image
I remain convinced that for Stalin to have complete centralized power in his hands, he found it necessary to physically destroy the… — James Mace Copy Share Image
Jean Jacques Rousseauis nothing but a fool in my eyes when he takes it upon himself to criticise society; he did not… — Stendhal Copy Share Image
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We still have our people working in the cane fields in the Dominican Republic. People are still repatriated all the time from… — Edwidge Danticat Copy Share Image
The most recent example and the most, I think, appalling example was when Martin Peretz, the owner - and I stress owner… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
This is a lttle prayer dedicated to the separation of church and state. I guess if they are going to force those… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
I am against revolution and am proud of it. Democracy cannot be created through revolutions. The most important dichotomy that I make… — Akbar Ganji Copy Share Image
Moreover, they [the Central Asian Republics] are of importance from the standpoint of security and historical ambitions to at least three of… — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
The continual whine of lamenting the burden of taxes, however successfully it may be practiced in mixed governments, is inconsistent with the… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
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