"The practical core of democracy, defined functionally, is……" — Noah Feldman
"The practical core of democracy, defined functionally, is the peaceful exchange of power between different groups of powerful political players arranged in parties."
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35 Quotes by Noah Feldman
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Many Muslims in Saudi Arabia believe that the core values of Islam, namely acknowledgement of God's sovereignty and basic human…
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Isn’t everyone’s life a mass of contradictions?
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We like democracy because why? The pathologies of the U.S. version are so obvious in the aftermath of the latest…
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Even a lame-duck president can be affected by a clear midterm message if he wants to see his vice president…
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When we put our trust in diplomacy, it is not because it is an inspiring or uplifting discourse or because…
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In an ideological age, diplomacy may seem weak and prosaic. But sometimes it is all we have.
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The transformation of the United States from a traditional republic to a democratic nation run in large measure by a…
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The modern presidency, as expressed in the policies of the administration of George W. Bush, provides the strongest piece of…
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The rise of the presidency began with the Louisiana Purchase, which in 1803 doubled the land mass of the United…
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The administration of George W. Bush, emboldened by the Sept. 11 attacks and the backing of a Republican Congress, has…
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In 1953, after the armistice ending the Korean War, South Korea lay in ruins. President Eisenhower was eager to put…
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Iraqi national identity under Saddam Hussein never truly incorporated Shiites or Kurds. Sunnis, who identified most closely with the Iraqi…
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A system is in equilibrium when the forces constituting it are arranged in such a way as to compensate each…
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It's extremely difficult to get these jobs because you can't get a job on a ship unless you have seaman's…
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Science is knowledge arranged and classified according to truth, facts, and the general laws of nature.
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His head is made of stars, but not yet arranged into constellations.
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It's so beautifully arranged on the plate - you know someone's fingers have been all over it.
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Well arranged time is the surest mark of a well arranged mind
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The strongest and most evil spirits have to date advanced mankind the most: they always rekindled the sleeping passions -…
— Friedrich Nietzsche
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The letters in 'Brace Beemer' can be arranged to spell 'Embrace Beer.'
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The destiny of mankind is arranged for happy moments every life has such but not for happy times.
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Passing just lately over this lake, ... and examining this water next day, I found floating therein divers earthy particles,…
— Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
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Science, in its ultimate ideal, consists of a set of propositions arranged in a hierarchy, the lowest level of the…
— Bertrand Russell
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There is, as Emerson says, some central idea or conception of yourself by which all the facts of your life…
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