Elliott Abrams Quotes
The Sandinistas are dedicated Communists, and if they are going to make a compromise with democracy, it's going to be under pressure.
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For me, Westernization is not about consuming fanciful goods; it's about a system of free speech, democracy, egalitarianism and respect for the people's rights and dignity.
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Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.
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Global governance cannot be limited to the crafting of instruments related to the promotion of democracy. A key component must be the creation of fair and equitable rules to enhance the development prospects of developing countries.
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Is America truly a democracy? Has America ever been a democracy with the institution of slavery?
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Once you don't vote your ideals... that has serious undermining affects. It erodes the moral basis of our democracy.
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Fundamentalists are not friends of democracy. And that includes your fundamentalists in the United States.
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From my intimate discussions with President Obama, it is evident that India figures significantly in American geo-political, economic and strategic thinking. India is the largest democracy in the world.
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Democracy is the road to socialism.
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Look at the structure of the Gates Foundation and this idea that, rather than trying to solve these huge global problems through institutions with some kind of democracy and transparency baked into them, we're just going to outsource it to benevolent billionaires.
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Despite what many Americans think, most Soviets do not yearn for capitalism or Western-style democracy.
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The issue is whether the ultimate civil authority of the United States can tolerate actions in contempt of constitutional lines of authority. Any lessening of civil power over military power must inevitably lead away from democracy.
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As even a democracy like the United States has shown, waging war can benefit a leader in several ways: it can rally citizens around the flag, it can distract them from bleak economic times, and it can enrich a country's elites.
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Israel is the only democracy in the Middle East.
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I should contribute generously to the war chest of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union. But, I do not contribute at all.
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We have been deformed by educational and religious institutions that treat us as members of an audience instead of actors in a drama, so we become adults who treat democracy as a spectator sport.
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The deadliest foe of democracy is not autocracy but liberty frenzied.
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I love that I love my job, and from what I'm told, that others who I work with do, too.
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The corporatist-economic model of society appears to be governing us. Economists, often in the pay of transnationals, are deciding, for us, what democracy is, and will be.
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It is not, perhaps, unreasonable to conclude, that a pure and perfect democracy is a thing not attainable by man, constituted as he is of contending elements of vice and virtue, and ever mainly influenced by the predominant principle of self-interest. It may, indeed, be confidently asserted, that there never was that government called a republic, which was not ultimately ruled by a single will, and, therefore, (however bold may seem the paradox,) virtually and substantially a monarchy.
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I always want to go to the movies and watch something and be moved by something or feel things.
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It's definitely an issue if the actor has passed away without stating any intention or desire about how his or her likeness should be dealt with. Then it falls to their estate. That's a problem that will start solving itself. Now the technology exists, and actors are aware of this and can make their wishes known.
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You don't want everyone to know everything about you.
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The Sandinistas are dedicated Communists, and if they are going to make a compromise with democracy, it's going to be under pressure.
