Michael Gove Quotes

The promise to leave the European Union, end the supremacy of EU law and take back control of our democracy. With my leadership, it will be delivered.

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• I live in Europe and care about democracy and sovereignty of nation states there.

  

  Vaclav Klaus
  • Live
  • Democracy
  • Care

• Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.

  

  H. L. Mencken
  • Wisdom
  • Democracy
  • Ignorance

• 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.

  

  Harold Russell
  • Power
  • Democracy
  • Military

• Essentially this promise before curse, this superiority of God's love in Christ, must come from the Bible.

  

  Walter Lang
  • God
  • Love
  • Promise

• If a jerk burns the flag, America is not threatened, democracy is not under siege, freedom is not at risk.

  

  Gary Ackerman
  • America
  • Freedom
  • Democracy

• I believe in the power of millions of courageous conservatives rising up to re-ignite the promise of America.

  

  Ted Cruz
  • Up
  • Believe
  • Power

• A lack of moral clarity is also the tragedy that has befallen efforts to advance peace and security in the world. Promoting peace and security is fundamentally connected to promoting freedom and democracy.

  

  Natan Sharansky
  • World
  • Freedom
  • Peace

• If you have reservations about the system and want to change it, the democratic argument goes, do so within the system: put yourself forward as a candidate for political office, subject yourself to the scrutiny and the vote of fellow citizens. Democracy does not allow for politics outside the democratic system. In this sense, democracy is totalitarian.

  

  J. M. Coetzee
  • Political
  • Democracy

• Democracy is acceptable to neo-liberals only in so far as it does not contradict the free market.

  

  Ha-Joon Chang
  • Free
  • Democracy

• 'We're on the verge of civil war in Northern Ireland. Why? Because if you take away the forums of democracy you don't have anything left.'

  

  Ian Paisley
  • Why
  • War
  • Democracy

• It really scared me to do what Mom did because I never did anything that she did. I promised her that I would never sing her songs, and I kept my promise. 'You sing them better than anybody. I don't want to be a second-rate example of you. I want to be a first-rate example of myself.'

  

  Liza Minnelli
  • She
  • Mom
  • Promise

• Parents – especially step-parents – are sometimes a bit of a disappointment to their children. They don't fufill the promise of their early years.

  

  Anthony Powell
  • Children
  • Parents
  • Promise

• When courts rule in our country, we have them as the final arbiter on matters in which we might not agree on. And that is an important pillar of our democracy.

  

  Cyril Ramaphosa
  • Important
  • Country
  • Democracy

• I will work with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to preserve the Social Security promise that provides secure retirement benefits for all, especially those who are most at risk such as widows, orphans, and people with disabilities when the need arises.

  Chaka Fattah
  • People
  • Work
  • Risk

• Are you tired of sand being kicked in your face? I promise you new muscles in days!

  

  Charles Atlas
  • Tired
  • Promise

• Democracy rests upon two pillars: one, the principle that all men are equally entitled to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness; and the other, the conviction that such equal opportunity will most advance civilization.

  

  Louis D. Brandeis
  • Life
  • Men
  • Opportunity

• I always assume that democracy is the only good form of government, quite frankly, and democracy is always to be preferred.

  

  Jeane Kirkpatrick
  • Good
  • Democracy

• In a democracy everybody has a right to be represented, including the jerks.

  

  Chris Patten
  • Democracy

• A lot of filmmaking is an endurance contest between you and the people you're filming. Every time that you relax, I promise you, something interesting will happen.

  

  Marshall Curry
  • People
  • Time
  • Interesting

• We must look to an open, tolerant, inclusive England, which embraces the values of a Britain that still leads the world in terms of an open democracy, as well as an understanding of the needs for responsibilities and obligations to run alongside the affirmation of individual rights.

  

  David Blunkett
  • World
  • Understanding
  • Democracy

• Our team, in general, is in a position where people look up to us, and kids look up to us. I embrace that, and I think I have a huge LGBT following. I think it's pretty cool, the opportunity that I have, especially in sports. There's really not that many out athletes. It's important to be out and to live my life that way.

  

  Megan Rapinoe
  • People
  • Life
  • Up

• We can't end poverty if we fail to save the lives of our world's mothers.

  

  Liya Kebede
  • World
  • Poverty

• I remember, when I saw the first 'Austin Powers' movie, I was blown away by how fun and original it was.

  

  Mike Scully
  • Remember
  • Original
  • Austin

• The promise to leave the European Union, end the supremacy of EU law and take back control of our democracy. With my leadership, it will be delivered.

  

  Michael Gove
  • Democracy
  • Promise
  • Supremacy