Anibal Acevedo Vila Quotes
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Persistent inequality costs the U.S. hundreds of billions of dollars a year, undermining our global competitiveness, our democracy, and our ideals as a nation.
Wendy Kopp
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I live in Europe and care about democracy and sovereignty of nation states there.
Vaclav Klaus
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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.
Orhan Pamuk
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Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.
H. L. Mencken
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Political democracy cannot last unless there lies at the base of it social democracy. What does social democracy mean? It means a way of life which recognizes liberty, equality and fraternity as the principles of life.
Babasaheb
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The building of America has had its fair share of mistakes, but it's a constitution that's the jewel of democracy, the envy of many, and it's the most generous nation in the world.
Gary Oldman
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To me, technology was a means to an end to achieve the social justice goals, stronger democracy and more effective government that is the aim of what I do.
Beth Simone Noveck
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The passionate are like men standing on their heads, they see all things the wrong way.
Plato
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I've stood my ground in life, alone, even against overwhelming forces with the might and money to crush me.
Tatum O'Neal
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My philosophy in life... is to prove myself to myself and not to others. I tried to teach my children that, that I have to respect myself, to prove to myself that I can do the best I can.
Columba Bush
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The young, the old, women, the disabled, the sick and the wounded are entitled to protection under international law. Too often, the ICRC's calls for those laws to be respected are ignored.
Peter Maurer
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If there is a problem with democracy, the answer has to be more democracy.
Anibal Acevedo Vila