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 -
I live in Europe and care about democracy and sovereignty of nation states there.
Vaclav Klaus -
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 -
Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.
H. L. Mencken -
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 -
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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I mean, I'm an actor. I do what comes along.
Ian McShane -
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.
Narendra Modi -
Democracy is not merely a form of government. It is primarily a mode of associated living, of conjoint communicated experience. It is essentially an attitude of respect and reverence towards fellow men.
Babasaheb -
Democracy is the road to socialism.
Karl Marx -
The 'democracy gap' in our politics and elections spells a deep sense of powerlessness by people who drop out, do not vote, or listlessly vote for the 'least worst' every four years and then wonder why after every cycle the 'least worst' gets worse.
Ralph Nader -
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.
Samantha Power
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Israel is the only democracy in the Middle East.
Jack Schwartz -
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.
Parker Palmer -
Socialism, as I understand it, is a system of democracy. Without democracy, there is no socialism.
Wen Jiabao -
The western mindset erroneously equates a political system of multi-party democracy with high-quality institutions... the two are not synonymous.
Dambisa Moyo -
The deadliest foe of democracy is not autocracy but liberty frenzied.
Otto Hermann Kahn -
Our brand of democracy is hard. But I can promise that a year from now, when I no longer hold this office, I'll be right there with you as a citizen - inspired by those voices of fairness and vision, of grit and good humor and kindness that have helped America travel so far.
Barack Obama
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Our Founding Fathers who created this republic did not believe in democracy. When did we come to worship this idol?
Pat Buchanan -
The good news is I think there are a lot of young people certainly who were involved in my campaigns, and I think continue to be involved in work not just politically, but through nonprofits and other organizations, that can carry this hard work of democracy forward.
Barack Obama -
You have to really have the will to hang onto the first note as it is being played, and then really stay with it and take the flight, as it were, you know, for the duration of the piece.
Daniel Barenboim -
I go through life accumulating possessions... I've always done it... and then, every once in a while, a sort of tidal wave comes along and washes them all away.
Preston Sturges -
Deliberate with caution, but act with decision; and yield with graciousness, or oppose with firmness.
Charles Caleb Colton -
If there is a problem with democracy, the answer has to be more democracy.
Anibal Acevedo Vila