Democracy Quotes
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The Department of Homeland Security raises the alert status for financial centers in New York, New Jersey, and Washington to orange. The evidence supporting the warning, reconnaissance data left in a home in Iraq, later proves to be roughly four years old and largely out of date. Number 10. Last Thursday, at 10 a.m. Eastern time, the President addresses the National Endowment for Democracy, once again emphasizing the importance of the war on terror, and insisting his government has broken up at least 10 terrorist plots since 9/11. At 3 p.m. Eastern time, five hours after the President's speech has begun, the Associated Press reports that Karl Rove will testify again to the CIA leak grand jury and that special prosecutor Fitzgerald has told Rove he cannot guarantee that he will not be indicted.
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America has never seen itself as a national state like all others, but rather as an experiment in human freedom and democracy.
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I guess I think that films have to be made totally by fascists -- there's no room for democracy in making film.
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The modern infrastructures that exists in the world all contribute to the advancement of human rights and democracy.
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My definition of democracy is - A form and a method of Government whereby revolutionary changes in the social life are brought about without bloodshed. That is the real test. It is perhaps the severest test. But when you are judging the quality of the material you must put it to the severest test.
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They screwed with democracy. I’m not going to lose much sleep when democracy screws them back.
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Puritanism, believing itself quick with the seed of religious liberty, laid, without knowing it, the egg of democracy.
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The very essence of democracy is that every person represents all the varied interests which compose the nation.
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We want a country which is not isolated and where democracy rules.
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What does matter is this: the Russians successfully meddled in our democracy, and our intelligence agencies have concluded that they will do so again.
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If we are to keep our democracy, there must be one commandment: Thou shalt not ration justice.
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Democracy is an experimental system. I like it when states try out new ideas. I think we ought to expand, not contract, our federalist system.
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There can be no democracy without observing the law and everyone must observe it - that is the most basic and important thing that we all should remember.
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A true democracy starts by separating state and bad science.
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Democracy makes us articulate our views, defend them, and refine them.
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Certainly it is not a democracy.
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Reformist kings can save their dynasties now by helping their countries move smoothly into democracy, or they will end their years in exile like the Russian aristocrats of a century earlier.
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Democracy is necessarily despotism, as it establishes an executive power contrary to the general will; all being able to decide against one whose opinion may differ, the will of all is therefore not that of all: which is contradictory and opposite to liberty.
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The US and the European Union needs to help in the translation of the demand for democracy into a political will.
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Democracy, like any non-coercive relationship, rests on a shared understanding of limits.
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We care about equality and democracy within the band and outside the band. For us life is about cooperation and solidarity, not about egotism, greed, or competition. This means that we prefer to work with people and bands that have a similar sort of mentality and attitude.
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We are at a point in our nation's history when the right leadership is needed more than ever. Hillary has spent her life advocating for poor and working class families. Hillary will help build an economy for tomorrow and beyond; strengthen America's families; defend our country and its core values; and revitalize our democracy.
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I am happy that Poland is returning to the road of pluralism and democracy.
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There are only two reasons for buying a book, after all. Either we intend to read it, in which case most of us find a printed version preferable, or we don't intend to read it, in which case a printed version is absolutely essential.
