Our country is the most generous, open, tolerant, and democratic in the world.

Rarely have elected leaders been so intent on defying the public will.

Referendums are designed to get around parliamentary government, and people only demand referendums when they think they can't get a majority in parliament. Mussolini was the most brilliant...

Tony Blair believed in a consumerist idea of democracy.

I personally believe that a democratic society is morally entitled to set and enforce a limit on the number of new immigrants admitted each year.

As a strong believer that Brexit is a very damaging mistake that becomes more obvious every day, I see sound democratic reasons for asking the electorate to confirm what it wants to do.

Israel was born under the British mandate. We learned from the British what democracy means, and how it behaves in a time of danger, war and terror. We thank Britain for introducing freedom and...

I want people to feel like they have access to Congress, that they have access to government.

Limiting the ability of the people to peacefully organize and partake in direct action to fight against persecution and discrimination is not only barred by the U.S. Constitution but is fundamentally...

I was born in India... Gujarat. I am an Indian! And India is a democratic country, anyone can stand for elections. I can also stand for elections.

In the 21st century, the countries that thrive will be the ones where citizens know their voices will be heard because the institutions are transparent.

The people are the government, administering it by their agents; they are the government, the sovereign power.

The Commonwealth is a vital and positive partnership between countries striving to develop trade relations and promote democracy and human rights, united by shared values.

I was elected to the Diet in the same way as at every parliamentary election.

Dr. King's leadership reaffirmed the promise of our democracy: that everyday people, working together, have the power to change our government and our institutions for the better.

An able, disinterested, public-spirited press, with trained intelligence to know the right and courage to do it, can preserve that public virtue without which popular government is a sham and a...

It is my principle that the will of the majority should always prevail.

No government can be long secure without a formidable opposition.

After witnessing the inauguration ceremonies, I am compelled to state how deeply grateful and infinitely thankful and eternally blessed I am to and by God for the privilege of being born and for...

This lack of accurate, trustworthy information about the true cost of any given policy, product, service, or behavior is paralyzing all action.

When enough people realize that they are slaves but don't have to be, revolutions happen.

Fascism is when corporations become the government.

Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst...

Democracy's fatal flaw: There are more dumb people than smart people. Welcome to the new Dark Ages!

Once demagogy and falsehoods become routine, there isn't much for the political journalist to do except handicap the race and report on the candidate's mood.

Charity is today a 'political charity.'. . . it means the transformation of a society structured to benefit a few who appropriate to themselves the value of the work of others. This transformation...

The American President has to take all sorts of abuse from liars and demagogues. The people can never understand why the President does not use his supposedly great power to make 'em behave. Well, all...

I always had the faith that this country would elect those who knew best, who could follow the best course through any situation.

A minority is powerless while it conforms to the majority.

Iran's previous attempts at democracy were thwarted by foreigners - the British and Russians in 1905–1911; the United States in 1953 - whose interests were served by suppressing all democratic...