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It is vital to speak up in a democracy. Otherwise we are living in dictatorships.
Katharine Gun
Democracy
Speak
Living
Otherwise
Vital
Up
Dictatorships
Iraq is part of a legitimate American effort not to have democracy everywhere but to have democracy somewhere.
Dinesh D'Souza
Democracy
Somewhere
Everywhere
Part
Iraq
Effort
American
Legitimate
I believe that when you provide information to people, they become less fearful and they will engage more in their democracy if they are empowered with information.
Michael Moore
Democracy
You
People
Will
Become
Believe
I Believe
I Believe That
Fearful
More
Empowered
Provide
Information
Engage
Less
Brexit has certainly exposed an ugly underbelly of our democracy. It is clear to me that we must ensure that the many Leave voting communities must never be left behind again.
Layla Moran
Me
Democracy
Voting
Ugly
Our
Ensure
Must
Never
Clear
Leave
Left
Behind
Again
Communities
Brexit
Certainly
Many
Exposed
There is little doubt that our society is changing rapidly, but one thing will never change as long as we remain a democracy: the need for voters to know the essentials of our history and government.
Max Boot
Government
Democracy
History
Change
Will
Long
Doubt
Society
Changing
Our
Rapidly
One Thing
Remain
Never
Voters
Know
Essentials
Little
Thing
Need
We are losing the democracy that we're trying to sell in the Mideast and everywhere else right here in our own nation.
Rosie O'Donnell
Democracy
Losing
Nation
Own
Else
Our
Everywhere
Sell
Trying
Right
Here
I have not given up my faith in democracy - it remains the worst form of government except for all the others - but I have given up my youthful expectation that it would inevitably triumph.
Max Boot
Faith
Government
Democracy
Expectation
Others
Worst
Would
Triumph
Given
Except
Remains
Inevitably
Up
Form
Youthful
Fear and monarchy pair nicely. But democracy means you have to work with people you may not like but you must still believe are your equals. And a fearful people never trust the other side.
Martha Nussbaum
Work
Democracy
You
Trust
People
Fear
Believe
Other
Side
Must
Fearful
Never
Like
Equals
Still
May
Means
Your
Pair
Nicely
Monarchy
My Democratic friends just can't accept the fact that the American people chose Donald Trump to be president - it's called democracy. My advice to them, and I say this gently: Fill out a 'Hurt Feelings Report' and let's move on.
John Kennedy
Democracy
Hurt
People
Feelings
Advice
Move On
President
Say
Out
Hurt Feelings
Fact
Democratic
Accept
Gently
Trump
Friends
Report
American
Donald
Donald Trump
Move
Just
Them
American People
Fill
Chose
I'm a firm believer that if we could restore real parliamentary democracy, the best way to do that would be to get rid of political parties.
Elizabeth May
Best
Democracy
Political
Way
Would
Would-Be
Best Way
Restore
Could
Parliamentary
Firm
Firm Believer
Parties
Real
Political Parties
Get
Rid
Believer
Freedom will not prevail because of historical forces; it will only win, if it does, because of historical actors. In other words, us. Those like me who came of age around 1989 used to take democracy for granted.
Max Boot
Prevail
Freedom
Me
Democracy
Age
Words
Win
Will
Other
Those
Only
Take
Like
Forces
Because
Around
Does
Came
Historical
In Other Words
Us
Used
Granted
Who
Actor
If all political parties are committed to the role of the free market, the politicians act as, I don't know, as traffic policemen; they stand outside the ring and let the real decisions be slugged out by entrepreneurs. That doesn't seem to me a proper democracy.
Ken Loach
Me
Democracy
Political
Free
Politicians
Market
Out
Ring
Seem
Proper
Free Market
Entrepreneurs
Outside
Know
Parties
Policemen
Real
Traffic
Political Parties
Role
Committed
Decisions
Act
Stand
As you have fewer and fewer voices in a democracy, in a free society, it's not good to limit the number of voices.
Michael Moore
Good
Democracy
You
Free
Free Society
Society
Voices
Limit
Fewer
Number
Democracy is about institutions: it's about having things like schools and judiciary and the Ford Foundation, or 'The Nation' magazine - you need progressive institutions, you know what I mean? Those are important institutions to make sure that the government functions.
Robert Kennedy, Jr.
Government
Democracy
You
Important
Judiciary
Nation
Progressive
Those
Magazine
About
Having
Like
Institutions
Know
Schools
Make
Sure
Ford
Mean
Functions
Foundation
Things
Need
Mob rule is always extremely dangerous for the future of democracy.
Martha Nussbaum
Future
Democracy
Dangerous
Rule
Extremely
Always
Mob
In a democracy, in a functioning democracy, what would be happening is that popular organizations, unions, political groupings, others would be developing their programs, putting them forth, insisting that their representatives implement those programs.
Noam Chomsky
Democracy
Political
Unions
Programs
Others
Those
Would
Would-Be
Insisting
Developing
Implement
Putting
Representatives
Happening
Them
Forth
Organizations
Popular
I have a prominent platform and I want to use it to promote respect for human rights, democracy, and personal freedom. For me, this is bigger than basketball.
Enes Kanter
Freedom
Me
Democracy
Respect
Rights
Human Rights
Prominent
Promote
Than
Personal
Personal Freedom
Human
Want
Bigger
Use
Platform
Basketball
I definitely think America should seek to lead and shape the world and make it safe for liberal democracy. I just don't think military intervention is going to get us there.
Ro Khanna
Democracy
World
Military
Think
Liberal
Intervention
Liberal Democracy
Definitely
Seek
Shape
Lead
Safe
Make
America
Get
Going
Just
Us
Should
Most Americans do really think that Muslims all want to take over and they don't want democracy and they want nothing but Islamic law.
Martha Nussbaum
Democracy
Law
Nothing
Think
Muslims
Take
Over
Most
Islamic
American
Want
Really
For me, sacrificing Israeli democracy is not something I can agree to.
Benny Gantz
Me
Democracy
I Can
Something
Sacrificing
Israeli
Agree
My own students say they don't trust anyone who voted for Trump. How can you have a democracy with that?
Martha Nussbaum
Democracy
You
Trust
Own
Say
My Own
Students
Voted
How
Trump
Anyone
Who
When I was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2018, I felt that this should go to all of the Hong Kong people who fight for democracy.
Joshua Wong
Democracy
Peace
Fight
People
Hong Kong
Nobel
Nobel Peace Prize
Nominated
Felt
Kong
Go
Prize
Should
Who
And it was under Wilson that the first great propaganda slogan was coined and emblazoned everywhere, to make Americans start thinking favorably of democracies and forget that we had a republic.
Robert W. Welch, Jr.
Great
Democracy
First
Thinking
Everywhere
Slogan
Wilson
Propaganda
Had
Make
Forget
American
Republic
Start
Senegal needs to free itself, to rediscover its democracy.
Youssou N'Dour
Needs
Democracy
Free
Rediscover
Itself
If I were to say anything to people I may say people should vote for those who are respectful to democracy, rule of law, who get on well with people.
Fethullah Gulen
Democracy
Vote
People
Law
Rule
Respectful
Rule Of Law
Say
Those
Well
Were
Get
May
Anything
Should
Who
I've never understood multi-party democracy. It's hard enough with two parties.
Hillary Clinton
Democracy
Enough
Never
Parties
Understood
Hard
Two
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