Protection of private property is a fundamental right protected in a strong democracy.
Protection of private property is a fundamental right protected in a strong democracy.
I'm really proud that students learned that their voices can matter in a democracy. It's most important to help students empower themselves.
Everything has to be done to build some sort of international democracy. We've seen only the tiniest beginnings of that.
I always find that democracy is very unpredictable. What is clear is that members vote very much not on trends but on whatever they feel is worthy, without any external influence.
Do you think that the Battle Hymn of the Republic
Would have been heard if the chattel slave
Had crowned the dominant dollar,
In spite of Whitney's cotton gin,
And steam and rolling mills and iron
And telegraphs and white free labor?
The elections that have taken place in these countries are a reflection of the lure of Democracy, and the resilience of our men and women in uniform who helped bring freedom to many who never knew what the word truly meant.
I've always been a petition-signer. I always believe in freedom of expression and absolute democracy.
If the Israelis start interfering now with our elections, this will sabotage the democratic process in Palestine. I really urge the Israelis to keep their noses out of our elections. We've been conducting local elections, including Hamas, and this is our choice, and I hope Israel will respect our democracy.
Every government is a parliament of whores. The trouble is, in a democracy, the whores are us.
Democracy makes us articulate our views, defend them, and refine them.
It's important that Bolivia has a stable democracy. Of course we want to guard our interests, we don't want to throw money out the window, but it is more important to take care of political harmony and development.
We're a real democracy. We go through a whole process where everybody is involved in deciding on everything from a drum groove to a guitar sound.
If the 23 million people of Taiwan agree, then the Republic of China and the People's Republic of China can develop any kind of relationship.
Since President Bush took office in 2001, this Congress has supported an agenda of democracy, freedom and expansion of rights for all peoples throughout the world.
The vote, cast in a free atmosphere and with all inclinations and parties at present, was after all a vote to the Islamic Republic, to national independence, to the Constitution and to the Islamic causes.
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' form of Government except all those others that have been tried from time to time.
DEMOCRACY n The recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more than half the time.
In a democracy dissent is an act of faith. Like medicine, the test of its value is not in its taste, but in its effects.
Democracy is only a dream: it should be put in the same category as Arcadia, Santa Claus, and Heaven.
Consider if you incorporate those tropical countries with the Republic of the United States, you will have to incorporate their people too
The Central African Republic is free to close its border, but we regard the decision only as a gesture of courtesy with Chad rather than an objective move.
It's important to show that, while authorizing the demonstrations and promoting diversity of opinion, the Republic can't allow itself to be undermined from within.
In this country, in this democracy, no one is above the law.
Many of the contradictions in Postmodern art come from the fact that we're trying to be artists in a democratic society. This is because in a democracy, the ideal is compromise. In art, it isn't.
The American polity is infected with a serious imbalance of power between elites and masses, a power which is the principal threat to our democracy.
All our ducks are lined up in a row now. India will achieve 8 growth this year as a democracy. Democracy allows free speech, which breeds creativity. Creativity creates a culture that's popular and inclusive.
I have just come from the castle, where I have seen the president of the republic, and I can tell you that he has accepted all of my proposals without making any changes.
The system he (President Hosni Mubarak) is recommending would make it virtually impossible for truly independent parties to participate. Sham democracy should be exposed for what it truly is,
Democracy arose from men's thinking that if they are equal in any respect, they are equal absolutely.
They're better off having somebody else help them and give them what they need instead of me -- out of shape, risking my career, risking their performance out there. It's going to be a tough competition out there. You can't just go from here, throw two bullpens, still limping from a toe, and go and try to compete at that level. It's totally unfair to the Dominican Republic, to the team and to the fans.
Democracy fascinates me.
Even in a society as tightly controlled as Singapore's, the market creates certain forces which perhaps in the long run may lead to democracy.
Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage.
Throughout our history, brave men and women have answered the call to defend and protect our democracy.
I believe in our democracy, I don't believe that either party has a monopoly on wisdom.
The American Republic, the envy and despair of all other nations
Did you, too, O friend, suppose democracy was only for elections, for politics, and for a party name I say democracy is only of use there that it may pass on and come to its flower and fruit in manners, in the highest forms of interaction between people, and their beliefs -- in religion, literature, colleges and schools -- democracy in all public and private life....
Since the birth of our Nation, no other right has been more important than having the ability to vote. Unfortunately, as history has shown, the denial of this right to minorities is a scar on our system of democracy.
What is most important for democracy is not that great fortunes should not exist, but that great fortunes should not remain in the same hands. In that way there are rich men, but they do not form a class.
The Islamic Republic is ready to play an effective role in removing misunderstandings among certain regional countries and in helping to start serious and constructive cooperation among them.
It's just one more way the Legislature can have an impact on democracy.
We passed the most important phase on the way to reaching our 40-year goal and the founding principles of our republic, ... The document is satisfactory. I am happy to say that common sense prevailed.
This liberal progressive agenda... is the antithesis of who we are as a constitutional republic.
This is a big game for us. This is one of the biggest games ever for my country. Everybody says the Dominican Republic is so strong, but we're also ready. You look around and you see how big this is for us. It's time to show the world what Venezuela can do.
Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner.
We cannot too often tell ourselves that the real wealth of a nationthe only enduring, worthwhile wealthis in the spiritual, mental and physical health of the citizens, and that in a democracy we are all trustees.
Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide.
The art of government is the organization of idolatry. The bureaucracy consists of functionaries the aristocracy, of idols the democracy, of idolaters. The populace cannot understand the bureaucracy it can only worship the national idols.
In a few decades, the relationship between the environment, resources and conflict may seem almost as obvious as the connection we see today between human rights, democracy and peace.
I am convinced that the majority of American people do understand that we have a moral responsibility to foster the concepts of opportunity, free enterprise, the rule of law, and democracy. They understand that these values are the hope of the world.
© 2020 Inspirational Stories
© 2020 Inspirational Stories