Famous Quotes & Sayings

Franklin D. Roosevelt

In vain these economic royalists seek to hide behind the flag and the Constitution. In their blindness they forget what the flag and the Constitution stand for. Now, as always, they stand for democracy, not tyranny; for freedom, not subjection; and against a dictatorship by mob rule and the over-privileged alike.

Sherrilyn Kenyon

Aimee-"If someone's possessed by a demon, how do you get the demon out?" Xedrix-"Call a priest.

Nigel Rees

Democracy is too good to share with just anybody.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Democracies can't handle austerity measures very well.

Bob Brown

The Greens, Democrats and Nationals each now have four senators, just one short of the five required for party status and all the perks that come with it.

Dick Gephardt

You've been saying for many months that you're the head of the Democratic wing of the Democratic Party. I think you're just winging it. This is not the view of Democrats.

Jerrold Nadler

...And it leaks today in the middle of the Democratic national Convention?

Scott Adams

All vendor demos are boring. It's the law, I think.

Ronald Reagan

The march of freedom and democracy . . . will leave Marxism-Leninism on the ash heap of history as it has left other tyrannies which stifle the freedom and muzzle the self-expression of the people.

Alexis de Tocqueville

In other words, a democratic government is the only one in which those who vote for a tax can escape the obligation to pay it.

Anthony Kennedy

The judiciary as an institution is faced with a new threat. Democracy is something that you must learn each generation.

These frustrations have only gotten worse even as the rhetoric that 'democracy is coming' has increased.

Romano Prodi

This is a great day for democracy ... after the sadness of the last years,

Stuart Rothenberg

This is a homeland security, national security issue and I think Republicans think they own this issue and they don't want to give Democrats an opening.

Mehcad Brooks

I am part of the demographic and I love it.

Max Mosley

In a democracy, the public should be asked how much security and how much privacy they want for themselves.

The taste of democracy becomes a bitter taste when the fullness of democracy is denied.

Despite the tense security situation in Iraq, it is paramount that all those willing to help establish democracy in Iraq be mindful of the right of the media to exercise their profession freely,

Any democracy worth its salt should be strong enough to endure the most controversial speech.

Tony Blair

an important staging post on the journey of the people of Iraq toward a new future, one in which democracy replaces dictatorship, in which freedom replaces repression, and in which all the people of Iraq can look forward to the possibility and the hope of an Iraq that genuinely guarantees a future for people from whatever part of Iraq they come.

And the demo is a whole other story.

A nominee more extreme than Judge Roberts would be unacceptable to the Democratic caucus, ... You could expect a major fight on the Senate floor.

A quick pullout would leave a vacuum that Iran would be all too happy to fill. The Iraqis who are supporting a democratic government would be completely demoralized. It could lead to a very quick unraveling of national cohesion.

Jalal Talabani

And the Iraqi people are liberated from the worst kind of dictatorship. Now they are enjoying their democratic rights, all kinds of freedoms, a free press.

Larry Sabato

As far as others in his party are concerned, Simmons' district is highly competitive and in a strong Democratic year, it could easily be lost. ... These favors are done for Simmons simply to save the seat.

role as the leading upholder of democracy and law.

Iqbal Sacranie

Our democratic values need to be upheld, not undermined.

Jimmy Carter

Some states have passed abominable laws that are a disgrace to democracy,

Some people do not want democracy. (However) we are determined to have these primaries today.

Bill Richardson

So what we want to do is send a message that the Democrats and Sen. Kerry are positive -- that we're going to talk about what we're going to do on the economy, on health care, on foreign policy, on national security and not make this into a big bashing of the president,

Sometimes if there is too much freedom exercised then democracy will be destroyed,

Democracy and freedom are what extend the scope of peace and security.

Scott McClellan

They have the information they need. This is just about resorting back to a partisan approach. Just 72 hours after all the good will and bipartisanship, it's a shame to see the Democratic leadership resort back to a partisan approach. This is a nominee who has majority support." ()