Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ben Carson

The fact that our government is using instruments of government like the IRS to punish its opponents, this is not the kind of thing that is a Democrat or a Republican issue. This is an American issue... A lot of people do not feel free to express themselves.

Abdolkarim Soroush

One of the achievements of the reform movement is that people realize that they can be democrats and remain faithful Muslims. Democracy is now an established idea.

Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj

We should never take democracy for granted. Democracy can emerge and develop, but it can also decay.

Dick Cheney

We Democrats will expand the prosperity. They will squander it.

We are nearing three months on strike. We have a duty to send this to the membership for a vote. It's democracy at its finest. The strikers at Boeing have the final say on whether to keep striking or not.

Bruce Rauner

I've completely lost faith in the Democratic Party to truly serve the disadvantaged.

I'm the most independent and conservative Democrat in New York State.

Don Siegelman should be a star in the Democratic Party. Instead, he's a former elected official sentenced to prison by a right-wing judge in Alabama.

Orhan Pamuk

I have always thought that the place where you sleep or the place you share with your partner should be separate from the place where you write. The domestic rituals and details somehow kill the imagination. They kill the demon in me.

Samantha Power

Throughout history, when societies face tough economic times, we have seen democratic reforms deferred, decreased trust in government, persecution of minority groups, and a general shrinking of the democratic space.

Rory Stewart

Democracy matters because it reflects an idea of equality and an idea of liberty. It reflects an idea of dignity, the dignity of the individual, the idea that each individual should have an equal vote, an equal say, in the formation of their government.

Condoleezza Rice

to lead the region in promoting democracy, as it has done in pursuit of peace.

Threats of black-listing have no place in Democratic politics. It's a disgusting tactic and it's been done out of pure desperation.

Chipper Jones

We needed to exorcise some demons from last night. It was a little worrisome what happened last night. But tonight, what more can you say? They did a great job.

Ludwig von Mises

If the members of parliament no longer consider themselves mandatories of the taxpayers but deputies of those receiving salaries, wages, subsidies, doles, and other benefits from the treasury, democracy is done for.

Chris Shiflett

We get sweaty, 14-year-old boy's demo CDs, ... and no panties.

Jose Barroso

We haven't ground to a halt but we have to respect the pace of democracy in each country. We hope that they will come up with a solution for stability in Germany because stability in Germany means stability for Europe too.

Barney Frank

Now, most of the time I'm going to agree with the Democrats and disagree with the Republicans.

The problem with having a state as expensive as New Jersey in play is that it might divert resources from other races. National Democrats would prefer not to spend money in New Jersey. But they may have to if this race gets close.

Without Chafee, you're going to get an extremely liberal Democrat in that seat.

Warren Christopher

Without a free and independent media, true democracy is unattainable.

We recorded our demo in November and it should be out in a few weeks. You can listen to rough versions of the songs on our website.

Hugo Chavez

Well we can try to measure democracy, just as you measure temperature with a thermometer, or pressure with a barometer.

Hu Jintao

We must push for international configuration of multi-polarity and democracy in international relations,

Benjamin Rush

I have alternately been called an Aristocrat and a Democrat. I am neither. I am a Christocrat.

Bill Vaughan

The faith in reason insists that the poverty of democracy offers a greater hope for mankind than the prosperity that attaches itself to aristocracy or despotism.

Bertrand Russell

A fanatical belief in democracy makes democratic institutions impossible.

Evander Holyfield

I still love Mike; it's just those demons that possess him and make him do things. He needs to find a new savior.

I think Coldwater is really surplus. It's not as necessary as when it was first built. It's very expensive to maintain. It's going to have to have some major work done on it soon. I think it would be a smarter move on the Forest Service's part to get rid of Coldwater. Demolish it. Take it out.

Martin Sheen

What we try to say is that it doesn't matter if you are a Republican or a Democrat or conservative or independent. You are equally responsible for your place in the culture, and you must make a contribution, and you must accept responsibility for what goes down on your watch.

Robert Reich

A Democratic president should propose a major permanent tax reduction on the middle class and working class. I suspect most of the public would find this attractive.

Alexis de Tocqueville

The progress of democracy seems irresistible, because it is the most uniform, the most ancient and the most permanent tendency which is to be found in history.

Rick Perlstein

Sometimes I like to think that the responsibility of every new generation of Democrats is to devise a program that mints new Democrats for another seventy-five years or so.