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  • But it also came at a significant cost for human rights, and today's restricted freedom of expression, self-censorship and stunted multiparty democracy.

    Freedom   Party   Rights  
    "Singapore's Lee Kuan Yew, 'a true giant of history', dies aged 91" by Kevin Rawlinson, Kirsten Han, www.theguardian.com. March 22, 2015.
  • I see it as my duty to take a stand for the Iraqi people, for democracy, freedom and reconciliation.

    People   Democracy   Duty  
    Source: www.spiegel.de
  • It is wrong to ask who will rule. The ability to vote a bad government out of office is enough. That is democracy.

  • It is part of the moral tragedy with which we are dealing that words like 'democracy,' 'freedom,' 'rights,' 'justice,' which have so often inspired heroism and have led men to give their lives for things which make life worthwhile, can also become a trap, the means of destroying the very things men desire to uphold.

    War   Mean   Men  
  • He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.

    Pain   Freedom   Fear  
    Thomas Paine (2016). “THOMAS PAINE Ultimate Collection: Political Works, Philosophical Writings, Speeches, Letters & Biography (Including Common Sense, The Rights of Man & The Age of Reason): The American Crisis, The Constitution of 1795, Declaration of Rights, Agrarian Justice, The Republican Proclamation, Anti-Monarchal Essay, Letters to Thomas Jefferson and George Washington…”, p.1336, e-artnow
  • Foreign policy that is obviously guided by interests, but that is very much also committed to shared values, so we have a platform, democracy, freedom, respect of human rights that we would like to see respected all over the world and also, a peaceful world order.

    Rights   Order   Peaceful  
    "Remarks by President Obama and Chancellor Merkel of Germany in a Joint Press Conference". www.the-president.us. November 17, 2016.
  • We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien philosophies, and competitive values.

    Kennedy, John F. (1963). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1962”, p.163, Best Books on
  • As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy.

    Wisdom   Freedom   Humor  
    "Definition of Democracy," ca. 1 Aug. 1858
  • Democracy is constructed like an edifice, freedom by freedom, right by right, until it reaches its snapping point.

  • No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare.

    James Madison, Ralph Ketcham “Selected Writings of James Madison”, Hackett Publishing
  • Trade creates jobs and lifts people out of poverty. And when that happens, societies stabilize and grow. And there is nothing like a stable society to fight terrorism and strengthen democracy, freedom and rule of law.

    Jobs   Fighting   Law  
  • Capitalism is against the things that we say we believe in - democracy, freedom of choice, fairness. It's not about any of those things now. It's about protecting the wealthy and legalizing greed.

    Believe   Choices   Greed  
  • A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.

    Christian   Peace   War  
    Kennedy, John F. (1963). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1962”, p.163, Best Books on
  • Democracy has nothing to do with freedom. Democracy is a soft variant of communism, and rarely in the history of ideas has it been taken for anything else.

    "Reflections on State and War". Talk in Auburn, Alabama, on the occasion of receiving the Mises Institute’s 2006 Gary G. Schlarbaum Liberty Prize, www.lewrockwell.com. December 02, 2006.
  • You measure a democracy by the freedom it gives its dissidents, not the freedom it gives its assimilated conformists.

    Tikkun magazine, July-August 1989.
  • So long as the people do not care to exercise their freedom, those who wish to tyrannize will do so; for tyrants are active and ardent, and will devote themselves in the name of any number of gods, religious and otherwise, to put shackles upon sleeping men.

    Religious   Fear   Sleep  
  • Many people don't understand how disciplined you have to be to play jazz... And that is really the idea of democracy - freedom within the Constitution or discipline. You don't just get out there and do anything you want.

    Play   Ideas   Discipline  
  • Without democracy freedom is a chimera

  • Equality is the heart and essence of democracy, freedom, and justice, equality of opportunity in industry, in labor unions, schools and colleges, government, politics, and before the law. There must be no dual standards of justice, no dual rights, privileges, duties, or responsibilities of citizenship. No dual forms of freedom.

  • The people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders...tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the peacemakers for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger.

    Country   Peace   Freedom  
    Quoted in Gustave M. Gilbert, Nuremberg Diary (1947).
  • The United States and Israel have a unique relationship based on our mutual commitment to democracy, freedom, and peace. Therefore, just as our commitment to these principles must be steadfast, so must our support for Israel.

  • The E.U. is more than just a trade organization or a common market; it is a guarantee of democracy, freedom, justice, and human rights. Nations cannot stay in the E.U. if they do not respect these guarantees.

  • Vaclav Havel was the most amazing man in terms of being the combination of somebody with massive moral authority, great courage for having espoused the concepts of democracy, freedom throughout a very difficult communist period, a very modest man, and somebody with a fabulous sense of humor and the idea of being able to see the absurd in situations.

    Men   Ideas   Democracy  
    Source: www.pbs.org
  • Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers.

    Aristotle, Stephen Everson (1996). “Aristotle: The Politics and the Constitution of Athens”, p.72, Cambridge University Press
  • In this possibly terminal phase of human existence, democracy and freedom are more than just ideals to be valued - they may be essential to survival.

  • Democracy feeds on argument, on the discussion as to the right way forward. This is the reason why respecting the opinion of others belongs to democracy.

  • You need only reflect that one of the best ways to get yourself a reputation as a dangerous citizen these days is to go about repeating the very phrases which our founding fathers used in the struggle for independence.

    Life   Father   Struggle  
  • Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.

    Man and Superman (1903) "Maxims for Revolutionists: Liberty and Equality"
  • Behind the deceptive words designed to entice people into supporting violence -- words like democracy, freedom, self-defense, national security -- there is the reality of enormous wealth in the hands of a few, while billions of people in the world are hungry, sick, homeless.

    Reality   Self   Hands  
    Howard Zinn (2010). “You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train: A Personal History of Our Times”, p.9, Beacon Press
  • Democracy does not guarantee equality of conditions - it only guarantees equality of opportunity.

    "Two Cheers for Capitalism". Book by Irving Kristol, May 11, 1978.
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