#democracy

America's corporate and political elites now form a regime of their own and they're privatizing democracy. All the benefits - the tax cuts, policies and rewards flow in one direction: up. ↗

— Bill Moyers

#benefits #corporate #cuts #democracy #direction

Those religions that are oppressive to women are also against democracy, human rights, and freedom of expression. ↗

— Taslima Nasrin

#also #democracy #expression #freedom #freedom of expression

Our political institutions work remarkably well. They are designed to clang against each other. The noise is democracy at work. ↗

— Michael Novak

#democracy #designed #each #institutions #noise

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

#else #everywhere #here #losing #mideast

The equality that we are all entitled to, as citizens of this democracy, can't be avoided by some religious dogma of a President who's is supposed to believe in the notion of separation of church and state. And he frankly doesn't. ↗

— Rosie O'Donnell

#believe #church #citizens #democracy #dogma

Unfortunately, the true force which propels our endless political disputes, our constant struggles for political advantage, is often not our burning concern for democracy, it is often of our dedication to the principle of the rule of law. ↗

— Olusegun Obasanjo

#burning #concern #constant #dedication #democracy

For us democracy is a question of human dignity. And human dignity is political freedom. ↗

— Olof Palme

#dignity #freedom #human #human dignity #political

We need to remind our core supporters that we have not forgotten their concern with the way our democracy is being replaced by European bureaucracy in so many areas. ↗

— John Redwood

#being #bureaucracy #concern #core #democracy

Democracy is too good to share with just anybody. ↗

— Nigel Rees

#democracy #good #just #share #too

Now, al Qaeda's on the run. Afghanistan is no longer a base of operations. The Afghan government is a friendly government that is trying to bring democracy to its people. ↗

— Condoleezza Rice

#afghanistan #al #base #bring #democracy