Home » Keywords
» democracy
Quotes having the keyword Democracy
Democratic societies can no longer give religious fanatics a free hand to abuse and murder non believers. Such action betrays contempt for the basic human rights which animate any democracy with meaning.
by Armstrong Williams (Journalist, American , born in 1959) keywords: abuse, action, animate, any, basic, believers, betrays, contempt, democracy, democratic, fanatics, free, give, hand, human, longer, meaning, murder, non, religious, rights, societies, such , which For starters, this country embodies something utterly unique: History's first democratic empire. Beginning in the post war era, we have used free trade and democracy to create a series of interlocking relationships that end war.
by Armstrong Williams (Journalist, American , born in 1959) keywords: beginning, country, create, democracy, democratic, embodies, empire, end, era, first, free, history, post, relationships, series, something, starters, trade, unique, used, utterly , war But if we had to trade with a Europe dominated by the present German trade policies, we might have to change our methods to some totalitarian form. This is a prospect that any lover of democracy must view with consternation.
by Wendell Willkie (Lawyer, American , born in 1892) keywords: any, change, democracy, dominated, europe, form, german, had, lover, methods, might, must, our, policies, present, prospect, some, totalitarian, trade , view The defense of our democracy against the forces that threaten it from without has made some of its failures to function at home glaringly apparent.
by Wendell Willkie (Lawyer, American , born in 1892) keywords: against, apparent, defense, democracy, failures, forces, function, glaringly, home, made, our, some, threaten , without When a government goes to war, particularly a democracy, it is the most solemn and awesome responsibility of our leaders - to decide to send our kids to go off and kill and die for us.
by Joe Wilson (Politician, American , born in 1947) keywords: awesome, decide, democracy, die, go, goes, government, kids, kill, leaders, most, off, our, particularly, responsibility, send, solemn, us , war My own ideals for the university are those of a genuine democracy and serious scholarship. These two, indeed, seem to go together.
by Woodrow Wilson (President, American , born in 1856) keywords: democracy, genuine, go, ideals, indeed, own, scholarship, seem, serious, these, those, together, two , university The government, which was designed for the people, has got into the hands of the bosses and their employers, the special interests. An invisible empire has been set up above the forms of democracy.
by Woodrow Wilson (President, American , born in 1856) topics: Government keywords: above, been, bosses, democracy, designed, empire, employers, forms, got, government, hands, interests, into, invisible, set, special, their, up , which The world must be made safe for democracy. Its peace must be planted upon the tested foundations of political liberty.
by Woodrow Wilson (President, American , born in 1856) keywords: democracy, foundations, liberty, made, must, peace, planted, political, safe, tested, upon , world Too many people expect wonders from democracy, when the most wonderful thing of all is just having it.
by Walter Winchell (Journalist, American , born in 1897) keywords: democracy, expect, having, just, many, most, thing, too, wonderful , wonders In our so-called democracy we are accustomed to give the majority what they want rather than educate them to understand what is best for them.
by Carter G. Woodson (Historian, American , born in 1875) keywords: accustomed, best, democracy, educate, give, majority, our, rather, so-called, than, them, understand , want A free America... means just this: individual freedom for all, rich or poor, or else this system of government we call democracy is only an expedient to enslave man to the machine and make him like it.
by Frank Lloyd Wright (Architect, American , born in 1970) topics: Politics keywords: america, call, democracy, else, enslave, expedient, free, freedom, government, him, individual, just, machine, make, man, means, only, poor, rich , system We will not fail your expectations of us as a new nation dedicated to peace, democracy, and freedom.
by Shigeru Yoshida (Politician, Japanese , born in 1878) keywords: dedicated, democracy, expectations, fail, freedom, nation, new, peace, us, will , your I believe our country has to do whatever we can do to protect ourselves-we're king of the hill. We need to protect democracy and the lives of those who live in the free world.
by Rick Yune (Actor, American , born in 1971) keywords: believe, country, democracy, free, hill, king, live, lives, need, our, protect, those, whatever , world It's true that the war in Iraq opened a distance in relations between part of Europe and the U.S. government, but our basic ties are stronger than that. We share democracy, free markets and a commitment to Western security. We differ on how to guarantee that security.
by Jose Luis Rodr’guez Zapatero (Statesman, Spanish , born in 1960) keywords: basic, between, commitment, democracy, differ, distance, europe, free, government, guarantee, how, iraq, markets, opened, our, part, relations, security, share, stronger, than, ties, true, war , western The risk of a terrorist victory is greater when in fighting terror, democracy betrays its own essence.
by Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero (Statesman, Spanish , born in 1960) keywords: betrays, democracy, essence, fighting, greater, own, risk, terror, terrorist , victory The theory of relativity worked out by Mr. Einstein, which is in the domain of natural science, I believe can also be applied to the political field. Both democracy and human rights are relative concepts - and not absolute and general.
by Jiang Zemin (Leader, Chinese , born in 1917) keywords: absolute, also, applied, believe, both, concepts, democracy, domain, einstein, field, general, human, mr, natural, out, political, relative, relativity, rights, science, theory, which , worked
