“By contrast, China is a repressive regime that denies its citizens the essential freedoms of religion, political dissent and representative self-government.” SelfGovernmentPoliticalCitizensEssentialsChinaDenyRegimesContrastRepresentativesDissentFreedom Of ReligionSelf-government Author:Todd Akin
“Considering mankind's indifference to freedom, their easy gullibility and their facile response to conditioning, one might very plausibly argue that collectivism is the political mode best suited to their disposition and their capacities. Under its regime, the citizen, like the soldier, is relieved of the burden of initiative and is divested of all responsibility, save for doing as he is told.” MightPoliticalEasyResponsibilityMankindCitizensCapacityResponseSoldierBurdenArguingIndifferenceRegimesInitiativeConsideringDispositionConditioningCollectivismRelievedGullibility Author:Albert J. Nock
“My hope is that the Pope Francis visit to Cuba will remind all the Cuban citizens that they possess dignity and fundamental rights that come from God and that the Castro regime has no claim on changing what is 100% God-given.” GivenRightsCitizensDignityClaimsFundamentalsRegimesPopeCubaCubanCastroFundamental Rights Author:Marco Rubio
“The regime is in trouble economically and can no longer offer anything to its citizens. That's why [Vladimir] Putin has to pursue an aggressive foreign policy, so he can serve his people the fairy tale of Russian pride and regaining its strength as a major power.” PeopleTroublePolicyPrideCitizensOffersMajorsTalesPursueFairyAggressiveRegimesForeign PolicyFairy TalePutin Author:Garry Kasparov
“North Korea is a regime arming with missiles and weapons of mass destruction, while starving its citizens.” CitizensWeaponsMassDestructionRegimesKoreaStarvingNorth KoreaMissilesWeapons Of Mass DestructionMass Destruction Author:George W. Bush
“Iran aggressively pursues these weapons and exports terror, while an unelected few repress the Iranian people's hope for freedom. The Iraqi regime has plotted to develop anthrax, and nerve gas, and nuclear weapons for over a decade. This is a regime that has already used poison gas to murder thousands of its own citizens - leaving the bodies of mothers huddled over their dead children.” PeopleChildrenBodyUsedMotherCitizensWeaponsMurderLeavingTerrorDecadesNuclearPursuePoisonGasIranNervesRegimesNuclear WeaponsIranianAnthraxPoison Gas Author:George W. Bush
“A group of Cuban Americans denounced the Castro government as a fascist regime that monitors and scrutinized its citizens' everyday existence. And then they excused themselves to go watch Big Brother.” BigsGovernmentExistenceWatchesGroupsBrotherCitizensEverydayRegimesFascistsCubanCastro Author:Bill Maher
“The good of political life is the good of free and equal citizens recognizing the duty of civility to one another and supporting the institutions of a constitutional regime.” PoliticalLife IsDutyCitizensEqualInstitutionsRegimesRecognizingCivilityPolitical Life Book:Collected Papers Source: Collected Papers
“You might say that, if citizens are acting for the right reasons in a constitutional regime, then regardless of their comprehensive doctrines they want every other citizen to have justice. So you might say they're all working together to do one thing, namely to make sure every citizen has justice. Now that's not the only interest they all have, but it's the single thing they're all trying to do. In my language, they've striving toward one single end, the end of justice for all citizens.” IfsWantTryingEndsReasonMightTogetherLanguageInterestJusticeActingOne ThingCitizensStriveDoctrineWorking TogetherRegimesComprehensiveJustice For All Author:John Rawls
“I think the regime in North Korea is more fragile than people think. The country's economic system remains desperate, and one thing that could happen for example would be under a new government in South Korea, to get the South Korean government to live up to its own constitution, which says any Korean who makes it to South Korea, is a Korean citizen. A citizen of the Republic of Korea. And you could imagine the impact that would have inside North Korea if people thought, "If I could get out and make it to South Korea, I could have a different life."” PeopleIfsThinkingDifferentCountryGovernmentHappensWould BeImagineOne ThingEconomicExampleCitizensConstitutionRemainsImpactSouthDesperateIf I CouldRepublicFragileRegimesKoreaNorth KoreaKoreanEconomic SystemsDifferent LifeNew GovernmentSouth Korea Author:John Bolton
“My heart goes out to the brave citizens of Syria, who each day risk and even sacrifice their lives to achieve freedom from a murderous regime. We in Israel welcome the historic struggle to forge democratic, peace-loving governments in our region.” HeartGovernmentStruggleRiskSacrificeAchieveCitizensMy HeartBraveDemocraticIsraelWelcomeEach DayRegionsRegimesSyriaHistoric Author:Shimon Peres