“In a democracy the responsibility for the Government's economic policies, which so affect the economy, normally rests with the elected representative of the people: in our case, with the President and the Congress. If these two follow economic policies inimical to the general welfare, they are accountable to the people for their actions on election day. With Federal Reserve independence, however, a body of men exist who control one of the most powerful levers moving the economy and who are responsible to no one.” PeopleIfsMenTwoBodyGovernmentActionMovingPoliticsPresidentPowerfulResponsibilityCasesEconomyDemocracyEconomicPolicyResponsibleElectionIndependenceCongressWelfareLiberalismMost PowerfulRepresentativesReservesFederal ReserveElection DayEconomic PolicyLeversGeneral Welfare Author:Wright Patman
“The case for trade is not just monetary, but moral. Economic freedom creates habits of liberty. And habits of liberty create expectations of democracy.” LibertyMoralCasesDemocracyEconomicHabitExpectationsTradeMonetaryEconomic Freedom Book:The George W. Bush Foreign Policy Reader: Presidential Speeches and Commentary Source: The George W. Bush Foreign Policy Reader: Presidential Speeches and Commentary
“There clearly are cases where evil people exist, but you don't have to violate the privacy of every single citizen of America to find them.” PeopleAmericaEvilPoliticsLeadershipCasesDemocracyPolicyCitizensEthicsSocial MediaTerrorismIdeologyPrivacyFree SpeechEvil People Author:Eric Schmidt
“With the law books filled with a great assortment of crimes, a prosecutor stands a fair chance of finding at least a technical violation of some act on the part of almost anyone. In such a case, it is not a question of discovering the commission of a crime and then looking for the man who has committed it, it is a question of picking the man and then searching the law books, or putting investigators to work, to pin some offense on him.” MenBookLawPoliticalChanceCasesDemocracyCrimeHe ManFindingsFairsFilledCommittedDiscoveringOffensePinsViolationProsecutorInvestigatorsLaw Books Author:Robert H. Jackson
“It was a charming fantasy of romantics that the spies would stop spying, that political conflict would end and politicians would tell the truth. Unfortunately that has not been the case.” EndsPoliticalCasesFantasyDemocracyPoliticianConflictTelling The TruthCharmingSpy Author:John le Carre
“I confess to considerable doubts about the eventual stability of democracy, unless buttressed by constitutional safeguards and a general climate of opinion which thoroughly understands the case for liberty in general” LibertyOpinionCasesDemocracyDoubtClimateStability Author:Lionel Robbins, Baron Robbins
“Some who call themselves realists question whether the spread of democracy in the Middle East should be any concern of ours. But the realists in this case have lost contact with a fundamental reality: America has always been less secure when freedom is in retreat; America is always more secure when freedom is on the march.” ShouldRealityAmericaLostCasesDemocracyMiddleConcernFundamentalsSpreadEastContactSecureMarchMiddle EastRetreatRealistDemocracy In The Middle East Author:George W. Bush
“I was previously involved in local and state politics, but not national, because grassroots democracy starts at the bottom. This was the breaking point for me, though - and it made the case that in order to fight locally, we have to fight nationally; we can't afford to neglect any area of life in this democracy.” MadeStatesOrderFightingCasesDemocracyInvolvedAreasBottomLocalsNeglectGrassrootsPoint Break Author:Jill Stein
“It would be a huge mistake to abandon democracy promotion. Peaceful political change has been enormously successful in the past years in Eastern European countries as well as in countries like South Korea, South Africa, Chile and Indonesia. However, if possible, the use of force is something to avoid except in cases where genocide is threatened, like Bosnia or Libya or with regimes that threaten our security, like the Taliban and Saddam Hussein.” IfsYearsWellsHas BeensCountryUseWould BePastPoliticalForceMistakeCasesDemocracySuccessfulSecurityHugeSouthPeacefulAbandonGenocideRegimesSouth AfricaThreatenedSaddamEasternHusseinPromotionKoreaIndonesiaTalibanLibyaChileEuropean CountriesBosniaUse Of ForceSouth KoreaPolitical Change Author:Paul Wolfowitz