“I remember in 2000, when President Clinton came to Cartagena just before Plan Colombia started, the country was on the verge of becoming a failed state. Today, we are one of the most solid democracies, where institutions are working, where the scandals such as false positives have come to light because of those functioning institutions.” CountryStatesLightTodayRememberPresidentDemocracyPlansBecomingInstitutionsClintonScandalVergeColombiaPresident Clinton Author:Juan Manuel Santos
“Will I criticize Hillary Clinton on her position of TPP, or the lack of position? Will I criticize her on her views of Wall Street? Will I criticize her on foreign policy? That's what democracy is about, but taking cheap shots at people, making it personal, I don't think that's what politics should be about.” PeopleThinkingShouldPoliticsViewsDemocracyStreetsPolicyPositionWallShotsClintonCriticizeForeign PolicyCheap Shots Author:Bernie Sanders
“Clinton, Kennedy, they all carried out mass murder, but they didn't think that that was what they were doing - nor does Bush. You know, they were defending justice and democracy from greater evils.” ThinkingKnowsDoeEvilJusticeDemocracyGreaterMassMurderClinton Author:Noam Chomsky
“Let's go back to the beginning of the Obama administration, when Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama led NATO in toppling the government in Libya. They did it because they wanted to promote democracy. A number of Republicans supported them. Well, the result is, Libya is now a terrorist war zone run by jihadists.” WellsWarGovernmentRunningWantedResultsNumbersDemocracyRepublicanClintonTerroristAdministrationBarackZoneNatoLibyaWar Zones Author:Ted Cruz
“Former Secretary (Hillary) Clinton has dedicated her life to serving and engaging people across the world in democracy. These efforts as a citizen, an activist, and a leader have earned Secretary Clinton this year's Liberty Medal.” PeopleWorldYearsEffortLibertyLeaderDemocracyCitizensClintonFormerServingActivistDedicatedSecretaryEngagingMedal Author:Jeb Bush
“American democracy is really under attack here [Clinton campaign that was hacked]. And the question is how are we and in particular and how are Democrats going to respond to this. We have to understand this is really, really quite extraordinary. And it would seem to me that the FBI shouldn't be getting rolled by the House Republicans and that's what happened here.” SeemsHouseDemocracyHappenedParticularRepublicanClintonDemocratExtraordinaryCampaignsFbiAmerican DemocracyHacked Author:James Carville
“I know both Secretary [Hillary] Clinton and President [Barack] Obama were very gracious and I respect that a lot in the way they handled it the day after, two days after. But I wish they would says something about it too. Because after all, these are supporters of President Obama and Hillary Clinton and maybe they could say something about this. Really not the right thing in the democracy.” KnowsWayTwoWishPresidentDemocracyClintonBarackRight ThingPresident ObamaSecretarySupporterGraciousTwo DaysPresident Barack Obama Author:Rudy Giuliani
“The principle, that should be a fundamental principle in our democracy, the principle of "one person, one vote," says that the vote of every American should count equally. And if it does, Hillary Clinton should be the president of the United States.” IfsShouldPersonsDoeStatesPresidentUnitedPrinciplesUnited StatesDemocracyVoteFundamentalsClintonFundamental Principles Author:Lawrence Lessig
“It turned out that [Bill] Clinton had authorized Texaco to illegally ship oil to the military junta [in Haiti] during a time when we were supposedly opposing the military junta and supporting democracy instead.” DemocracyMilitaryBillsClintonOilShipsOpposingHaiti Author:Noam Chomsky
“If you look at the Associated Press wires, there's a constant flow of information coming in. At that time I happened to have direct access to AP wires. The day the marines landed in Haiti and restored [ Jan Bètran] Aristide there was a lot of excitement about the dedication to democracy and so on. But the day before the marines landed, when every journalist was looking at Haiti because it was assumed that something big was happening, the AP wires reported that then [Bill] Clinton administration had authorized Texaco to ship oil illegally to the military junta.” IfsLooksBigsDemocracyHappenedMilitaryInformationHappeningsFlowDirectBillsPressesConstantClintonOilAccessShipsAdministrationJournalistExcitementDedicationMarineWireHaiti Author:Noam Chomsky