“Despite elections and the experience of post-Soviet personal freedoms by the Russian people, the fate of democracy in Russia is perhaps more ambiguous now than at any time since the collapse of the Communist system.” PeopleDemocracyFateElectionRussiaDespitePostsCommunistSovietCollapseAmbiguityAmbiguousPersonal Freedom Author:Richard Lugar
“From the very beginning, the American dream meant proving to all mankind that freedom, justice, human rights and democracy were no utopia but were rather the most realistic policy there is and the most likely to improve the fate of each and every person.” HumansPersonsDreamAmericaJusticeDemocracyFateRightsMankindPolicyProveHuman RightsRealisticAmerican DreamUtopia Author:Nicolas Sarkozy
“I feel anxious for the fate of our monarchy, or democracy, or whatever is to take place. I soon get lost in a labyrinth of perplexities; but, whatever occurs, may justice and righteousness be the stability of our times, and order arise out of confusion. Great difficulties may be surmounted by patience and perseverance.” FeelsMayOrderLostJusticeDemocracyFateDifficultyPerseveranceAriseConfusionOur TimeRighteousnessStabilityAnxiousMonarchyLabyrinthPerplexityPatience And Perseverance Book:The Book of Abigail and John: Selected Letters of the Adams Family, 1762-1784 Source: The Book of Abigail and John: Selected Letters of the Adams Family, 1762-1784
“The fate of every democracy, of every government based on the sovereignty of the people, depends on the choices it makes between these opposite principles, absolute power on the one hand, and on the other the restraints of legality and the authority of tradition.” PeopleHandsGovernmentChoicesPrinciplesDemocracyFateDependsAuthorityTraditionOppositesAbsolutesRestraintSovereigntyAbsolute PowerLegality Author:Lord Acton