“Our ultimate weapon is not our guns but our beliefs ... Ours are not Western values. They are the universal values of the human spirit and anywhere, any time, ordinary people are given the chance to choose, the choice is the same. Freedom not tyranny. Democracy not dictatorship. The rule of law not the rule of the secret police. The spread of freedom is the best security for the free. It is our last line of defence and our first line of attack.” PeopleFirstsHumansLastsLawSpiritValuesChoicesBeliefGivenLinesChanceSecretDemocracySecurityWeaponsOrdinaryGunUltimateUniversalPoliceWesternSpreadTyrannyDictatorshipHuman SpiritOrdinary PeopleDefenceRule Of LawSecret PoliceWestern Values Author:Tony Blair
“Democracy must be built through open societies that share information. When there is information, there is enlightenment. When there is debate, there are solutions. When there is no sharing of power, no rule of law, no accountability, there is abuse, corruption, subjugation and indignation.” LawDemocracyShareInformationSolutionsEnlightenmentBuiltAbuseCorruptionDebateEnlightenedAccountabilityRule Of LawIndignationSubjugationEnlightenment And Love Author:Atifete Jahjaga
“The interesting thing about that is one of the greatest critics of socialism and leftwing writings was Robert Michels who wrote a series of essays called "The Iron Law of Oligarchy" and in these essays he discusses how no matter what sorts of freedoms are advertised or put into a society structure, that all societies, all form of governments - whether they be a Roman republic, whether they be a democracy, whether they be a Russian communist system, whatever, a tribe... a tribal council - all of the continuously, throughout the ages, have all converted back into an oligarchy.” WritingMatterGovernmentAgeFormLawInterestingDemocracyNo Matter WhatStructureSeriesCriticsSocialismIronRepublicCommunistTribesEssaysCouncilInteresting ThingsForms Of GovernmentOligarchy Author:Immortal Technique
“Rather than a democracy, we increasingly have an elective dictatorship. People are merely permitted to choose who will violate the laws and the Constitution.” PeopleLawDemocracyConstitutionDictatorship Author:James Bovard
“Most Arabs and Muslims feel that the United States hasn't really been paying much attention to their desires. They think it has been pursuing its policies for its own sake and not according to many of the principles that it claims are its own - democracy, self-determination, freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, international law.” ThinkingFeelsHas BeensSelfStatesLawDesireUnitedAttentionPrinciplesUnited StatesDemocracyPolicySpeechDeterminationClaimsSakeInternationalSelf DeterminationFreedom Of SpeechAssemblyInternational LawFreedom Of Assembly Author:Edward Said
“The promise to leave the European Union, end the supremacy of EU law and take back control of our democracy. With my leadership, it will be delivered.” EndsLawDemocracyPromiseUnionsEuropean UnionSupremacy Author:Michael Gove
“America is governed by rules of law, and those are not ones that the President of the United States or anybody else can just set aside for the sake of expediency Even when we are deeply supportive of Turkish democracy, and even when we care deeply about any attempts to overthrow their government or any other illegal actions, we've got to go through a legal process.” StatesGovernmentCareActionAmericaLawProcessPresidentUnitedUnited StatesDemocracySakeIllegalSupportiveRule Of LawTurkishExpediency Author:Barack Obama
“There can be no democracy without observing the law and everyone must observe it - that is the most basic and important thing that we all should remember.” ShouldImportantRememberLawDemocracyImportant ThingsObserving Author:Vladimir Putin
“India's future lies in being an open society, an open polity, a functioning democracy respecting all fundamental human freedoms, accepting the rule of law and, at the same time, to emerge as a successful, internationally competitive market economy.” HumansLawLyingAcceptingEconomyDemocracySuccessfulIndiaFundamentalsRule Of LawMarket EconomyHuman Freedom Author:Manmohan Singh
“It's time to use the antitrust laws and to break up this conglomerate corporate media that has now poisoned our democracy to the point that our very survival is at risk for the kinds of monstrosities that are flourishing in our corporate media dominated discussion.” KindUseLawBreakDemocracyRiskMediaSurvivalCorporateDiscussionFlourishingMonstrosityAntitrustAntitrust Laws Author:Jill Stein
“[Fall of the Berlin Wall] is a reminder that the commitment of the United States, to Europe is enduring and it's rooted in the values we share; our commitment to democracy, our commitment to rule of law, our commitment to the dignity of all people in our own countries and around the world.” PeopleWorldCountryStatesLawValuesFallUnitedUnited StatesDemocracyShareWallCommitmentEuropeDignityEndureAround The WorldRootedRemindersBerlinRule Of LawBerlin Wall Author:Barack Obama
“The values that we talked about, the values democracy and free speech and international norms and rule of law, respecting the ability of other countries to determine their own destiny and preserve their sovereignty and territorial integrity. Things are not something that we can set aside.” CountryLawValuesAbilityDestinyDemocracyIntegritySpeechInternationalDeterminePreservesFree SpeechOther CountriesSovereigntyNormRule Of LawTerritorial Author:Barack Obama
“In Europe, where the terrorist threat is probably greatest at the moment, the amount of information-sharing that's been taking place, the effectiveness of law enforcement across borders gives us the ability to protect ourselves while still being true to the basic precepts of our liberal democracies. I hope that that continues, and it is something that I think we should be worried about.” ThinkingGivingShouldStillsMomentsLawAbilityDemocracyInformationAmountProtectEuropeThreatTerroristBeing TrueWorriedBordersLaw EnforcementEnforcementEffectivenessLiberal DemocracyInformation Sharing Author:Barack Obama
“I want to tell you that Israel is a democracy and every citizen is automatically registered to vote. There's a commitment in our declaration of independence, guaranteed under Israel's law, that all our citizens, Arab and Jews, alike, have the right to vote.” WantLawDemocracyCitizensCommitmentVoteIndependenceJewIsraelDeclarationDeclaration Of IndependenceRight To Vote Author:Benjamin Netanyahu
“I like living in Vancouver .It's more a matter of being a Vancouver loyalist. Harking back to what I said about growing up with the inherent violence in the southern U.S., I'm deeply enamoured of, and entirely used to living in a society with gun laws akin to those of a Scandinavian social democracy .It's a good thing.” SaidMatterLawUsedSocialGrowing UpDemocracyGrowingViolenceGunGood ThingsSouthernInherentVancouverSocial DemocracyScandinaviansGun LawLoyalists Author:William Gibson
“The bedrock of our democracy is the rule of law and that means we have to have an independent judiciary, judges who can make decisions independent of the political winds that are blowing.” MeanLawPoliticalDecisionDemocracyJudgingWindIndependentRule Of LawJudiciaryBedrockIndependent Judiciary Author:Caroline Kennedy