“It'd make a wonderful change to have the leader of a pluralist democracy who acted on that, who told people just how tough things are going to be, just what's going to have to be done - and, maybe, ran all the risks on the side of honesty, rather than spinning stories and trying to win the headlines every day.” PeopleTryingDoneStoriesWinningSidesLeaderDemocracyWonderfulRiskHonestyToughRanOld PeopleSpinningHeadlinesTough Things Author:Chris Patten
“Whenever we remove a brick from the wall that was designed to separate religion and government, we increase the risk of religious strife and weaken the foundation of our democracy.” GovernmentReligiousDemocracyRiskWallIncreaseFoundationRemoveStrifeBricksReligion And Government Author:John Paul Stevens
“In an election like this one [in 2016], not only are voters dissatisfied, but where the foundations of our economy, our democracy, our ecosystem, and international war and peace are really crumbling and are really at grave risk for failing in many ways, we need desperately to have an honest public conversation about both the track record of where we've been, what are the critical problems we are facing and what it will take to solve them.” WayNeedsWarProblemEconomyDemocracyRecordsFailingRiskHonestConversationElectionFoundationInternationalTrackSolveCriticalGravesVotersEcosystemsDissatisfiedCrumblingTrack Record Author:Jill Stein
“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