“Spiritual movements are revolts of thought against inertia, of the few against the many; of those who because they are strong in spirit are strongest alone against those who can express themselves only in the mass and the mob, and who are significant only because they are numerous.” SpiritualSpiritSpiritualityPoliticsStrongFreedomLibertyPowerDemocracyMovementMassSignificantSocialismStrongestRevoltInertiaDemocracy Freedom Book:Socialism - An Economic and Sociological Analysis: The Economist Source: Socialism - An Economic and Sociological Analysis: The Economist
“The respect for human rights is one of the most significant advantages of a free and democratic nation in the peaceful struggle for influence, and we should use this good weapon as effectively as possible.” ShouldHumansUseNationsFreedomStruggleDemocracyRightsInfluenceWeaponsAdvantageDemocraticHuman RightsSignificantPeaceful Book:Keeping Faith: Memoirs of a President Source: Keeping Faith: Memoirs of a President
“If the Egyptian people can create a democracy in the heart of the Arab world, it will be a more significant contribution to civilization than the great pyramids.” PeopleIfsWorldHeartDemocracyCivilizationSignificantContributionPyramidsEgyptianArab World Author:Lindsey Graham
“But it also came at a significant cost for human rights, and today's restricted freedom of expression, self-censorship and stunted multiparty democracy.” HumansSelfTodayFreedomPartyDemocracyRightsExpressionCostHuman RightsSignificantCensorshipFreedom Of ExpressionDemocracy FreedomSelf Censorship Author:Phil Robertson
“You can offer the ability to citizens to choose from one of the two parties and elect their leaders as much as you want. But "democracy" is an illusion - a sham - if the most significant acts taken by those leaders are kept concealed from the citizenry.” IfsWantTwoAbilityPartyLeaderDemocracyTakenCitizensOffersIllusionSignificantConcealedCitizenry Author:Glenn Greenwald
“Two significant developments in the past several decades have been the collapse of communism as an ideology and the general acceptance, in rhetoric, if not practice, of liberal democracy.” IfsHas BeensTwoPastPracticeDemocracyAcceptanceDevelopmentDecadesSignificantIdeologyCommunismCollapseRhetoricLiberal Democracy Author:Samuel P. Huntington
“The federal government and our democracy is not a speedboat. It's an oceanliner, as I discovered when I came into office. It took a lot of really hard work for us to make significant policy changes, even in our first two years, when we had larger majorities than Mr. Trump will enjoy when he comes into office.” YearsFirstsTwoHardGovernmentEnjoyDemocracyPolicyHard WorkTrumpOfficeMajoritySignificantTwo YearsFederal Government Author:Barack Obama