“Democracy has no convictions for which people would be willing to stake their lives.” PeopleWould BeDemocracyMilitaryWillingConvictionStakesWorld War 2Democracies Have Author:Ernst Hanfstaengl
“The stakes are geopolitical in nature and I believe that democracies are - people want to live in free societies, democracies are the best way to do that, and that if people see democracies in the neighborhood, they'll demand the same thing.” PeopleIfsWayWantBelieveI BelieveDemocracyDemandBest WayNeighborhoodStakesFree SocietyGeopolitical Author:George W. Bush
“As the largest and most developed democracies of Asia (India and Japan), we have a mutual stake in each other's progress and prosperity.” DemocracyProgressIndiaProsperityJapanMutualStakesAsia Author:Manmohan Singh
“I saw in States' rights the only availing check upon the absolutism of the sovereign will, and secession filled me with hope, not as the destruction but as the redemption of Democracy.... Therefore I deemed that you were fighting the battles of our liberty, our progress, and our civilization, and I mourn for the stake which was lost at Richmond more deeply than I rejoice over that which was saved at Waterloo.” StatesFightingLostLibertyDemocracySawsRightsProgressCivilizationBattleDestructionFilledSavedChecksRedemptionStakesRejoiceSovereignMournConfederateAbsolutismSecessionWaterlooStates RightsRichmond Author:Lord Acton
“Before God, I believe the hour has come. My judgment approves this measure, and my whole heart is in it. All that I have, and all that I am, and all that I hope in this life, I am now ready here to stake upon it. And I leave off as I began, that live or die, survive or perish, I am for the Declaration. It is my living sentiment, and by the blessing of God it shall be my dying sentiment. Independence now, and Independence for ever!” BelieveHeartWholeDiesI BelieveHoursMoralDemocracyDyingReadyBlessingJudgmentEthicsIndependenceThis LifeSentimentsStakesDeclarationMoral Ethics Author:John Adams
“It would be easy to descend into despair, not only about the state of journalism, but the future of American democracy. But giving up is not an option. There is too much at stake.” GivingStatesWould BeEasyDemocracyToo MuchDespairGiving UpJournalismStakesGiving Up Is Not An OptionAmerican Democracy Author:Laurie Garrett
“We all have a large stake in preserving our democracy, but I maintain that those without power in our society, the black, the brown, the poor of all colors, have the largest stake not because we have the most to lose, but because we have worked the hardest, and given the most, for what we have achieved.” GivenBlackLosesPoorDemocracyColorHardestBrownOur SocietyStakes Author:Charles Rangel
“The right tends to posit that the market fuels social good. The left tends to posit that the government fuels social good. At bottom, democracy claims that citizens drive social good, but there is currently no container for a political force-field that stakes claim to the unbelievable resources now virtually untapped in every man, woman, and child in our society.” MenChildrenGovernmentPoliticalLeftForceSocialDemocracyFieldsCitizensResourcesClaimsBottomEvery ManFuelOur SocietyStakesUnbelievableMen WomenContainersSocial GoodForce Fields Author:Marianne Williamson
“When we are fighting for huge stakes - we're fighting for the future - future of the planet in terms of climate change. We're fighting for the future of American democracy.” FightingTermDemocracyPlanetsHugeClimateClimate ChangeStakesAmerican Democracy Author:Bernie Sanders