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“It's in the interest of the U.S. to maintain a strong democracy in Colombia.”

Strong Interest Democracy Colombia

Author:Juan Manuel Santos

“Only that Swiss in the heart want still a king or at least a strong Upper House of Parliament. Swiss long themselves for less democracy and more dictatorship.”

Want Heart Long Stills House Strong Democracy Kings Dictatorship Parliament Swiss Houses Of Parliament

Author:Peter Bichsel

“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.”

Spiritual Spirit Spirituality Politics Strong Freedom Liberty Power Democracy Movement Mass Significant Socialism Strongest Revolt Inertia Democracy Freedom

Book:Socialism - An Economic and Sociological Analysis: The Economist

Source: Socialism - An Economic and Sociological Analysis: The Economist

“A democratic state is not proven by the welfare of the strong but by the welfare of the weak.”

States Strong Democracy Weak Democratic Welfare Proven

Book:Some of Us Did Not Die: New and Selected Essays

Source: Some of Us Did Not Die: New and Selected Essays

“The seven things that make up the rainbow of India's development are India's strong and deep rooted family system, Agriculture-Animal development, India's Matru Shakti (women power), Natural Resources (Jal, Jameen, Jungle), Youth power, Vibrant Democracy and Knowledge.”

Strong Natural Animal Democracy Youth Development Resources India Seven Rooted Rainbow Agriculture Jungle Governance Natural Resources Women Power Shakti

Author:Narendra Modi

“We're an elective democracy where science and technology will define where the economically strong countries in the world will be. And science and technological literacy is important for security, as well.”

World Wells Important Country Strong Technology Democracy Security Technological Literacy Science And Technology

Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson

“The mere fact of leaving ultimate social control in the hands of the people has not guaranteed that men will be able to conduct their lives as free men. Those societies where men know they are free are often democracies, but sometimes they have strong chiefs and kings.they have, however, one common characteristic: they are all alike in making certain freedoms common to all citizens, and inalienable.”

Source: An Anthropologist at Work

“I have not the smallest doubt that, if we had a purely democratic government here, the effect would be the same. Either the poor would plunder the rich, and civilisation would perish; or order and property would be saved by a strong military government, and liberty would perish.”

Ifs Government Would Be Order Strong Poor Liberty Democracy Rich Doubt Effects Military Property Democratic Saved Smallest Civilisation Plunder Democratic Government

Author:Thomas B. Macaulay

“Under the leadership of this President, the state of the union is not strong. We are being pulled apart rather than pulling together. Our democracy is suffering from the choices being made, and yet we are offered the same tired excuses and unrealistic analyses.”

Made States Together Suffering Choices Strong President Leadership Democracy Tired Unions Excuse Analysis Pulling Not Strong Pulling Together

Author:Jose Serrano

“The Philippines and the U.S. have had a strong relationship with each other for a very long time now. We have a shared history. We have shared values, democracy, freedom, and we have been in all the wars together in modern history, the World War, Second World War, Cold War, Vietnam, Korea, now the war on terrorism.”

“The country is only as strong as its journalism - that's the way democracies work. The higher the quality of the information, the better informed the electorate is and the better the government runs.”

Way Country Government Running Strong Quality Democracy Information Higher Journalism Electorate

Author:Scott Pelley

“If the strong exploit the weak, democracy will not be stable.”

Ifs Strong Democracy Weak Stable Exploits

Author:Condoleezza Rice

“We need a very progressive and strong agenda to bring people into the political process because I worry very much about the future of the American democracy where so many people are giving up.”

People Needs Giving Political Strong Process Worry Democracy Giving Up Agendas Progressive American Democracy

Author:Bernie Sanders

“We began to temper Western democracy with what I'd call a social contract. We put in Social Security, graduated income tax, workers' compensation. We developed strong unions to negotiate with business owners so workers got an equitable share of the profits.”