“We all know that election reform takes time. That's because those who have benefited from the system are the ones who fight hardest to preserve it. So if we're going to succeed, we need an independent coalition of citizens who believe in reform, who believe that our election laws should treat every voter equally, who believe that low levels of competition and participation are not healthy for democracy. The Independence Party is helping to build that coalition and I am happy to join you in doing so.” IfsKnowsNeedsShouldBelieveHelpingLawFightingLevelsPartyDemocracyCitizensHealthySucceedLowsTreatsIndependentElectionIndependenceCompetitionHardestReformPreservesVotersTake TimeParticipationCoalitionsLow Level Author:Michael Bloomberg
“What we have to do is to definitively remove the last vestiges of power from those who treat terms such as liberal democracy, free markets and Europe with suspicion.” LastsTermDemocracyEuropeTreatsRemoveSuspicionFree MarketLiberal Democracy Author:Donald Tusk
“In our democracy, near equality is no equality. Government either treats everyone the same, or it doesn't. And right now it doesn't.” GovernmentDemocracyRight NowTreats Author:Michael Bloomberg
“To totalitarianism, an opponent is by definition subversive; democracy treats subversives as mere opponents for fear of betraying its principles.” PoliticsPrinciplesDemocracyAuthorityTreatsMereDefinitionsOpponentsBetrayTotalitarianismSubversive Author:Jean Francois Revel
“I sometimes read that it's time for German democracy to finally grow up. I don't see it as a sign of maturity if we treat military missions as something normal.” IfsSometimesGrowsGrowing UpDemocracyMilitaryNormalTreatsMissionsMaturity Author:Guido Westerwelle
“Here is tragedy - and here is America. For the curse of the country, as well of all democracies, is precisely the fact that it treats its best men as enemies. The aim of our society, if it may be said to have an aim, is to iron them out. The ideal American, in the public sense, is a respectable vacuum.” IfsMenWellsMaySaidCountryFactsAmericaEnemyDemocracyIdealsTreatsTragedyAimCurseOur SocietyIronRespectableVacuums Author:H. L. Mencken