“Take a stand against intolerance and for our American values. Say it with pride: I support democracy in America. I support working people in America. I support opportunity in America. And I support Barack Obama for another four years as president of the United States of America!” PeopleYearsStatesAmericaValuesOpportunityPresidentUnitedUnited StatesSupportDemocracyFourPrideBarackFour YearsIntoleranceUnited States Of AmericaAmerican ValuesDemocracy In AmericaOpportunity In America Author:Richard Trumka
“Our faith in democracy, personal freedoms and human 'rights', and the other comforting prescriptions of the humanist liberal credo stem from the supremacy of maritime over territorial power. Pragmatists may deplore this as crude determinism, as another vain attempt to construct a general theory of history. They should reflect on the sort of political philosophy and structures we might now adhere to had the Habsburgs, Bourbons, Bonaparte, Hitler, Stalin or his heirs prevailed in the titanic world struggles of the past four centuries.” WorldShouldHumansMayPhilosophyMightPastPoliticalStruggleDemocracyFourRightsCenturyTheoryStructureHuman RightsVainHumanistStemConstructsComfortingPolitical PhilosophyPrescriptionsCrudeHeirsSupremacyDeterminismPersonal FreedomTerritorialBourbonCredoMaritimePragmatistsBonaparte Book:Maritime Supremacy & the Opening of the Western Mind: Naval Campaigns that Shaped the Modern World Source: Maritime Supremacy & the Opening of the Western Mind: Naval Campaigns that Shaped the Modern World
“There are still two forms besides democracy and oligarchy; one of them is universally recognized and included among the four principal forms of government, which are said to be (1) monarchy, (2) oligarchy, (3) democracy, and (4) the so-called aristocracy or government of the best. But there is also a fifth, which retains the generic name of polity or constitutional government.” SaidStillsTwoGovernmentFormNamesDemocracyFourPrincipalFifthMonarchyAristocracyForms Of GovernmentOligarchyGenericConstitutional GovernmentGeneric Name Book:The Essential Aristotle Source: The Essential Aristotle
“People are even more wary of politicians and they are realizing that democracy isn't just about putting a cross on a ballot every four years, it's about deciding what you want and fighting for it.” PeopleWantYearsFightingRealizingDemocracyFourPoliticianCrossesWhat You WantFour YearsBallotsDeciding What You Want Author:Mark Thomas
“[Hamas] thought that if you go to elections you become a democrat for the rest of your life. They think that democracy is limited to one day in four years.” IfsThinkingYearsDemocracyFourOne DayElectionDemocratFour YearsRest Of Your LifeHamas Author:Shimon Peres
“We can look forward to four more years of wonderful, inspirational speeches full of wit, poetry, music, love and affection, plus more goddamn nonsense.” YearsLooksPoliticalDemocracyFourWonderfulSpeechAffectionWitNonsensePlusMusic LoveLove And AffectionInspirational Speech Author:David Brinkley
“Jazz brought this sense of democracy where four guys come together and your name may be on the marquee, but in this moment, when you're the soloist, it's you, and we follow you. We follow you.” MayMomentsTogetherGuyNamesDemocracyFourJazzMarquee Author:Al Jarreau