“As an independent, my views, in fact, are a little bit different than many of my Democratic colleagues.” LittlesDifferentFactsBitsViewsLittle BitIndependentDemocraticColleagues Author:Bernie Sanders
“Iraq may get peace and stability through restoring it's sovereignty under participation of all Iraqi factions and sectarian groups, who must rebuild a new democratic, free and independent Iraq.” MayGroupsIndependentDemocraticIraqStabilityParticipationSovereigntyFactionsRestoring Author:Bill Vaughan
“The Independent Expert is persuaded that recognition of peace as a human right will promote a democratic and equitable international order and that national and international democratization will reduce conflict, since peoples want peace. It is Governments that stumble into war.” WantHumansWarGovernmentOrderConflictIndependentDemocraticInternationalRecognitionExpertsEquitableDemocratization Author:Alfred-Maurice de Zayas
“This independent Negro movement is able to intervene with terrific force upon the general social and political life of the nation, despite the fact that it is waged under the banner of democratic rights ... [and] is able to exercise a powerful influence upon the revolutionary proletariat, that it has got a great contribution to make to the development of the proletariat in the United States, and that it is in itself a constituent part of the struggle for socialism.” StatesFactsAblePoliticalForceNationsSocialUnitedPowerfulUnited StatesStruggleRightsInfluenceMovementDevelopmentExerciseIndependentDemocraticSocialismDespiteRevolutionaryContributionTerrificBannerConstituentsProletariatPolitical LifeDemocratic Rights Author:C. L. R. James
“A society with too few independent thinkers is vulnerable to control by disturbed and opportunistic leaders. A society which wants to create and maintain a free and democratic social system must create responsible independence of thought among its young.” WantYoungSocialLeaderResponsibleIndependentIndependenceDemocraticVulnerableThinkerDisturbedSocial SystemsIndependence Of Thought Author:John Dewey
“Israel is a democratic state with an independent judiciary, a free press and a diverse population of many cultures, religions and creeds.” StatesCultureIndependentPressesDemocraticPopulationIsraelCreedsDiverseJudiciaryFree PressIndependent JudiciaryCulture Religion Author:Jonathan Sacks
“As the longest serving Independent in the history of the United States Congress, as somebody who came into office by defeating an incumbent Democratic mayor in Burlington, Vermont, I know something about third party politics. And I respect Jill [Stein].” KnowsStatesUnitedPartyUnited StatesOfficeThirdsIndependentDemocraticCongressServingMayorsIncumbentsVermontThird PartiesJill Stein Author:Bernie Sanders
“The largest bloc of voters now has divorced the Democratic and Republican parties, which are now minority parties and the plurality of voters now are independent. They're looking for something else.” PartyRepublicanIndependentDemocraticMinoritiesVotersRepublican PartyDivorced Author:Jill Stein
“I am partisan to some extent on the Democratic side, but I consider myself more of an independent.” SidesIndependentDemocraticPartisans Author:Jay Roach
“The Democratic Party would like to see an open independent bipartisan investigation [about hacking].” PartyIndependentDemocraticInvestigationDemocratic PartyHackingBipartisan Author:Donna Brazile
“Allowing an independent and sovereign Iraq could be a nightmare for the United States. It would mean that it would be Shi'ite-dominated, at least if it's minimally democratic. It would continue to improve relations with Iran, just what the United States doesn't want to see. And beyond that, right across the border in Saudi Arabia where most of Saudi oil is, there happens to be a large Shi'ite population, probably a majority.” IfsWantMeanStatesHappensWould BeUnitedUnited StatesRelationIndependentMajorityDemocraticIraqPopulationOilBordersNightmareIranAllowingSovereignArabiaSaudi ArabiaSaudis Author:Noam Chomsky
“I would like to see more of a democratic opening on the island of Cuba, things like, I don't know, free press, stop putting people in jail because they do not agree with you politically, stop helping countries like North Korea evade U.N. sanctions, don't invite the Russians to open a military base 90 miles from our shores, allow independent political parties to be able to function.” PeopleCountryHelpingPoliticalPartyMilitaryIndependentAgreeDemocraticPolitical PartiesNorth Korea Author:Marco Rubio
“I'm personally a moderate and a registered independent, so I'm not strongly Democratic or strongly Republican.” RepublicanIndependentDemocraticModerates Author:Elon Musk
“My vision is to have an independent Kosovo, democratic, with a politically tolerant society and with a solid economy, integrated into the EU, the NATO and to continue with our good relations with the USA.” AmericaVisionEconomyRelationIndependentDemocraticUsaIntegratedNatoKosovo Author:Ibrahim Rugova
“Famines are easy to prevent if there is a serious effort to do so, and a democratic government, facing elections and criticisms from opposition parties and independent newspapers, cannot help but make such an effort. Not surprisingly, while India continued to have famines under British rule right up to independence... they disappeared suddenly with the establishment of a multiparty democracy and... a free press and an active political opposition constitute the best early-warning system a country threaten by famines can have.” IfsCountryHelpingGovernmentPoliticalEasyPartyEffortDemocracySeriousCriticismIndiaIndependentElectionIndependencePressesDemocraticBritishActiveNewspapersOppositionWarningEstablishmentFamineFree PressDemocratic GovernmentOpposition PartiesBritish Rule Author:Amartya Sen
“You may ask what kind of a republic I dream of. Let me reply: I dream of a republic independent, free, and democratic, of a republic economically prosperous and yet socially just; in short, of a humane republic which serves the individual and which therefore holds the hope that the individual will serve it in turn. Of a republic of well-rounded people, because without such it is impossible to solve any of our problems, human, economic, ecological, social, or political.” PeopleHumansWellsKindMayProblemDreamPoliticalTurnsAsksIndividualSocialImpossibleEconomicLet MeIndependentDemocraticSolveRepublicProsperousHumaneEcologicalWell Rounded Author:Vaclav Havel
“Human existence may be simpler than we thought. There is no predestination, no unfathomed mystery of life. Demons and gods do not vie for our allegiance. Instead, we are self-made, independent, alone, and fragile, a biological species adapted to live in a biological world. What counts for long-term survival is intelligent self-understanding, based upon a greater independence of thought than that tolerated today even in our most advanced democratic societies.” WorldHumansMayLongMadeSelfTodayUnderstandingTermExistenceGreaterMysterySurvivalIntelligentIndependentIndependenceDemocraticSpeciesToleranceLong TermDemonFragileAllegianceHuman ExistenceAdaptedDemocratic SocietySelf MadeMystery Of LifePredestinationSelf UnderstandingIndependence Of Thought Author:E. O. Wilson
“No substantial famine has ever occurred in a democratic country - no matter how poor.” CountryIndependentPressesDemocraticFamineFree PressDemocratic Country Author:Amartya Sen