“Churchill knew instinctively what was wrong with communism - that it repressed liberty; that it replaced individual discretion with state control; that it entailed the curtailment of democracy, and therefore that it was tyrannous.” StatesIndividualLibertyDemocracyCommunismReplacedDiscretionRepressed Author:Boris Johnson
“NATO is based on shared values. Democracy, individual civil liberties and the rule of law. In public and also in meetings with the allies, I have repeatedly pointed out how crucial these common values are. They are the basis for our unity, and unity is the most important basis for our strength.” ImportantValuesIndividualCommonLibertyDemocracyMeetingsUnityRule Of LawCivil LibertiesNato Author:Jens Stoltenberg
“Those self-evident principles of life and liberty, pursuit of happiness, they're not self-executing. They require each of us to get engaged. And what Barack Obama is really concerned about is to ensure that the American people appreciate their power to influence the democracy.” PeopleLibertyDemocracyInfluenceConcernedAppreciateBarackPursuit Of Happiness Author:Valerie Jarrett
“I don't even know in American educational history classes how much of D-Day, World War II, all of that is taught versus how much of it is just ignored or looked back on with mockery or insincerity or what have you. But it was one of the most crucially important events in all of human history in terms of the preservation of freedom and liberty and the notion of democracy and things associated with it.” WorldImportantWarTermLibertyDemocracyEducationalWar Of The WorldsWorld War IiWorld War IIgnoredMockeryInsincerity Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Any individual can contribute its own belief. And our society or even our government are made by the people. The people would have the final voice, but it requires each individual to act. If we don't act, then the result is very clear. So for too long Americans take liberty as granted. We think we are in the safe hand, the democracy and the liberty, which is not true. And it can be even getting much worse than today.” PeopleThinkingLongTodayIndividualBeliefLibertyDemocracyGranted Author:Ai Weiwei
“For a long time, early industrializing countries were absorptive. They were endlessly able to absorb new labor inputs to keep expanding. This was both an economics and a worldview. Here in the United States, we have the Statue of Liberty sitting in the harbor in New York, which says in huge letters, We stand for absorptive capital. A poetic version: "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses." But what it means is, Come here, we'll absorb you. We absorb these inputs and add them to our growing economy, and we manage this with liberal democracy.” GivingMeanLongCountryPoorLibertyEconomyDemocracyLaborTiredManagePoeticWorldviewStatue Of Liberty Author:Joshua Clover
“Democracy does not guarantee equality of conditions - it only guarantees equality of opportunity.” DoePoliticalOpportunityFreedomLibertyDemocracySocietyConditionsHumorousWittyEqualityLibertarianGuaranteesPatrioticGuarantees ThatElection DayVoting And DemocracyDemocracy FreedomEquality Of PeopleEquality Of Opportunity Author:Irving Kristol
“China has to go along with world trends. That's democracy, liberty, individual freedom. China sooner or later has to go that way. It cannot go backward.” WorldWayIndividualLibertyDemocracyChinaTrendsSooner Or LaterBackwardsIndividual Freedom Author:Dalai Lama
“Democracy is indispensable to socialism.” LibertyDemocracyHistoricalLibertarianSocialismLibertarianismIndispensable Author:Vladimir Lenin
“We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.” PeopleMenPoliticalFreedomLibertyDemocracyMastersArmsConstitutionCourtCongressLibertarianFoundersFreedom And LibertyFreedom LibertyOur Founding FathersProperty RightsUs HistoryLimited GovernmentDemocracies HaveUs Founding FathersRight To Bear ArmsPerversionBearing ArmsLimiting GovernmentFounding Fathers Of AmericaFounding AmericaLimited FreedomPolitical WillPolitical FreedomPower And ControlUs ConstitutionAmerica FreedomLimiting FreedomAmending The ConstitutionPurpose Of GovernmentAuthority And ResponsibilityHouse DividedCongress And The President Author:Abraham Lincoln
“As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy.” IdeasWisdomHumorFreedomLibertyDemocracyMastersSlaveryHistoricalSlaveEqualityCivil WarPatrioticEmancipationDemocracies HaveBe A SlaveProclamationAmerican LibertyVoting And DemocracyDemocracy FreedomSlavery In AmericaStates RightsEmancipation ProclamationDemocracy And Human RightsPolitics And WarMasters And Slaves Author:Abraham Lincoln