“Once a man has tasted freedom he will never be content to be a slave. That is why I believe that this frightfulness we see everywhere today is only temporary. Tomorrow will be better for as long as America keeps alive the ideals of freedom and a better life. All men will want to be free and share our way of life. There must be so much that I should have said, but haven't. What I will say now is just what most of us are probably thinking every day. I thank God and America for the right to live and raise my family under the flag of tolerance, democracy and freedom.” ThinkingMenWayWantShouldBelieveLongSaidTodayAmericaI BelieveFreedomDemocracyAliveShareHavensTomorrowIdealsMy FamilyShould HaveRaisesSlaveToleranceTemporaryThank GodFlagsBetter LifeBe A SlaveTomorrow Will Be Better Author:Walt Disney
“Every American should have above average income, and my Administration is going to see they get it.” ShouldPoliticalDemocracyShould HaveAverageIncomeAdministrationAbove Average Author:William J. Clinton
“Certainly, if we believe in democracy and democratic systems, when [Benazir Bhutto] failed to pass any legislation, really, at all in her first two years in government during her first term and in fact had a tenure that was marked not only by gross corruption but by human rights abuses, that should have been a time for people to say, "Well, OK, we've given you an opportunity and you haven't bettered the institutions, you haven't strengthened the democratic cause - we may not vote you back."” PeopleIfsShouldYearsFirstsBelieveHumansWellsMayHas BeensTwoFactsGovernmentOpportunityGivenCausesTermDemocracyRightsHavensShould HaveVoteAbuseInstitutionsDemocraticHuman RightsCorruptionTwo YearsLegislationGrossShould Have BeenTenureBhutto Author:Fatima Bhutto
“In a wild and diverse democracy each of us should be trying to talk to lots and lots and lots of people outside of our own kind of comfort zone and community, and that injunction goes even further for political leaders. They should talk to everyone, they should listen to everyone, and at the end of the day they should have a mind of their own.” PeopleShouldTryingMindKindEndsPoliticalCommunityLeaderDemocracyComfortShould HaveThe End Of The DayZoneDiverseComfort ZonePolitical LeadersAnd At The End Of The Day Author:Bill Ayers
“The essence of democracy is its assurance that every human being should so respect himself and should be so respected in his own personality that he should have opportunity equal to that of every other human being to show what he was meant to become.” ShouldHumansShowsOpportunityHuman BeingsDemocracyPersonalityEqualShould HaveEssenceMeant To BeAssurance Author:Anna Garlin Spencer
“Say the Pentagon Papers, - that material went much deeper. It went into internal government planning back for twenty - five years. Those are things that the public should have known about. In a democracy they should have known what leaders thinking and planning about major enterprises like the Vietnam war. It was kept secret from them.” ThinkingShouldYearsWarGovernmentSecretKnownLeaderDemocracyFiveMaterialsPaperMajorsShould HaveTwentiesDeeperPlanningFive YearsEnterpriseInternalsVietnamPapersVietnam WarTwenty FivePentagonKept SecretsShould Have Known Author:Noam Chomsky
“I happen to love America. I love this freedom and democracy. The fact is we are the ones who killed innocent people, men, women and children, in Hiroshima and Nagasaki with nuclear weapons, weapons that should have never been used, should have never been developed in the first place, you know?” PeopleKnowsMenShouldFirstsChildrenFactsHappensAmericaUsedDemocracyWeaponsShould HaveNuclearInnocentNuclear WeaponsMen WomenHiroshimaHiroshima And Nagasaki Author:Robert Scheer
“This is one of the paradoxes of the democratic movement - that it loves a crowd and fears the individuals who compose it - that the religion of humanity should have no faith in human beings.” ShouldHumansHumanityIndividualFreedomHuman BeingsDemocracyMankindMovementShould HaveDemocraticCrowdsParadoxHumankindBeing Free Author:Walter Lippmann
“In our democracy every young person should have an equal opportunity to obtain a higher education, regardless of his station in life or financial means.” ShouldMeanPersonsYoungOpportunityMoneyEducationDemocracyHigherEqualShould HaveFinancialStationsHigher EducationEqual Opportunity Book:Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1962 Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1962