#racy

We do not want to live in a theocracy. We should maintain that barrier and government has no business telling someone what they ought to believe or how they should conduct their private lives. ↗

— Robert Reich

#believe #business #conduct #government #how

Now, al Qaeda's on the run. Afghanistan is no longer a base of operations. The Afghan government is a friendly government that is trying to bring democracy to its people. ↗

— Condoleezza Rice

#afghanistan #al #base #bring #democracy

Well, I think by any expectation South Africa has come a tremendously long way. We've seen a society that many people thought couldn't withstand a peaceful transition to democracy without a great deal of violence, in fact, make that transition and do it in relative peace and security. ↗

— Susan Rice

#any #come #deal #democracy #expectation

Well, you know, too much democracy is a sort of sad thing. ↗

— Ann Richards

#know #much #sad #sad thing #sort

The President, in talking about freedom and democracy, is sparking a wave of very positive democratic sentiment that might help us override both Islamic fundamentalism that has formed in that region, and also some of the hatred for our policies of invading Iraq. ↗

— Bill Richardson

#also #both #democracy #democratic #formed

If you are going to sin, sin against God, not the bureaucracy. God will forgive you but the bureaucracy won't. ↗

— Hyman Rickover

#against #bureaucracy #forgive #god #going

The only time I commit to conspiracy theories is when something way retarded happens. Like Lee Harvey Oswald acting alone. ↗

— Joe Rogan

#alone #commit #conspiracy #happens #harvey

Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education. ↗

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

#choice #choose #democracy #education #express

Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and senators and congressmen and government officials, but the voters of this country. ↗

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

#congressmen #country #democracy #forget #government

The US and the European Union needs to help in the translation of the demand for democracy into a political will. ↗

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

#democracy #european #european union #help #into