#racy

I am confident that in the end freedom and democracy will prevail over terror and tyranny. We will win this war on terror - and when we do Americans, the British, Iraqis, and people around the world will be more secure. ↗

— Doc Hastings

#around #british #confident #democracy #end

In remembering those who lost their lives in the London attacks and the September 11th attacks we continue our commitment to fighting for freedom, democracy and justice. ↗

— Doc Hastings

#commitment #continue #democracy #fighting #freedom

Accuracy is the twin brother of honesty; inaccuracy, of dishonesty. ↗

— Nathaniel Hawthorne

#brother #dishonesty #honesty #inaccuracy #twin

A totalitarian state is in effect a theocracy, and its ruling caste, in order to keep its position, has to be thought of as infallible. But since, in practice, no one is infallible, it is frequently necessary to rearrange past events in order to show that this or that mistake was not made, or that this or that imaginary triumph actually happened. ↗

— George Orwell

#theocracy #totalitarianism #religion

Liberal democracy must finally become the vital element of our society. ↗

— Gustav Heinemann

#democracy #element #finally #liberal #liberal democracy

Not less, but more democracy - that is the demand, that is the great goal that we have to prescribe for ourselves, and especially for our youth. ↗

— Gustav Heinemann

#democracy #especially #goal #great #less

Reading builds the educated and informed electorate so vital to our democracy. ↗

— Brad Henry

#democracy #educated #electorate #informed #our

A mayor is a symbol and a public face of what a city bureaucracy provides its citizens. ↗

— John Hickenlooper

#citizens #city #face #mayor #provides

Through the inspiration of Vaclav's words, the courage of his dissidence and the integrity of his leadership, Czechoslovakia successfully transitioned from an authoritarian state to a free democracy at the heart of Europe. ↗

— Michael D. Higgins

#courage #czechoslovakia #democracy #europe #free

What created democracy was Thomas Paine and Shays' Rebellion, the suffragists and the abolitionists and on down through the populists and the labor movement, including the Wobblies. Tough, in your face people... Mother Jones, Woody Guthrie... Martin Luther King and Caesar Chavez. And now it's down to us. ↗

— Jim Hightower

#caesar #chavez #created #democracy #down