Democracy is the only system that persists in asking the powers that be whether they are the powers that ought to be.
Sydney J. Harris
Democracy allows rhetoric, false empathy and emotion to pummel rational thinking - so it's no wonder so many politicians thrive in it.
David Harsanyi
Anyone who's had a casual conversation with his neighbors or is cognizant of reality TV should already be petrified of democracy.
Democracy is just a reflection of our morals and the things that we believe.
It's difficult for democracy to function properly under the most favorable circumstances, but it has no chance at all when millions of voters are... →
It is easy to fall into the trap of believing that democracy will improve the function of policy.
In baseball, democracy shines its clearest. The only race that matters is the race to the bag. The creed is the rule book. And color, merely... →
Ernie Harwell
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... →
Doc Hastings
Americans assume that we never go to war to sustain our wealth, because war must be understood as a moral enterprise commensurate with our being a... →
Stanley Hauerwas
To try to turn Iraq into a liberal democracy is absolutely crazy. Islam has no understanding of the separation between church and state because they... →