In Iran the whole reform and democracy movement has been based on the emerging free press.
I think Russians today have a distorted picture of capitalism, liberal democracy and market economy.
The building of America has had its fair share of mistakes, but it's a constitution that's the jewel of democracy, the envy of many, and it's the most generous nation in the world.
Democracy is supposed to give you the feeling of choice, like Painkiller X and Painkiller Y. But they're both just aspirin.
Democracy is always an unfinished experiment, testing the capacity of each generation to live freedom nobly.
When Jefferson and the Republicans rallied to the Union and to the existing Federalist organization, the fabric of traditional American democracy was almost completely woven.
Democracy is still a radical idea in a world where we often confuse images with realities, words with actions.
The only way to save the world is through socialism, but a socialism that exists within a democracy; there's no dictatorship here.
Democracy is based upon the conviction that there are extraordinary possibilities in ordinary people.
Democracy is not compatible with capitalism but is congruent with a version of democratic socialism in which the wealth, resources, and benefits of a social order are shared in an equitable and just manner.
If you distance yourself from reality and just cling to cliches about democracy find yourself a different job than analyzing politics
Democracy is not just constitutional and legislative rules; it is a culture and practice and adhering by the law and respecting international human rights principles.
I do not believe 'Newsweek' is the only catcher in the rye between democracy and ignorance, but I think we're one of them, and I don't think there are that many on the edge of that cliff.
We can no longer allow multinationals to parade as agents of progress and democracy in the newspapers, even as they subvert it at the workplace.
My door will always be open to those who genuinely renounce violence and seek peaceful accommodation into our nascent democracy.
As life speeds up & the political becomes ever more personal democracy continues to foster change as fast as the movement of tectonic plates
Journalism still, in a democracy, is the essential force to get the public educated and mobilized to take action on behalf of our ancient ideals.
Anyone who's had a casual conversation with his neighbors or is cognizant of reality TV should already be petrified of democracy.
Democracy allows rhetoric, false empathy and emotion to pummel rational thinking - so it's no wonder so many politicians thrive in it.
I think organized labor is a necessary part of democracy. Organized labor is the only way to have fair distribution of wealth.
If you put your politicians up for sale, as the US does (alone in this among industrialized democracies), then someone will buy them--and it won’t be you; you can’t afford them.
