Being 'at the mercy of legislative majorities' is merely another way of describing the basic American plan: representative democracy..

A constitutional democracy is in serious trouble if its citizenry does not have a certain degree of education and civic virtue..

When a judge goes beyond [his proper function] and reads entirely new values into the Constitution, values the framers and ratifiers did not put ther….

Different generations and people of different ethnic origins have different views on China. But they all agree on one thing. That is democracy..

Germany and Austria have had positive experiences with strong states and a cooperative democracy. I am certain that this example could be helpful in ….

Mexico has relied on television for decades to keep the citizens misinformed and in a constant state of stupor. I mean we live in a time where democr….

The constitution is a sacred document in a democracy..

We must all live so that our children do not have to pay for our deeds..

You and I have never seen democracy; all we've seen is hypocrisy..

The polls demonstrate that 50 percent of Americans who get their news from TV think Saddam Hussein was behind the Twin Towers attack. Man, have they ….

Democracy depends on people speaking out, and in times of great crisis, on people creating a commotion..

It is not enough to merely defend democracy. To defend it may be to lose it; to extend it is to strengthen it. Democracy is not property; it is an id….

When people generally are aware of a problem, it can be said to have entered the public consciousness. When people get on their hind legs and holler,….

politicians ... turn patriotism into shopkeeping and their own interest - men who care far more for who governs us than for how we are governed.. And….

While the broad principles of democracy are universal, the fact remains that their application varies considerably ... We are at the beginning of the….

Being adequately informed is a democratic duty, just as the vote is a democratic right. A misinformed electorate, voting without knowledge, is not a ….

The function of a newspaper in a democracy is to stand as a sort of chronic opposition to the reigning quacks. The minute it begins to out-whoop them….

It is a paradox that far too few Americans participate in the wonderful ritual of democracy that we call Election Day..

Isn't the basis of a democracy to send somebody to Washington to bring something back for you? ... It isn't?.

Education is a human right with immense power to transform.

Churchill knew instinctively what was wrong with communism - that it repressed liberty; that it replaced individual discretion with state control; th….