In this era of the global village, the tide of democracy is running. And it will not cease, not in China, not in South Africa, not in any corner of this earth, where the simple idea of democracy and freedom has taken root.
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Related When you grow up there are things that you would love to do make your father proud is one and have f... GARY F EVANS... Not," Swift said firmly, "for all the tea in China." "That expression has never made sense to m... LISA KLEYPAS This is the era in our hemisphere of democracy, not dictators. Constitutions, not coups. COLIN POWELL There is no greater glory than to die for love. GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ Together they had overcome the daily incomprehension, the instantaneous hatred, the reciprocal nasti... GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ She would defend herself, saying that love, no matter what else it might be, was a natural talent. S... GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ The battle is not physical, it is spiritual and your mind is the battleground. Keep your mind pure a... JEANETTE CORON No one should let yesterday use up too much of today. Easy to say, hard to live. ANDREA HAIRSTON It may be the kind where, at the age of thirty, you sit in some bar hating everybody who comes in lo... J.D. SALINGER There was a house at the foot of the tower, close to the thunder of the waves breaking against the c... GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ We can leave a place behind, or we can stay in that place and leave our selfishness (often expressed... JOHN H. GROBERG IF YOU CAN'T THANK GOD FOR WHAT YOU HAVE, THANK HIM FOR WHAT YOU HAVE ESCAPED! NOT SURE i believe in love. lust. sex. romance. i don't want everything to add up to the perfect equation...i... NOT REAL A conservative is a liberal who just got mugged and a liberal is a conservative who just got arreste... NOT SURE If you are constantly looking in the rear view mirror, how will you ever see what is in front of you... NOT SURE I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES Life begins somewhere and ends somewhere with time but to get somewhere with the life you have depen... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH One of the strengths, and weaknesses, of liberal democratic societies is giving the benefit of the d... GARRY KASPAROV Just because you believe something was true in the past does not mean it will be true in the future. JEFFREY FRY She was intimidating and all I could do was sit back on the couch as she paced back and forth, slowl... IN THE MAKING In Hong Kong, I read Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s “Love in the Time of Cholera”, in which the hero... GRAEME SIMSION Now is the only time we have, and the only time that we have any control over. RICHARD CARLSON Even though he was inside the house, I could still hear Vlad’s sardonic mutter of “Where’s a t... JEANIENE FROST Life is neither a glorious highlight reel nor a monstrous tragedy. Every day is a good day to live a... KILROY J. OLDSTER All believers are members of the same body and should be viewed and treated that way. HENRY HON The goal in life is not to try and live forever, but to create something that will forever in people... KARON WADDELL The reason there's not a dictatorship in Chile and that there's a democracy in South Africa ... JOE GARCIA Democracy is not freedom. Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to eat for lunch. Freedo... MARVIN SIMKIN Mindfulness is observing the beauty of every moment unfolding before us. AMIT RAY You've never really trusted him, though you don't understand why. Something about the fact that he's... N.K. JEMISIN Current public diplomacy and foreign policy making reduces the role of American citizens to mere spe... NANCY SNOW Clay in the hands of a good potter suffers so many good turns, but in the end, we see its real and t... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH God is the most beautiful, and beauty is the expression of God. If you can't appreciate beauty in th... AMIT RAY Easing back in her seat, Grace watched the children in the playground opposite, coats off, faces flu... KATHLEEN TESSARO When she was younger, she felt that he wanted to know everything about her, but she was sometimes af... MICHAEL STEIN Maya Angelou had the ability to glean inspiration out of pain. THE PROPHET OF LIFE I don't know if I have a favorite color. KATE MIDDLETON It's very special having a new little girl. KATE MIDDLETON I, the soul called Wanderer, love you, human Ian. And that will never change, no matter what I might... STEPHENIE MEYER But you don't have to fit in to be okay. Believe me! I am the not-fitting-in world expert. I have ANNE NESBET Now is the only time we have, and the only time we have any control over. RICHARD CARLSON My mother refused to let me fail. So I insisted. WALKER PERCY When life gives you lemons, say cool, what else you got? CARMEN IN THE SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING PANTS Islam does not believe in democracy, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, or freedom of assembly... PAULINE HANSON Without God there could be no American form of government nor an American way of life. Recognition o... DWIGHT DAVID EISENHOWER Where 'er thou art be thou (w)holy there. MURRAY I. MESZAROS .מסכן, אתה כמו ספר ילדים בלי תמונות EFRAT CYBULKIEWICZ The mark of a real man, is a man who can allow himself to fall deeply in love with a woman. But the ... C. JOYBELL C. South Africa has all the tools to compete in the new global village - an eager workforce, ready to t... TOM PETERS They could play an endless game of hide-and -seek in so many rooms and up and down the halls that in... EUDORA WELTY In a world in which the common rule which binds and regulates what the general masses feel is underm... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Forgiveness is a powerful mental process that detoxifies our mental, spiritual and physical realms. JACINTA MPALYENKANA Please be SILENT and LISTEN. I am the SCHOOLMASTER and you are in the CLASSROOM. Just... PSEUDONYMOUS BOSCH Taiwanese should not feel depressed at the tumultuous situation in the pursuit of democracy, for Tai... MARK PALMER Growing up in this post-apartheid era, the first generation of teens in South Africa living in this ... ADHIR KALYAN Letting go doesn’t just mean letting go of the past, but letting go of an unknown future; and embr... MICHELLE CRUZ-ROSADO When I was a kid, I thought I had my life figured out. I knew where I was going. I was sure of whom ... CRISTINA MARRERO If I died now," he said, "you would hardly remember me when you are my age." He said it for no ... GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ He wept because he was afraid now that he could not save Gabriel. He no longer cared about himself LOIS LOWRY Nobody objected to live in prison if already felt comfortable living in it. TOBA BETA Beautify your breath – beautify your life. AMIT RAY The press is not only free, it is powerful. That power is ours. It is the proudest that man can enjo... BENJAMIN DISRAELI Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost. THOMAS JEFFERSON There are more references in the Koran than
the Bible to Mary, the mother of Jesus.
-Julia W-. JULIA W Let it be impressed upon your minds, let it be instilled into your children, that the liberty of the... JUNIUS The liberty of the press is a blessing when we are inclined to write against others, and a calamity ... SAMUEL JOHNSON The free press is the mother of all our liberties and of our progress under liberty. ADLAI E. STEVENSON In the beginning, there was nothing and from nothing came our species then behold the dawn of music.... GARY F EVANS... Afro-Americans. Which is but a wedding, however, of two confusions, an arbitrary linking of two unde... JAMES BALDWIN It is not the simple statement of facts that ushers in freedom; it is the constant repetition of the... QUENTIN CRISP Politically, of course, the U.S., despite the flaws in its systems, is still a democracy - we like t... TSAI ING-WEN To get over the past, you first have to accept that the past is over. No matter how many times you r... MANDY HALE The goal of any spiritual person is to strive towards attaining self-realization by living spontaneo... KILROY J. OLDSTER It is not only a new era for Taiwan's democracy, it is a new era for solidarity and harmony, and a n... CHEN SHUI-BIAN I am not better than you because of my religion, color, culture, education, status, wealth, etc. I a... NAJWA ZEBIAN Mass is not proportional to volume. A girl as small as a violet. A girl who moves like a flower peta... KIM IN-YOOK, “THE PHYSICS OF LOVE” Lord, help us to choose humility over pride. Help us to choose love over our reputation. ANDRENA SAWYER Death, especially violent death, will turn the meanest bastard in the world into a nice guy. Why is ... LAURELL K. HAMILTON ...The lies we tell, and let ourselves believe, in the name of love. The first thing you ... CARLA BUCKLEY Brothers and sisters, our democracy has been hi-jacked. Brothers and sisters, all of our total freed... ZACK DE LA ROCHA Democracy shows not only its power in reforming governments, but in regenerating a race of men and t... ANDREW JACKSON Democracy shows not only its power in reforming governments, but in regenerating a race of men and t... ANDREW JACKSON Never doubt God in the darkness what he has given us in the light. FRANCINE RIVERS A light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has never overcome it. JOHN THE EVANGELIST Science says that and sociable and not in both shoes you could be happy. DEYTH BANGER Each person in the group said something except for me. My silence became noticed. About halfway thro... DAPHNE SCHOLINSKI I remember always being baffled by other children. I would be at a birthday party and watch the othe... GILLIAN FLYNN We can't equate democracy with Christianity because the largest democracy on earth is India, whi... JIMMY CARTER It was frustrating to still be in the dark about something and be given only so little light. LAUREN LOLA I think it is something that is so important, to be very aware of the direction in which the 21st ce... ALFONSO CUARON The best part of having a relationship is getting to call the person or lay down next to them and te... TEGAN QUIN We know that freedom has a price. Democracy has a price. But maybe we paid a price that is higher th... WENDY PEARLMAN We fall back into the past, we jump ahead into the future, and in this we lose our entire lives. THICH NHAT HANH People's abuse through journalism should not be taken us freedom of press. OSCAR AULIQ-ICE It's a fine line between success and failure. You need to be ahead of the curve ... just not too far... GREG KAVANDER If you don't expand the freedom of the citizens, you'll find yourself in a country which quite comfo... JOSE RODRIGUEZ The aggressiveness with which we will continue to fight the war on terror for freedom and liberty an... BILL FRIST I hope something happens. I'm restless as the devil and have a horror of getting fat or falling in l... F. SCOTT FITZGERALD Just the concept of personal freedom within a democracy, for instance, is a relatively young idea - ... DANIEL GREENBERG To include freedom in the very definition of democracy is to define a process not by its actual char... THOMAS SOWELL
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