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In too many countries, leaders speak of democracy, yet rig elections, suppress dissent, and shackle the press.


Harold Koh

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COLIN POWELL In the end it is worse to suppress dissent than to run the risk of heresy.
LEARNED HAND The elections that have taken place in these countries are a reflection of the lure of Democracy, an...
JIM SENSENBRENNER In a democracy, dissent is an act of faith.
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CAMILLE PAGLIA The leaders of other countries are using this fact as a bargaining chip, claiming that until the US ...
ILIR ZHERKA Bring it on. Dissent is central to any democracy.
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CHRIS W. MORRIS (CHRISTOPHER WILLIAM MORRIS) I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ...
KELLY JONES Elections remind us not only of the rights but the responsibilities of citizenship in a democracy.
ROBERT KENNEDY Remain calm, even when intimidated or provoked by those who are desperately determined to rig the el...
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JAMES CARAFANO there's a lot happening. Democracy is today's world order. Everybody's talking democracy in the regi...
ALI ZARDARI In a democracy dissent is an act of faith. Like medicine, the test of its value is not in its taste...
J. WILLIAM FULBRIGHT In a democracy dissent is an act of faith. Like medicine, the test of its value is not in its taste...
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ARTHUR MUTAMBARA We think that democracy can change a lot of things, but we're being fooled, because democracy is...
GAEL GARCIA BERNAL Congressional dysfunction is the logical result of closed primaries, too many gerrymandered one-part...
JOHN DELANEY will have to give us free, fair elections and democracy .
ALI ZARDARI Despite all the gains for democracy in the world, in many countries anyone who wants to publish trut...
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AHMED CHALABI It is difficult to violently suppress people in the long run, as the example of the Soviet Union and...
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RUSSELL BAKER Maintain democracy or go to dictatorship: that is what is at stake in these elections.
MARIO VARGAS LLOSA What is at stake is not the provincial council elections, but democracy.
RANIL WICKREMESINGHE Did you, too, O friend, suppose democracy was only for elections, for politics, and for a party name...
WALT WHITMAN Democracy in China is like Viagra; no such thing as free elections.
GEORGE MONTGOMERY The best leaders I've worked with drive people into discussion by going around the table and asking ...
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GUY GROUX Taiwan is a budding democracy, and the people have participated in multi-party democratic elections ...
TODD AKIN The real truth is, I just want to keep the voice of dissent alive in all of our elections. I don'...
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ADAM COHEN The press and politicians. A delicate relationship. Too close, and danger ensues. Too far apart and ...
HOWARD BRENTON Although we can talk about an Indonesian democracy, or we can talk about democratic elections and de...
JOSHUA OPPENHEIMER The one pervading evil of democracy is the tyranny of the party that succeeds, by force or fraud, in...
LORD ACTON In a society governed passively by free markets and free elections, organized greed always defeats d...
MATT TAIBBI Ripon really put us in disorder with their press. A lot of intensity and ball pressure caused way to...
DOUG DISCH So many other countries have had female leaders, in fact the U.S. ranks 61st in female representatio...
GEENA DAVIS In Iran the whole reform and democracy movement has been based on the emerging free press.
CHRISTIANE AMANPOUR It endorsed broader press freedom, released numerous political prisoners, and opened the door for ge...
HAROLD KOH Leaders don't force people to follow-they invite them on a journey. Harold S. Hulbert -Charles S. L...
CHARLES S. LAUER Many CEOs and leaders think that silence is indeed golden, that consensus is bliss. It is - sometime...
MARGARET HEFFERNAN China cannot lead or be recognized as a leader unless it is viewed as abiding by universal standards...
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HAROLD KOH We plan to discuss the results of elections in Palestine and their international aspect, particularl...
ABU MARZUK 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 Gun violence has cost us too many political leaders, and hardly ever the worst ones.
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IVAN KRASTEV Many areas that the new government will need to address are areas that the UN has extensive experien...
MATTHEW KAHANE When religious leaders get involved in elections, it is usually with a reactionary social agenda.
JOAN SMITH When religious leaders get involved in elections, it is usually with a reactionary social agenda.
ELIZABETH JOAN SMITH Church leaders raised on rationalism lead ministries where the supernatural, the Vertical, is suppre...
JAMES MACDONALD They hurt us with the press and we turned it over too much. Some of it was their press and some of i...
JOE KILLILEA People in so many countries look up to the United States as a model of democracy, but I doubt if tha...
BIANCA JAGGER I tell you, in my opinion, the cornerstone of democracy is free press - that's the cornerstone.
MILOS FORMAN Too many managers manage by what the postgame press conference is going to be.
JOHN KRUK In Ethiopia, democracy is in its infancy and it must be nurtured along by its leaders.
JACK KINGSTON This is totally paradoxical. Denmark is one of the countries in the world where press freedom is the...
ANNABELLE ARKI After installing friendly leaders in Iran and Guatemala, the United States lost interest in promotin...
STEPHEN KINZER Harold, like the rest of us, had many impressions which saved him the trouble of distinct ideas.
GEORGE ELIOT As for democracy and the political process in Iraq, isn't there democracy in Germany? And yet is the...
AHMED CHALABI Too many people expect wonders from democracy, when the most wonderful thing of all is just having i...
WALTER WINCHELL Too many people expect wonders from democracy, when the most wonderful thing of all is just having i...
WALTER WINCHELL A free press is the cornerstone of democracy; there is no question about that.
HUGH GRANT Press on! for in the grave there is no work and no device. Press on! while yet you may.
NATHANIEL PARKER WILLIS Leaders in China and India realize that science and technology lead to success and wealth. But many ...
MICHIO KAKU Freedom of expression - in particular, freedom of the press - guarantees popular participation in th...
CORAZON AQUINO The key task of reform is to help state-owned press and publishing units become leaders and strategi...
LONG XINMIN For the record, our democracy is revered around the world. And free elections are the best way on Ea...
MICHELLE OBAMA In Nepal there is a history of journalists taking a big role in the fight for democracy. And when de...
DINESH WAGLE Leaders are the ones who keep faith with the past, keep step with the present, and keep the promise ...
HAROLD J. SEYMOUR But if too many countries, as has been the case, interfere too much in the internal affairs, the pol...
BULENT ECEVIT So now is the time, more than ever, for those who truly value all the principles of democracy, espec...
JIM HIGHTOWER We cannot play ostrich. Democracy just cannot flourish amid fear. Liberty cannot bloom amid hate. Ju...
THURGOOD MARSHALL I don't want to speak yet about a miracle because it is something too important.
MONSIGNOR SLAWOMIR ODER If our democracy is to flourish, it must have criticism; if our government is to function it must ha...
HENRY COMMAGER Network technology has irrevocably changed campaigning and elections. It has the potential to transf...
BETH SIMONE NOVECK A free and truly independent press - fiercely independent when necessary - is the red beating heart ...
DAN RATHER In this economic downturn we have too many managers and not enough true leaders to act as change age...
PATRICK DRIESSEN Leaders come in many forms, with many styles and diverse qualities. There are quiet leaders and lead...
JOHN W. GARDNER Habit is a shackle for the free.
AMBROSE BIERCE Democracy is the common pursuit of mankind, and all countries must earnestly protect the democratic ...
JINATO HU Our only real hope for democracy is that we get the money out of politics entirely and establish a s...
NOAM CHOMSKY We should not be surprised that democracy is imperfect even in Western countries.
RICHARD HOLBROOKE But if too many countries, as has been the case, interfere too much in the internal affairs, the pol...
BULENT ECEVIT If nothing is done to ensure the press is free to do its work, these elections will take place in a ...
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HAROLD BLOOM We read deeply for varied reasons, most of them familiar: that we cannot know enough people profound...
HAROLD BLOOM Shakespeare is the true multicultural author. He exists in all languages. He is put on the stage eve...
HAROLD BLOOM The world does not get to be a better or a worse place; it just gets more senescent.
HAROLD BLOOM Shakespeare will not make us better, and he will not make us worse, but he may teach us how to overh...
HAROLD BLOOM But in the end, in the end one is alone. We are all of us alone. I mean I'm told these days we h...
HAROLD BLOOM Sometimes one succeeds, sometimes one fails.
HAROLD BLOOM So often is the virgin sheet of paper more real than what one has to say, and so often one regrets h...
HAROLD ACTON Caring about others, running the risk of feeling, and leaving an impact on people, brings happiness.
HAROLD KUSHNER The whole brunt of the media and the government is to encourage people to be highly competitive and ...
HAROLD PINTER We do not intend to part from the Americans and we do not intend to be satellites. I am sure they do...
HAROLD MACMILLAN A Foreign Secretaryand this applies also to a prospective Foreign Secretaryis always faced with this...
HAROLD MACMILLAN My first manager, Suzanne DeWalt, saw a play I was in. She was invited by the director Joan Scheckel...
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