Quotes 141 till 160 of 324.
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I swear to the Lord, I still can't see, why Democracy means, everybody but me.
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I take a grave view of the press. It is the weak slat under the bed of democracy.
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I told the students that we can exert pressure without resorting to violence, and that we can move towards democracy without violence; that way, God will allow it.
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I will name you the degrees. The first, the Retort Courteous; the second, the Quip Modest; the third, the Reply Churlish; the fourth, the Reproof Valiant; the fifth, the Countercheck Quarrelsome; the sixth, the Lie with Circumstance; the seventh, the Lie Direct.
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I'm tired of hearing it said that democracy doesn't work. Of course it doesn't work. We are supposed to work it.
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I've always been me. I've always been very direct and have told the truth and have been very willing to stand up and speak out.
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I've always been very direct and have told the truth and have been very willing to stand up and speak out.
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I've always maintained there is no incompatibility between Islam and democracy. The Europeans in general confuse Islam and Islamism. Islamism is a political movement that instrumentalises the religion to get to power, which has nothing to do with religion. Islam here in Tunisia is a religion of openness, of tolerance.
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I've consciously taken on material that's a bit too much for me but not an overreach. The first movie, just about performances. 'The Town,' I learned how to work broader material, develop tension, direct bigger scenes, action sequences. 'Argo,' I experimented with film stock, widened the scope of my geography.
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Idealism increases in direct proportion to one's distance from the problem.
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If information and knowledge are central to democracy, they are the conditions for development.
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If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when all persons alike share in government to the utmost.
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If we have a chance of succeeding and bringing stability and democracy to Iraq, it will mean learning from our mistakes, not denying them and not ignoring them.
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If you want to know the taste of a pear, you must change the pear by eating it yourself. If you want to know the theory and methods of revolution, you must take part in revolution. All genuine knowledge originates in direct experience.
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In 1988, when democracy was restored, the military establishment was still very powerful. The extremist groups were still there. And when the aid and assistance to Pakistan was cut, we had to adopt harsh economic policies. So in a way, it showed that democracy doesn't pay, and the military was able to reassert itself.
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In a democracy dissent is an act of faith. Like medicine, the test of its value is not in its taste, but its effects.
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In a democracy one must have the right to express oneself and that's what I do, even if it displeases.
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In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of the majority is supreme.
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In a democracy there are only two types of power: there's organized people and organized money, and organized money only wins when people aren't organized.
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