James Madison Quotes

On Jan. 30, millions of Iraqis will cast ballots in the country's first fair and free election in decades, marking continued progress in Iraq's transition toward a country built on the pillars of democracy and freedom for all.

The Iraqi elections were an important first step.

In the light of this monstrous crime we can see that in a free country, which we are and intend to be, unrestrained speech and thought are inherently subversive. Democracy can be made to work only when the bonds of the community are inviolate, and stronger than all parties and factions and interest and sects.

Our institutions usually work best when we need them most. America’s got a pretty good, almost 241-year record of figuring things out.

I want a great country. I want people happy.

We remain cohesive and mobilized and united because this is our goal - to rebuild Venezuela.

The example that America knows how to govern itself is one of the compelling aspects of our national security.

May the States be so bound to each other as forever to defy European politics. Upon that union, their consequence, their happiness, will depend. This is the first wish of a heart more truly American than words can express.

Iraqis have held elections and have recently put together their government, all encouraging developments.

In fact, things are moving along rather well in Iraq. Nothing is perfect, of course, and freedom is messy work. The cooperation of the three major interests in Iraq has been remarkable.

Frankly speaking, we don't see any other way for the steady development of the Ukrainian state apart from as a federation.

In just three years, Iraq has achieved immense progress. It has had three successful elections in which 80% of their citizens voted, even while being threatened with death.

We are certain that Ukraine needs profound constitutional reform. In all fairness, we can't see any other way to ensure the stable development of Ukraine but to sign a federal agreement.

The difference is that for a soundly conceived and solidly endowed republic it takes a great deal longer for those seeds to germinate and the plants to grow.

We were asking for a clear mandate to normalize the political process; to negotiate a new constitutional dispensation; to remove racial discrimination; to promote economic effectiveness; to maintain law and order; and to remove mistrust by building bridges between our divided communities.

Men may die, but the fabric of free institutions remain unshaken.

This is one of the finest expressions of U. S. democracy at work.

Free discussion is the only necessary Constitution.

Political liberty is nothing else but the diffusion of power.

We must judge the form of government by its general tendency, not by happy accidents.

You cannot control a free society by force.

When a people have no sufficient value for, and attachment to, a representative constitution, they have next to no chance of retaining it.

In the next few months of this year, a broad democratic movement must be set going throughout the country, with the immediate objective of completely democratizing the national assembly and the constitution. The second matter concerns freedom of speech, assembly and association for the people. Without such freedom, it will be impossible to carry out the democratic reconstruction of the political system, mobilize the people for the war of resistance and victoriously defend the motherland and recover the lost territories …

If, then, we truly believe in the liberty of conscience, speech and press, we must place ourselves again squarely upon the declaration of rights made by our forefathers, and defend the right of others to disagree with us, even about the beneficence of government

The Iraqi election is the Iraqi happy day in our history