Emma Goldman Quotes

I had always hoped that this land might become a safe and agreeable asylum to the virtuous and persecuted part of mankind, to whatever nation they might belong.

If America wants to make the world safe for democracy, then she had better make democracy safe in America.

A free and democratic Arab world aligns with America's security interests.

Democracy must live as it thinks and think as it lives

Our real battlefield today is Asia and our real battle is the one between democracy and communism.... We have to prove to the world and particularly to downtrodden areas of the world which are the natural prey to the principles of communist economics that democracy really brings about happier and better conditions for the people as a whole.

I think democracy is a universal idea and I think letting people rule themselves happens to be something that serves America and America’s interests.

American history is seen to be the development of the first mass democracy on earth.

Those who try to stifle the vibrancy of our democracy and shield policies from scrutiny behind a false cloak of patriotism miss the real value of what our troops defend and how we best defend our troops. We will ask questions and we will defend our democracy.

We are fighting to save a great and precious form of government for ourselves and for the world.

Democracy must learn to defend itself.

The mobilisation which Bush has been able to perform since 11 September 2001 has to be fought - at least by Americans - in the name of a wise, honourable and democratic patriotism.

I believe in the greatness of our democracy.

We've got to understand that the whole nature of the way American democracy guards its freedom has been changed.

Every friend to the liberty of his country is bound to reflect, and step forward to prevent the dreadful consequences which shall result from a government of events.

We cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home.

Nobody should be allowed to tinker with democracy. We will not discontinue the good works of the past government.

This is America, not a banana republic.

While we enjoy the benefits of living in the greatest democracy in the world, we must be ever conscious of the fact that none of the achievements or freedoms enjoyed in America would be possible without the price that has been paid for by our servicemen and women.

First of all, the world criticizes American foreign policy because Americans criticize American foreign policy. We shouldn't be surprised about that. Criticizing government is a God-given right - at least in democracies.

What is good about the United States is the sense that you can disagree with the government and not be seen as unpatriotic, although many in the government will try to make you seem unpatriotic.

Criticism in a time of war is essential to the maintenance of any kind of democratic government.

Good government is good politics.

National security laws must protect national security. But they must also protect the public trust and preserve the ability of an informed electorate to hold its government to account.

The whole world depends on America ultimately, particularly Britain. And also, I love America - a marvelous country. But in a sense I don't worry about America because I think America has such huge strengths - particularly its freedom of thought and expression - that it's going to survive as a top nation for the foreseeable future.

I think American interests are served when there are sections of the world that have representative governments, politically open economic systems, and are willing to take a stand against some of the more extreme ideologies that there are around the world.