Dilma Rousseff Quotes

Equality and justice, the two great distinguishing characteristics of democracy, follow inevitably from the conception of men, all men, as rational and spiritual beings.

Liberty is inseparable from social justice, and those who dissociate them, sacrificing the first with the purpose of attaining the second more quickly, are the true barbarians of our time.

What is the American dream? The American dream is one big tent. One big tent. And on that big tent you have four basic promises: equal protection under the law, equal opportunity, equal access, and fair share.

I can't let my mother's death have been in vain. Democracy is the best revenge, and we will have it.

You have to stand guard over the development and maintenance of Islamic democracy, Islamic social justice and the equality of manhood in your own native soil.

What are the American ideals? They are the development of the individual for his own and the common good; the development of the individual through liberty; and the attainment of the common good through democracy and social justice.

The principal factors which influenced my life are 1) nonviolent tactics; 2) constitutional means; 3) democratic procedures; 4) respect for human personality; 5) a belief that all people are one.

My father thought, and now I think too, that the system of democracy is entirely based upon the system of justice. If we do not have a system of justice that people believe in, the system of democracy will fail.

Equality is the soul of liberty; there is, in fact, no liberty without it.

We must be thoroughly democratic and patronize everybody without distinction of class.

Without equality there can be no democracy.

The court that serves America should reflect America.

I care nothing for all the political parties in the world except as they stand for justice.

Here everyone is his own master. Civil liberty places all inhabitants on an equal footing. The humble cannot be oppressed by the mighty, nor the poor by the rich.

Equality is equity.

This commitment to equality and justice for all are the ideals that our country was founded upon and what we continue to aspire to as people. We cannot be complacent, and must vigilantly affirm this again and again, as bigotry and hatred have an insidious way of seeping into our society.

I come from people who dreamed of a free democratic system. I believe so strongly in the process and equal access.

The magic of the American experience is that we've upheld the rule of law for everybody, everybody treated equally beneath the law.

I have a political philosophy by which I judge political events. It's called socialism, which at its core is about achieving equality, justice and peace through democracy.

When we address the disparities facing black people, we get a lot closer to a true democracy where all lives matter.

I believe that our democratic values are also born out of our Jewish faith, a 'love for the stranger,' and equality before the law - these are not foreign values: this is Judaism.

Equality as a principle is at the heart of our democracy.

I see it as my duty to take a stand for the Iraqi people, for democracy, freedom and reconciliation.

The common sense of mankind demands that law shall not stop with the punishment of petty crimes by little people. It must also reach men who possess themselves of great power.

The answer to subversion of democracy is more democracy, more freedom, more justice.