Barack Obama (1961) 44th President of the United States of America
2012, Yangon University Speech (November 2012)
Remarks by President Obama After Meeting with Vietnamese Civil Society Leaders at JW Marriott Hotel Hanoi in Hanoi, Vietnam (May 24, 2016) https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2016/05/24/remarks-president-obama-after-meeting-vietnamese-civil-society-leaders <br class="br">2016 <br class="br">Context: It’s very hard to prosper in this modern economy if you haven’t fully unleashed the potential of your people. And your people’s potential, in part, derives from their ability to express themselves and express new ideas, to try to right wrongs that are taking place in the society.
Barack Obama (1961) 44th President of the United States of America
2012, Yangon University Speech (November 2012)
Valery Gerasimov (1955) chief of the General Staff of the armed forces of the Russian Federation
"Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, General of the Army Valery Gerasimov holds briefing for foreign military attaches" https://eng.mil.ru/en/news_page/country/more.htm?id=12331668@egNews (24 December 2020)
David Gemmell book The King Beyond the Gate
Source: Drenai series, The King Beyond the Gate, Ch. 7
Hillary Clinton (1947) American politician, senator, Secretary of State, First Lady
Presidential campaign (April 12, 2015 – 2016), Speech in Orlando, Florida (September 21, 2016)
Kim Dae-jung (1924–2009) South Korean politician
"Interview: President Kim Dae Jung" in TIME Asia http://www.cnn.com/ASIANOW/time/magazine/99/0913/interview.html (13 September 1999)
“Democracy unleashes the State in the name of the people.”
James Bovard (1956) American journalist
From Attention Deficit Democracy (Palgrave, 2006) http://www.jimbovard.com/Epigrams%20Attention%20Deficit%20Democracy.htm
George W. Bush (1946) 43rd President of the United States
2000s, 2003, Address to the National Endowment for Democracy (November 2003)