Free Democratic Party is the name of several political parties around the world. It usually designates a party that is ideologically based around liberalism. For more information on liberal parties, see liberalism worldwide.
Current parties with that name include:
- Free Democratic Party (Germany)
- Free Democratic Party (Liberia)
- FDP.The Liberals
Historical parties of the name include:
- Free Democratic Party (GDR)
- Free Democratic Party of Switzerland
Famous quotes containing the words free, democratic and/or party:
“The poor, stupid, free American citizen! Free to starve, free to tramp the highways of this great country, he enjoys universal suffrage, and by that right, he has forged chains around his limbs. The reward that he receives is stringent labor laws prohibiting the right of boycott, of picketing, of everything, except the right to be robbed of the fruits of his labor.”
—Emma Goldman (1869–1940)
“The idea that you can merchandise candidates for high office like breakfast cereal—that you can gather votes like box tops—is, I think, the ultimate indignity to the democratic process.”
—Adlai Stevenson (1900–1965)
“We are the party of all labor.
The whole earth shall be ours to share
And every race and craft our neighbor.
No idle class shall linger there
Like vultures on the wealth we render
From field and factory, mill and mine.
Tomorrow’s sun will rise in splendor
And light us till the end of time.”
—Eugène Pottier (1816–1887)