Quotes about democracy
democracy empires convinced
I have often before now been convinced that a democracy is incapable of empire... Thucydides
democracy chance depends
Democracy, it appears, is a bit chancy. But its chances also depend on what we do ourselves Robert A. Dahl
democracy justified economic
If democracy is justified in governing the state,then it must also be justified in governing economic enterprises, and to say that it is not justified in governing economic enterprises is to imply that it is not justified in governing the state.
democracy politics democrat
Democracy can survive anything except Democrats Robert A. Heinlein
democracy wonderful responsible
A managed democracy is a wonderful thing... for the managers... and its greatest strength is a 'free press' when 'free' is defined as 'responsible' and the managers define what is 'irresponsible'.
democracy socialism either-or
I don't understand why it has to be either - or - either socialism or democracy. Why can't we combine things to get the best of each system? Tim Allen
democracy succeed where-we-come
Democracies succeed or fail based on their journalism. Scott Pelley
democracy journalism
There is no democracy without journalism.
democracy needs deeds
Our democracy is not a product but a continual process. It is preserved not by monuments but deeds. Sometimes it needs refining; sometimes it needs amending; sometimes it needs defending. Always, it needs improving. Lee H. Hamilton
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Democracy fascinates me.
democracy definitions minorities
And that is my definition of democracy, the right to be in a minority and not be suppressed Lee Harvey Oswald
democracy vote oppression
Freedom has nothing to do with having the right to vote for your oppressor; freedom is not having any form of oppression. Ralph Waldo Emerson
democracy groups citizenship
Neither democracy nor effective representation is possible until each participant in the group...devotes a measurable part of his life to furthering its existence. Lewis Mumford
democracy way corruption
Corruption is nature's way of restoring our faith in democracy. Peter Ustinov
democracy pressure ifs
If you say simply that pressures toward democracy are created by the market, I would say yes Peter L. Berger
democracy economy market-economy
Let me say again that the relationship is asymmetrical: there's no democracy without a market economy, but you can have a market economy without democracy.
democracy dissent
There is no democracy without dissent. Phil Donahue
democracy roles demand
Democracy demands that elected members be able to realize fully the role for which they have been chosen. Pierre Trudeau
democracy educated
Without an educated populace, democracy cannot sustain itself. Phylicia Rashad
democracy process prescriptions
Of course democracy is good, but it is a process, not a prescription. Queen Rania of Jordan
democracy threat dictatorship
Through the ballot, we can defend our democracy from the threat of dictatorship, Joseph Estrada
democracy politics bases
Isn't the basis of a democracy to send somebody to Washington to bring something back for you? ... It isn't? Kobe Bryant
democracy progress development
If information and knowledge are central to democracy, they are the conditions for development. Kofi Annan
democracy mediocrity tendencies
The tendency of democracies is, in all things, to mediocrity. James F. Cooper
democracy unions victim
Without the power of the Industrial Union behind it, Democracy can only enter the State as the victim enters the gullet of the Serpent. James Connolly
democracy tragedy modern
The tragedy of modern democracies is that they have not yet succeeded in effecting democracy. Jacques Maritain
democracy alternatives reform
He [Deng Xiaoping] said that he did not understand why we failed to grasp that the alternative was not democracy, but total chaos and risking all the reforms that had been achieved. Henry A. Kissinger
democracy individual-power social
The freedom and human capacities of individuals must be developed to their maximum but individual powers must be linked to democracy in the sense that social betterment must be the necessary consequence of individual flourishing. Henry Giroux
democracy
India has remained a full, functioning democracy. Manmohan Singh
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Democracy is good for everybody.
democracy world
Democracy is good for world peace.
democracy poverty
India is a functioning democracy - despite its extreme poverty, India has stayed the course.
democracy obstacles rebellious
Bureaucracy is not an obstacle to democracy but an inevitable complement to it. Joseph A. Schumpeter