Quotes about democracy
democracy demand patient
Democracy demands patient instruction on it before legislation. Mahatma Gandhi
democracy nonviolence pure
The science of nonviolence can alone lead one to pure democracy.
democracy village india
In a true democracy of India, the unit is the village.
democracy speech democratization
Democratization is not democracy; it is a slogan for the temporary liberalization handed down from an autocrat. Glasnost is not free speech; only free speech, constitutionally guaranteed, is free speech. Gail Sheehy
democracy want problem
Democracy is a problem and we don't want to get rid of it. Frank Gehry
democracy speech culture
And a democracy can't exist without free speech and the right to assemble. And that's what Americans tend to forget. And they're born into a culture where they take all of their freedoms for granted. Larry Flynt
democracy permanent
In a democracy, power is not permanent. Lalu Prasad Yadav
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 branches able
We live in a democracy and I do not understand why highly respected scientists from top international branches are not able express themselves! Nina Hagen
democracy world plans
When everyone agrees to a single solution and a single plan, there's nothing more efficient in the world than an efficient democracy. Neil deGrasse Tyson
democracy denial moments
But the moment the politicians start saying they are in denial of what the scientists are telling them, of what the consensus of scientific experiments demonstrates, that is the beginning of the end of an informed democracy.
democracy fundamentals world
Knowledge of the natural world and how it works should be counted as fundamental to informed governance. You can't have a functioning democracy, if the electorate is under-informed or, worse, mis-informed.
democracy sides film
My argument has always been that this is not an anti-Bush film, it's a pro-democracy film. And if Bush comes out on the wrong side of democracy, that's his problem. John Sayles
democracy cosmetics
The U.S. is a cosmetic democracy. John Pilger
democracy matter violence
Without democracy there is no freedom. Violence, no matter who is using it, is always reactionary.
democracy degenerates majority
It is when it is contended that "in a democracy right is what the majority makes it to be" that democracy degenerates into demagoguery. Friedrich August von Hayek
democracy march static
Democracy is not a static thing. It is an everlasting march. Franklin D. Roosevelt
democracy flags mob-rule
In vain these economic royalists seek to hide behind the flag and the Constitution. In their blindness they forget what the flag and the Constitution stand for. Now, as always, they stand for democracy, not tyranny; for freedom, not subjection; and against a dictatorship by mob rule and the over-privileged alike.
democracy taste bitter
The taste of democracy becomes a bitter taste when the fullness of democracy is denied.
democracy doe idlers
Democracy does not contain any force which will check the constant tendency to put more and more on the public payroll. The state is like a hive of bees in which the drones display, multiply and starve the workers so the idlers will consume the food and the workers will perish. Plato
democracy ifs candidates
If you say in advance there is going to be a main candidate and then that doesn't count later, then that's going to be a highly problematic occurrence in a democracy. Martin Schulz
democracy imperialism building
Building democracy as an imposition from abroad is a form of imperialism. Lech Walesa
democracy constitution destruction
Labour's constitutional blueprint is nothing less than a plan for the destruction of UK democracy. John Redwood
democracy world taiwan
Free nations of the world cannot allow Taiwan, a beacon of democracy, to be subdued by an authoritarian China. Nick Lampson
democracy want privacy
In a democracy, the public should be asked how much security and how much privacy they want for themselves. Max Mosley
democracy freedom heap history leave left march stifle
The march of freedom and democracy . . . will leave Marxism-Leninism on the ash heap of history as it has left other tyrannies which stifle the freedom and muzzle the self-expression of the people. Ronald Reagan
democracy faced judiciary learn
The judiciary as an institution is faced with a new threat. Democracy is something that you must learn each generation. Anthony Kennedy
democracy gotten rhetoric worse
These frustrations have only gotten worse even as the rhetoric that 'democracy is coming' has increased.
democracy great last sadness
This is a great day for democracy ... after the sadness of the last years, Romano Prodi
democracy share
Democracy is too good to share with just anybody. Nigel Rees