Quotes about democracy
democracy able birth
Increase in the wealth per capita fosters democracy; but the latter, at least according to what we have been able to observe up to now, entails great destruction of wealth and even eventually dries up the sources of it. Hence it is its own grave-digger, it destroys what gave it birth. Vilfredo Pareto
democracy way majority
Being 'at the mercy of legislative majorities' is merely another way of describing the basic American plan: representative democracy. Robert Bork
democracy complaining three
And in Canada we, you know, it costs us three or $400 million to have an election. You know, it's always been my position that we shouldn't complain about that; that's the price of admission for a living in a great democracy. Rick Mercer
democracy east administration
A central claim of the Bush administration's foreign policy is that the spread of democracy in the Middle East is the cure for terrorism. Timothy Garton Ash
democracy definitions process
To include freedom in the very definition of democracy is to define a process not by its actual characteristics as a process but by its hoped for results. This is not only intellectually invalid, it is, in practical terms, blinding oneself in advance to some of the unwanted consequences of the process. Thomas Sowell
democracy republic experts
Democracy will never be supplanted by a republic of experts—and that is a very good thing. Thomas Piketty
democracy firsts election
Democracy is messy. It is messy whether you've been doing it since 1789 or whether you're going to do it for the first time in 2005. The trouble with Democracy is, you hold elections. The trouble with dictatorships is...you don't. Rich Galen
democracy important minorities
The right of a minority is so important in a democracy. Robert Caro
democracy dry littles
It seems to me that actual democracy is where all of us get to participate and it's not just a sort of a blunt little dry hump in a ballot box, but an actual penetrative process. Russell Brand
democracy use toasters
Democracy is a gleaming Excalibur - let's not use it just to mend the toaster.
democracy problem findings
Democracy is finding proximate solutions to insoluble problems. Reinhold Niebuhr
democracy problem method
For democracy is a method of finding proximate solutions for insoluble problems.
democracy enough humans
Human Beings are just good enough to make democracy possible...just bad enough to make it neccessary.
democracy world
In the world there is no democracy better than our democracy. Such a thing has never before been seen. Ruhollah Khomeini
democracy way hard
It 's really hard to impose democracy. It has to emerge naturally. You have to get out of the way and let it happen. Wesley Clark
democracy alive dictatorship
Democracy is alive, and like any other living thing it either flourishes and grows or withers and dies. There is no in-between. It is freedom and life or dictatorship and death. Saul Alinsky
democracy revulsion happens
The nature of democracy is such that when there's - there'll be revulsion, obviously, towards - that's never going to happen again. Warren Buffett
democracy movement revolutionary
Without revolutionary theory there can be no revolutionary movement. Vladimir Lenin
democracy minorities rich
Democracy for an insignificant minority, democracy for the rich -- that is the democracy of capitalist society.
democracy important censorship
Freedom of the press is not just important to democracy, it is democracy. Walter Cronkite
democracy world clown
I realized that democracy is indivisible, or rather, that freedom is indivisible. There are many clown-democracies in the Arab world, which have nothing to do with freedom. Walid Jumblatt
democracy bricks nazi
We'll build a democracy here, even if it's with Nazi bricks. Samuel Fuller
democracy flags world
The American flag is the most recognized symbol of freedom and democracy in the world. Virginia Foxx
democracy way should
In a democracy, you won't always get to have your way. But you should always get to have your say. Van Jones
democracy belonging
In the referendum - which was still decided to take place by the Crimea's old parliament - the majority of citizens voted for belonging to Russia. This is democracy, the people's will. Vladimir Putin
democracy development internals
Democracy cannot be exported to some other place. This must be a product of internal domestic development in a society.
democracy world teach
Americans cannot teach democracy to the world until they restore their own. William Greider
democracy journalism crisis
The present crisis of Western democracy is a crisis in journalism. Walter Lippmann
democracy fables
History is fables agreed upon. Voltaire
democracy wish doe
Work democracy does not wish to prevent or prohibit anything. Its only intention is the fulfilment of the biological life functions, of love, work and knowledge. Wilhelm Reich
democracy architecture modern
A modern, harmonic and lively architecture is the visible sign of authentic democracy. Walter Gropius
democracy important remember
There can be no democracy without observing the law and everyone must observe it - that is the most basic and important thing that we all should remember.
democracy legal-system
Democracy is not possible without effectively working legal system.