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daily democracy
without daily
citizenship."
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GOVERNMENT IN CHECK."
AUNG SAN SUU
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daily democracy
without daily
citizenship."
— Ralph Nader
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IT'S THE COUNTING."
TOM STOPPARD
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the people
control the
government
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THEIR TRUE POWER.
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PLEASE BE
DEMOCRACY
QUIET,
IS SLEEPING.
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be called Corporatism because it is a
merger of state and corporate
power.
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supermen, but only by the
unswerving devotion and
goodness of millions of little men."
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form of government
except for all
the others
Winston Churchill
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a right to
vote. Dictatorship; the
fools have a
right to rule
Bertrand Russell
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people must have keen sense
of independence, self-respect
and their oneness.
M. K. Gandhi
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that are nearly always fictitious and managed
by rich landowners and professional politicians.
(Che Guevara)
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BECAUSE IT PLACES THE SUPREME AUTHORITY
IN THE HANDS OF THE POOREST AND MOST
IGNORANT PART OF THE SOCIETY
THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY
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these mounts, the winds that sweep from Canada
to Mexico, from the Pacific to the Atlantic - have
always blown on free men.
(Franklin D. Roosevelt)
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Unless you're Japanese
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"A DEMOCRACY IS NOTHING MORE THAN MOB RULE ,WHERE
OF THE PEOPLE MAY TAKE AWAY THE RIGHTS OF THE OTHER 49%."
THOMAS JEFFERSON
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government in which the free are
rulers."
- Aristotle (384bC -
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form of government
except for all
the others
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exchanging ideas concerned with what is
happening throughout the entire world.
(Che Guevara)
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GOVERNMENT, AND IT OBVIOUS
DISADVANTAGE OF VOTES
, WEIGHING THEM."
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thing as absolute freedom!
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The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter. Votes: 7
Winston ChurchillDemocracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance. Votes: 5
H. L. MenckenAs I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy. Votes: 5
Abraham LincolnDemocracy is always, by nature and constitution, the triumph of mediocrity. Votes: 3
Indro MontanelliDemocracy does not race, it reaches the finish slowly but surely. Votes: 3
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheDemocracy is like having two wolves and a lamb decide what is for dinner. Votes: 3
Benjamin FranklinDemocracy is the process by which people choose the man who'll get the blame. Votes: 3
Bertrand RussellDemocracy is never a final achievement. It is a call to an untiring effort. Votes: 3
John F. KennedyWe always hear about the rights of democracy, but the major responsibility of it is participation. Votes: 3
Wynton MarsalisDemocracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner. Votes: 3
James BovardDemocracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few. Votes: 2
George Bernard ShawThe flood of money that gushes into politics today is a pollution of democracy. Votes: 2
Theodore WhiteDemocracy is a device that insures we shall be governed no better than we deserve. Votes: 2
George Bernard ShawThe American flag is the most recognized symbol of freedom and democracy in the world. Votes: 2
Virginia FoxxDemocracy is never a thing done. Democracy is always something that a nation must be doing. Votes: 2
Archibald MacLeishThose who abhors democracy would rarely immigrate to an authoritarian state if they have to Votes: 1
Joe ChungDespotism subjects a nation to one tyrant; democracy, to many. Votes: 0
Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of BlessingtonOf course democracy is good, but it is a process, not a prescription. Votes: 0
Queen Rania of JordanNo men are less addicted to reverie than the citizens of a democracy. Votes: 0
Alexis de TocquevilleIf we incline too much to democracy, we shall soon shoot into a monarchy. Votes: 0
Alexander HamiltonHunger is not caused by a scarcity of food but a scarcity of democracy, Votes: 0
Frances Moore LappéThe people want to go back to the time when democracy was in full bloom. Votes: 0
Benigno Aquino IIIThe right to work is a slogan which should be accepted by every democracy.
Max Aitken, Lord BeaverbrookThe capacity to combine commitment with skepticism is essential to democracy.
Mary Catherine BatesonDemocracy is more dangerous than fire. Fire can't vote itself immune to water.
Michael Z. WilliamsonCalm and order can be just as dangerous to democracy as uneasiness and disorder.
Hildegard Hamm-BrucherPatronage is almost a wicked word. By itself it could well-nigh defeat democracy.
Dwight D. EisenhowerDemocracy should be nurtured and sustained in Nigeria and in our part of the world
Olusegun ObasanjoThe virtue of democracy is that is has placed limits on the absoluteness of power.
Robert Morrison MacIverDemocracy can be sustained and developed only by people who understand its essence.
Abdurrahman WahidThank God we in Iran have neither the desire nor the need to suffer from democracy.
Mohammed Reza PahlaviIn our democracy we must have a partnership of labor, of business and of government.
Charles H. PercyDemocracy has no convictions for which people would be willing to stake their lives.
Ernst HanfstaenglDemocracy is a very bad form of government ... but all the others are so much worse.
Winston Churchillgrowth requires purposeful division. Responsible dissent is the essence of democracy.
Abigail McCarthySomehow we must be able to show people that democracy is not about words, but action.
Eleanor RooseveltIt [concentration of wealth and power] has been a menace to . . . American democracy.
Franklin D. RooseveltEvolution of democracy is not possible if we are not prepared to hear the other side.
Mahatma GandhiI still have great faith in democracy. I have great belief in the power of community.
Terry Tempest WilliamsI'm such a sap for democracy and politics that I get weepy when I see anybody voting.
Tucker CarlsonDemocracy, like the human organism, carries within it the seed of its own destruction.
C. V. WedgwoodIn democracy, nobody is above anybody else apart from he who is elected by the people.
Jose Luis Rodriguez ZapateroThe only title in our democracy superior to that of President is the title of citizen.
Louis D. BrandeisI understand democracy as something that gives the weak the same chance as the strong.
Mahatma GandhiLiberty and democracy become unholy when their hands are dyed red with innocent blood.
Mahatma GandhiA modern, harmonic and lively architecture is the visible sign of authentic democracy.
Walter GropiusDemocracy is still upon its trial. The civic genius of our people is its only bulwark.
William JamesIn a racially divided society, majority rule is not a reliable instrument of democracy.
Lani GuinierAll attempts to destroy democracy by terrorism will fail. It must be business as usual.
Margaret ThatcherIn a democracy, regulation of the press and imposing standards on it must be voluntary.
Shami ChakrabartiDemocracy is held captive, not just by money, but by ideas - the ideas that money buys.
William GreiderThrough money, democracy becomes its own destroyer, after money has destroyed intellect.
Oswald SpenglerWhen the body of the people is possessed of the supreme power, it is called a democracy.
Baron de MontesquieuEstablish democracy at home, based on human rights as superior to property rights. . . .
Jeannette RankinSorry, but we live in a democracy and the Government has to be responsive to Parliament.
Jeremy Corbynif the world is not safe for babies you are never going to get a democracy worth having.
Marie StopesIn a democracy, dynasty politics is wrong. We need to free the state and nation from it.
Narendra ModiThe United States is not for democracy in Iraq, it's for setting up a puppet government.
Peter CamejoIn contrast to totalitarianism, democracy can face and live with the truth about itself.
Sidney HookIt is democracy I am really suffering from as much as I am suffering from the opposition.
Anwar SadatDemocracy must be a sound scheme at bottom, else it would not survive such cruel strains.
H. L. MenckenYou have fewer rights because you are a minority. Absolutely, that's how democracy works.
Jacob ZumaNo government demands so much from the citizens as democracy and none gives back so much.
James BryceDemocracy has many definitions, but what's in it for me is not an element of any of them.
Jeff CooperA mercantile democracy may govern long and widely; a mercantile aristocracy cannot stand.
Walter Savage LandorDon't expect other nations to have a democracy like ours - they don't have enough lawyers.
Cullen HightowerThe core threat to democracy is not in the White House, it's the [Bush] haters themselves.
David BrooksThe false notion that democracy means that my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.
Isaac AsimovIn the strict sense of the term, a true democracy has never existed, and never will exist.
Jean-Jacques RousseauThe spirit of democracy cannot be superimposed from the outside. It must come from within.
Mahatma GandhiIn democracy, people's verdict is always final and we all have to accept it with humility.
Narendra ModiIn order for a world-around democracy to prosper, world society must learn how to prosper.
R. Buckminster FullerDemocracy will prevail when men believe the vote of Judas as good as that of Jesus Christ.
Thomas CarlyleDemocracy will never be supplanted by a republic of expertsand that is a very good thing.
Thomas PikettyDemocracy gives the aura of legitimacy to acts that would otherwise be considered tyranny.
Walter E. WilliamsThe world is always a democracy in times of flux, and the man with the best voice will win.
Orson Scott CardThe problem with the West is that they start with political reform going towards democracy.
Bashar al-AssadAnd it is essential that in fighting terrorism, sacrifices should not be made on democracy.
Bulent EcevitAnd that is my definition of democracy, the right to be in a minority and not be suppressed
Lee Harvey OswaldA son of a poor man is standing in front of you today. This is the strength of a democracy.
Narendra ModiThe 'corporatization of America' during the past century [has been] an attack on democracy.
Noam ChomskyIt is probable that democracy owes more to nonconformity than to any other single movement.
R. H. TawneyDemocracy, it appears, is a bit chancy. But its chances also depend on what we do ourselves
Robert A. DahlDemocracy is not simply a question of structures. It is a state of mind. It is an activity.
Rory StewartIt is obvious, I think, that national democracy withers. This has to do with globalisation.
Torbjorn TannsjoWe cannot make the world safe for democracy unless we also make the world safe for diversity
Aga Khan IVWhen it becomes dominated by a collectivist creed, democracy will inevitably destroy itself.
Friedrich August von HayekThe freedom movement is built around the principle of democracy and universality of freedom.
George W. BushI assume that the point of American democracy is you can express any point of view you want.
Gore VidalIf the people of the Middle East are not sure what democracy means, let them look to Israel.
Hillary ClintonRemember, the Islamist view of democracy is: one man, one vote, one election, and that's it.
John FundIndia is a functioning democracy - despite its extreme poverty, India has stayed the course.
Manmohan SinghIf you say simply that pressures toward democracy are created by the market, I would say yes
Peter L. BergerI think it's obvious that democracy is something that is contagious, and it always has been.
Steve EarleDemocracy is not freedom. Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to eat for lunch.
Andrew NapolitanoHow do we protect the soul of democracy against bad theology in service of an imperial state?
Bill MoyersThe tragedy of modern democracies is that they have not yet succeeded in effecting democracy.
Jacques MaritainSmall use it will be to save democracy for the race if we cannot save the race for democracy.
Jeannette RankinDemocracy may not be perfect, but at least I don't have to build a wall to keep my people in.
John F. KennedyI will not take 'but' for an answer. Negroes have been looking at democracy's 'but' too long.
Langston HughesOne of the benefits of a properly functioning democracy is minority rights and majority rule.
Noam ChomskySlowly but surely, we are acquiring that famous culture of democracy, which is our objective.
Paul BiyaDemocracy does not create strong ties between people. But it does make living together easier.
Alexis de TocquevilleOur democracy if self-cleansing. If you don't like it, be a candidate, or support a candidate.
Dick GephardtDemocracy alone, of all forms of government, enlists the full force of men's enlightened will.
Franklin D. RooseveltIf we are to keep our democracy, there must be one commandment: thou shalt not ration justice.
Learned HandIn the United States, if 43 percent of eligible voters do not vote, then democracy is weakened.
Barack ObamaIt may be concluded that a pure democracy . . . can admit no cure for the mischiefs of faction.
James MadisonDemocracy is a form of government only because it is a form of moral and spiritual association.
John DeweyIf information and knowledge are central to democracy, they are the conditions for development.
Kofi AnnanTrue democracy or the swaraj of the masses can never come through untruthful and violent means.
Lal Bahadur ShastriThey think democracy -- I used to say damn the democracy, because it's not a stable government.
Maharishi Mahesh YogiThe cloud services companies of all sizes; the cloud is for everyone. The cloud is a democracy.
Marc BenioffAs long as we're in a democracy, I have to give what I think the majority of people will enjoy.
Norman GranzDemocracy is direct self-government over all the people, for all the people, by all the people.
Theodore ParkerHe who attacks the fundamentals of the American broadcasting industry attacks democracy itself.
William S. PaleyThe first rule of democracy is to distrust all leaders who begin to believe their own publicity.
Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.It should be the power of our vote, not the size of our bank accounts, that drives our democracy
Barack ObamaA single party is ruling in Hungary, but democracy and the freedom of speech are still in place.
Jaroslaw KaczynskiIt's this mingling of the economic and political elite which is really destroying our democracy.
Jill SteinWhy was I condemned to live in a democracy where every fool's vote is equal to a sensible man's?
John WyndhamI can't see democracy occurring by force - after an Iraqi war, because of the fallout from that.
Madeleine AlbrightWhat is really needed to make democracy function is not knowledge of facts, but right education.
Mahatma GandhiDespite the dubious statistics "¦ democracy is a thing of value for which we should be fighting.
Rory StewartBut sir- we are a beginning democracy. If there were not strikes, this would not be a democracy.
Violeta ChamorroMy political ideal is democracy. Let every man be respected as an individual and no man idolized.
Albert EinsteinWe need not fear any isms if our democracy is achieving the ends for which it was established ...
Eleanor RooseveltThe Communists automatically violated the daily practices of democracy to which I was accustomed.
Elia KazanDemocracy in the contemporary world demands, among other things, an educated and informed people.
Elizabeth BishopIt takes money to run political campaigns. This is a cancer growing on the soul of our democracy.
Elizabeth WarrenDemocracy the domination of unreflective and timorous men, moved in vast herds by mob conditions.
H. L. MenckenDemocracy is acceptable to neo-liberals only in so far as it does not contradict the free market.
Ha-Joon ChangThe Americans lecture the world on democracy and then won't let me turn the traction control off!
Jeremy ClarksonYou can define how strong a democracy is by how its government treats ... the child of the state.
Lemn SissayThe Russian people chose democracy at the beginning of the 1990s and this was their final choice.
Vladimir PutinWar is one of the constants of history, and it has not diminished with civilization or democracy.
Will DurantWe must struggle for creating a democratic system that is dedicated to democracy and human rights.
Akbar GanjiA democracy is a government in the hands of men of low birth, no property, and vulgar employments.
AristotleI think the good old British democracy should keep scrutinising and pressing to get the truth out.
Clare ShortDemocracy -- rule by the people -- sounds like a fine thing; we should try it sometime in America.
Edward AbbeyOne of the first things we must get rid of is the idea that democracy is tantamount to capitalism.
Eleanor RooseveltThe only right we do not and should not have in a liberal democracy is a right not to be offended.
Flemming RoseIn our democracy officers of the government are the servants, and never the masters of the people.
Franklin D. RooseveltLabour's constitutional blueprint is nothing less than a plan for the destruction of UK democracy.
John RedwoodDemocracy to me is letting the other person speak and being dissenting without being disagreeable.
Malachy McCourtI worry about a democracy having nuclear weapons as much as a dictatorship having nuclear weapons.
Mohamed ElBaradeiIndia offers demographic dividend, democracy and demand...3D. I have added a new D. De-regulation.
Narendra ModiIn America, our origins matter less than our destination, and that is what democracy is all about.
Ronald ReaganToday's business model is bad for people, bad for the economy and bad for stability and democracy,
Sharan BurrowIn a democracy, you won't always get to have your way. But you should always get to have your say.
Van JonesSocialism, as I understand it, is a system of democracy. Without democracy, there is no socialism.
Wen JiabaoThe goal of a great democracy should be fulfillment, not ease. It should be adequacy, not serenity.
Abram L. SacharThe will of a majority is the will of a rabble. Progressive democracy is incompatable with liberty.
John C. CalhounWe teach reading, writing and math by [having students do] them. But we teach democracy by lecture.
Shelley BermanIn a Democracy, look how many Demagogs that is how many powerful Orators there are with the people.
Thomas HobbesI think it's a big disservice to our country and to our democracy to continue to raise these doubts.
Audie CornishDemocracy can only spring from within a nation itself, only from the hearts and minds of its people.
Charles LindberghDemocracy virtually assures that only bad and dangerous men will ever rise to the top of government.
Hans-Hermann HoppeThere is no doubt our democracy can be very messy and America does remain a sharply divided country.
Paul RyanOur minorities alone are in a position to know what the fathers of our democracy were talking about.
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