Democracy Quotes
This lack of accurate, trustworthy information about the true cost of any given policy, product, service, or behavior is paralyzing all action.
Open Everything' is everything--it is our mind, our heart, our soul, our destiny.
Americans became so thoroughly democratic that much of the period's political activity, beginning with the Constitution, was diverted to finding means and devices to tame that democracy.
You want Change, today we'll show you Change!Here's your democracy, your human rights, eat it, eat eat eat!
Americans talked about voters the same way Russians talked about Stalin. They had to be obeyed.
As life speeds up & the political becomes ever more personal democracy continues to foster change as fast as the movement of tectonic plates
Prosperity and democracy does seem to be a good way to wean a population off massive alcohol abuse.
As long as enough people can be frightened, then all people can be ruled. I am afraid that's how it works in a democracy.
democracy is a see-saw between complete chaos and tolerable confusion
Sense isn’t democratic. An opinion uttered by 99 people does not necessarily make more sense than an opposing opinion that was uttered by one person.
Democracy today, especially in the English-speaking world, is a political system that specialises in positioning inadequate, unqualified and dubious types in leadership positions.
You know you have a transparency problem when citizens of a democracy need to rely on WikiLeaks for details on changes to laws.
One only knows the sins of democracy against virtue when one is worthy enough to suffer from them.
Unlike exotic fruit or fancy cars, democracy is best if it is grown locally. It may take root in the common desire of the people who choose to adopt it, but it cannot be imposed from the outside.
The true nature of a democracy is its ability to say yes when even the powerful say no
Sense isn’t democratic. A senseless opinion that’s advocated by 'the majority' is still senseless.
There are many countries but few nations. We are committed to building Nigeria into a most desirable nation to live
Time is the ultimate democracy. Rich and poor, young and old, male and female: all have 24 hours in a day and 7 days in a week.
Democracy is a fine thing. But that doesn't mean citizens have a right to run riot whenever they disagree with something.#Page: 120
If at the end of the day the people of our city escape, it will be good.But if somehow our democracy remains standing - it will be even better.
the government bailed out the corporate sector. while the people thay supported the government financally, were ignored and left to fend for themselves. is this what you call democracy?
We hold there is no worse enemy to a state than he who keeps the law in his own hands.
Political cynicism, disengagement, democratic decadence — call it what you will — is too often an excuse for physical and intellectual laziness.
The more degrees of freedom there are in practice, the wider the discussion and debate can be.
Love of democracy can be likened to a mother's love for her son.It must be cherished, nurtured and protected for all of time
It is impossible to read this opening paragraph without an involuntary feeling of religious awe
In a democracy the opposition is not only tolerated as constitutional but must be maintained because it is indispensable.
Democracy is based on the conviction that man has the moral and intellectual capacity as well as the inalienable right to govern himself with reason and justice.
If you want to understand democracy spend less time in the library with Plato and more time in the buses with people.
Democracy is a small hard core of common agreement surrounded by a rich variety of individual differences.
Democracy means government by the uneducated while aristocracy means government by the badly educated.
It is the greatest good to the greatest number which is the measure of right and wrong.
The greatest blessing of our democracy is freedom. But in the last analysis our only freedom is the freedom to discipline ourselves.
While democracy must have its organization and controls its vital breath is individual liberty.
It's true that General Musharraf opposes my return, seeing me as a symbol of democracy in the country. He is comfortable with dictatorship. I hope better sense prevails.
If we are to build grassroots respect for the institutions and processes that constitute democracy, the state must treat its citizens as real citizens rather than as subjects.