Nothing so diminishes democracy as secrecy. Ramsey Clark More Quotes by Ramsey Clark More Quotes From Ramsey Clark The measure of your quality as a public person, as a citizen, is the gap between what you do and what you say. Ramsey Clark quality citizens house A right is not what someone gives you; it's what no one can take from you. Ramsey Clark libertarian-party rights giving We're not a democracy. It's a terrible misunderstandin g and a slander to the idea of democracy to call us that. In reality, we're a plutocracy: a government by the wealthy. Ramsey Clark government reality ideas Democracy is just a word. You have to give it meaning. The US is not a democracy. Most Americans do not vote. We haven't had a real choice for a long, long time now. Wealth rules. Corporations rule. The US is a plutocracy - government by wealthy people. Certain people control multinational corporations. You couldn't get elected in the US without lots of money. Ramsey Clark government money real The greatest crime since World War II has been U.S. foreign policy. Ramsey Clark war peace world There are few better measures of the concern a society has for its individual members and its own well being than the way it handles criminals. Ramsey Clark criminals prison way This country of ours has committed the most serious act of aggression in its history by engaging in a war of aggression without a declaration of war by Congress. Ramsey Clark serious war country Islam is the only religion that gives dignity to the poor. Ramsey Clark dignity islam giving People who don't cherish their elderly have forgotten whence they came and whither they go. Ramsey Clark elderly relationship people Honesty is the best policy in international relations, interpersonal relations, labor, business, education, family and crime control because truth is the only thing that works and the only foundation on which lasting relations can build. Ramsey Clark business-education foundation honesty Impeachment appears six times in the U.S. Constitution. The Founders weren't concerned with anything more than with impeachment because they had lived under King George III and had in 1776 accused the king of all the things that George W. Bush wants to do: Usurpation of the power of the people; Being above the law; Criminal abuse of authority. Ramsey Clark kings law people A humane and generous concern for every individual, his health and his fulfillment, will do more to soothe the savage heart than the fear of state-inflicted death, which chiefly serves to remind us how close we remain to the jungle. Ramsey Clark death-penalty savages heart Our emotions may cry for vengeance in the wake of a horrible crime, but we know that killing the criminal will not undo the crime, will not prevent similar crimes by others, does not benefit the victim, destroys human life and brutalizes society. If we are to still violence, we must cherish life. Executions cheapen life. Ramsey Clark execution criminals violence Turbulence is life force. It is opportunity. Let's love turbulence and use it for change. Ramsey Clark change use opportunity Our history shows that the death penalty has been unjustly imposed, innocents have been killed by the state, effective rehabilitation has been impaired, judicial administration has suffered. It is the poor, the sick, the ignorant, the powerless, and the hated who are executed. Ramsey Clark rehabilitation ignorant sick Violence is the ultimate human degradation. Ramsey Clark degradation violence humans Impeachment is the direct constitutional means for removing a President, Vice President or other civil officers of the United States who has acted or threatened acts that are serious offenses against the Constitution, its system of government, or the rule of law, or that are conventional crimes of such a serious nature that they would injure the Presidency if there was no removal. Ramsey Clark government law mean If Rosa Parks had not refused to move to the back of the bus, you and I might never have heard of Dr. Martin Luther King. Ramsey Clark drs kings moving Who will protect the public when the police violate the law? Ramsey Clark protect police law Most faults are not in our Constitution, but in ourselves. Ramsey Clark constitution faults democracy
