Quotes by Democracies Have We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution. Abraham Lincoln democracies-have freedom men Elections belong to the people. It's their decision. If they decide to turn their back on the fire and burn their behinds, then they will just have to sit on their blisters. Abraham Lincoln democracies-have freedom fire The ballot is stronger than the bullet. Abraham Lincoln presidential democracies-have freedom Elections belong to the people. It's their decision. Abraham Lincoln democracies-have voting people American democracy has been hacked. Al Gore hacked democracies-have democracy There's no doubt that in the last two to three decades, American democracy has been hacked. It was based on the regular harvesting of the wisdom of crowds, but now big sources of special interest money are able to prevent the passage of almost any meaningful reform that's aimed at the public interest. Al Gore democracies-have meaningful two Democracy consists of choosing your dictators, after they've told you what you think it is you want to hear. Alan Coren democracies-have freedom thinking Dictatorships are one-way streets. Democracy boasts two-way traffic. Alberto Moravia democracies-have freedom motivational In Cuba, our experiment is not the best democracy and should not be a reference to anybody elses, it is ours. It has worked for us and the clearest evidence that our democracy has worked is that there is a revolution that has continued after a half century of facing down the most powerful empire. This has not happened many times in history. Alejandro Castro Espin democracies-have democracy powerful What worker or peasant can pay 80 - 90 million dollars to elect a senator or 4 billion to elect a president? Only great capital can do that. That is why we say that bourgeois democracy has been evolving in the last years into dollar democracy, this is not the democracy of sovereignty, and only the people can determine that. Alejandro Castro Espin democracies-have people years The 20th century has been characterized by three developments of great political importance. The growth of democracy; the growth of corporate power; and the growth of corporate propaganda against democracy. Alex Carey australia-day democracies-have wisdom Democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover they can vote themselves largesse out of the public treasure. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidate promising the most benefit from the public treasury, with the result that democracy always collapses over a loose fiscal policy, always to be followed by a dictatorship, and then a monarchy. Alexander Fraser Tytler democracies-have democracy government A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until a majority of voters discover that they can vote themselves largess out of the public treasury. Alexander Fraser Tytler democracies-have freedom government To declare the Cold War over, and declare democracy has won out over totalitarianism, is a measure of arrogance and wrong-headedness. Alexander Haig democracies-have arrogance war It has been observed that a pure democracy if it were practicable would be the most perfect government. Experience has proved that no position is more false than this. The ancient democracies in which the people themselves deliberated never possessed one good feature of government. Their very character was tyranny; their figure deformity. Alexander Hamilton democracies-have government character Democracy! Bah! When I hear that I reach for my feather boa! Allen Ginsberg democracies-have democracy political I dont think that India is much celebrated for its democracy. Democracy has been a very neglected commodity at home and abroad. Amartya Sen democracies-have home thinking Democracy is four wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Ambrose Bierce democracies-have lunch gun Taiwan's democracy has grown very fast and we enjoy a certain degree of freedom, as other developed democracies like the United States. Annette Lu democracies-have united-states democracy In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of the majority is supreme. Aristotle democracies-have democracy power 12345678»