Quotes by Democracies Have If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when all persons alike share in government to the utmost. Aristotle democracies-have equality freedom Although Israel was founded based on the historic Jewish homeland and the need to have a Jewish homeland, Israeli democracy has been premised on everybody in the country being treated equally and fairly. And I think that that is what's best about Israeli democracy. Barack Obama democracies-have country thinking Lincoln, they used to talk about him almost as bad as they talk about me. So democracy has never been for the faint of heart. Barack Obama democracies-have democracy heart Before we get too depressed about the state of our politics, let's remember our history ..... Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. What is amazing, is that despite all the conflict, our experiment in democracy has worked better than any form of government on earth Barack Obama democracies-have government witty Democracy has two excesses to avoid: the spirit of inequality, which leads to an aristocracy, or to the government of a single individual; and the spirit of extreme equality, which conducts it to despotism, as the despotism of a single individual finishes by conquest. Baron de Montesquieu democracies-have government wisdom Democracy needs support and the best support for democracy comes from other democracies. Democratic nations should come together in an association designed to help each other and promote what is a universal value - democracy. Benazir Bhutto democracies-have helping-others teamwork Democracy is necessary to peace and to undermining the forces of terrorism. Benazir Bhutto democracies-have terrorism democracy Democracy needs support, and the best support for democracy comes from other democracies. Benazir Bhutto democracies-have support democracy Democracy is beautiful in theory; in practice it is a fallacy. Benito Mussolini democracies-have practice beautiful The world is weary of statesmen whom democracy has degraded into politicians. Benjamin Disraeli democracies-have political historical Democracy has at least one merit, namely that a Member of Parliament cannot be stupider than his constituents, for the more stupid he is, the more stupid they were to elect him. Bertrand Russell democracies-have democracy stupid Those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience. C. S. Lewis libertarian-party democracies-have tyrants It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. C. S. Lewis libertarian-party democracies-have government That kind of skeptical, questioning, "don't accept what authority tells you" attitude of science - is also nearly identical to the attitude of mind necessary for a functioning democracy. Science and democracy have very consonant values and approaches, and I don't think you can have one without the other. Carl Sagan democracies-have attitude thinking A well-functioning democracy has a culture of free speech, not simply legal protection of free speech. It encourages independence of mind. It imparts a willingness to challenge prevailing opinion through both words and deeds. Equally important, it encourages a certain set of attitudes in listeners, one that gives a respectful hearing to those who do not embrace the conventional wisdom. In a culture of free speech, the attitude of listeners is no less important than that of speakers. Cass Sunstein democracies-have attitude giving Democracy means government by discussion, but it is only effective if you can stop people talking. Clement Attlee democracies-have freedom mean No democracy has ever long survived the failure of its adherents to be ready to die for it. My own conviction is this, the people must either go on or go under. David Lloyd George democracies-have long people When a well-packaged web of lies has been sold gradually to the masses over generations, the truth will seem utterly preposterous and its speaker a raving lunatic. Donald James democracies-have truth lying Very few people really care about freedom, about liberty, about the truth, very few. Very few people have guts, the kind of guts on which a real democracy has to depend. Without people with that sort of guts a free society dies or cannot be born. Doris Lessing democracies-have real people Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more than half of the time. E. B. White democracies-have freedom white «12345678»
