Quotes by Democracies Have Democracy gives every man the right to be his own oppressor. James Russell Lowell democracies-have freedom men The ultimate authority, wherever the derivative may be found, resides in the people alone, and that it will not depend merely on the comparative ambition or address of the different governments, whether either, or which of them, will be able to enlarge its sphere of jurisdiction at the expense of the other. James Madison democracies-have freedom gun It may be concluded that a pure democracy . . . can admit no cure for the mischiefs of faction. James Madison democracies-have democracy may Hence it is that such democracies have ever been spectacles of turbulence and contention; have ever been found incompatible with personal security or the rights of property; and have in general been as short in their lives as they have been violent in their deaths. Theoretic politicians, who have patronized this species of government, have erroneously supposed that by reducing mankind to a perfect equality in their political rights, they would, at the same time, be perfectly equalized and assimilated in their possessions, their opinions, and their passions. James Madison democracies-have passion government Democracy gives every man the right to be his own oppressor. James Russell Lowell democracies-have freedom men The boundaries of democracy have to be widened so as to include economic equality also. This is the great revolution through which we are all passing. Jawaharlal Nehru democracies-have diversity justice Democracy is the menopause of Western society, the Grand Climacteric of the body social. Fascism is its middle-aged lust. Jean Baudrillard democracies-have democracy lust In the strict sense of the term, a true democracy has never existed, and never will exist. Jean-Jacques Rousseau democracies-have existence democracy Democracy has many definitions, but what's in it for me is not an element of any of them. Jeff Cooper democracies-have elements democracy I do not say that democracy has been more pernicious on the whole, and in the long run, than monarchy or aristocracy. Democracy has never been and never can be so durable as aristocracy or monarchy; but while it lasts, it is more bloody than either. John Adams democracies-have running long In nation after nation, democracy has taken the place of autocracy. John Charles Polanyi democracies-have democracy taken Democracy has to be born anew every generation, and education is its midwife. John Dewey democracies-have generations democracy Nor is the people's judgment always true: the most may err as grossly as the few. John Dryden democracies-have freedom people The aim of education is to enable individuals to continue their education — or that the object and reward of learning is continued capacity for growth. John Dewey democracies-have democracy goal Individuals have conquered themselves. Nations and large bodies of men, never. John Adams democracies-have body men When people put their ballots in the boxes, they are, by that act, inoculated against the feeling that the government is not theirs. They then accept, in some measure, that its errors are their errors, its aberrations their aberrations, that any revolt will be against them. It's a remarkably shrewd and rather conservative arrangement when one thinks of it. John Kenneth Galbraith democracies-have errors thinking Between a balanced republic and a democracy, the difference is like that between order and chaos. John Marshall democracies-have differences order Efforts to bring about democracy have hit a wall and are going backwards. John McCain democracies-have wall effort A total work of art is only possible in the context of the whole of society. Everyone will be a necessary co-creator of a social architecture, and, so long as anyone cannot participate, the ideal form of democracy has not been reached. Whether people are artists, assemblers of machines or nurses, it is a matter of participating in the whole. Joseph Beuys democracies-have nurse art Democracy has proved only that the best way to gain power over people is to assure the people that they are ruling themselves. Once they believe that, they make wonderfully submissive slaves. Joseph Sobran libertarian-party democracies-have believe «12345678»
