Quotes by Democracies Have In a democracy, the individual enjoys not only the ultimate power but carries the ultimate responsibility. Norman Cousins democracies-havefreedomresponsibility In this possibly terminal phase of human existence, democracy and freedom are more than just ideals to be valued - they may be essential to survival. Noam Chomsky democracies-havefreedomhero A modern democracy is a tyranny whose borders are undefined; one discovers how far one can go only by traveling in a straight line until one is stopped. Norman Mailer democracies-havetyrantsfreedom Democracy has both expanded and declined over the years. Noam Chomsky democracies-havedemocracyyears Every government is a parliament of whores. The trouble is, in a democracy, the whores are us. P. J. O'Rourke democracies-havedemocracygovernment It is a law of governance that democracies have to spend themselves dizzy. Citizens of democracies can, after all, tell their government to give them things. P. J. O'Rourke democracies-havegovernmentlaw So much of democracy is built on antagonism. It institutionalizes a certain kind of antagonism. This is not to say that we shouldn't have any democracy, but the fact is that democracy has hardened political identities and made them more violent. Pankaj Mishra democracies-havedemocracypolitical Democracy has many enemies, and the terrorist is only one of them. Paul Johnson democracies-havedemocracyenemy The idea of democracy has been stripped of it moral imperatives and come to denote hollowness and hypocrisy. Paul Wellstone democracies-havehypocrisyideas Education and democracy have the same goal: the fullest possible development of human capabilities. Paul Wellstone democracies-havegoaleducation For our democracy has been marred by imperialism, and it has been enlightened only by individual and sporadic efforts at freedom. Pearl S. Buck democracies-havewomeneffort Dictatorship naturally arises out of democracy, and the most aggravated form of tyranny and slavery out of the most extreme liberty. Plato democracies-havepoliticalplato There can be no daily democracy without daily citizenship. Ralph Nader democracies-havedemocracyfreedom Down to the present day the luminous image of democracy has often served as a pretext for the most undemocratic actions. Randal Marlin democracies-havedemocracyaction Democracy becomes a government of bullies tempered by editors. Ralph Waldo Emerson democracies-havefreedomgovernment One faith, one law and one standard of justice did not mean democracy. The heresy of democracy has since then worked havoc in church and state . . . Christianity and democracy are inevitably enemies. R.J. Rushdoony democracies-havelawmean Though editorialists at The New York Times and The Washington Post still don't get it, most Democrats in Congress finally do: Today's trade disputes are no longer mostly about tariffs, quotas, or free entry of goods. They are about the ground rules for capitalism. Are there to be only property rights? What about the other rights that liberal democracies have fought for since the 1880s? Robert Kuttner democracies-havenew-yorkrights For over a century, popular struggles in the democracies have used the nation-state to temper raw capitalism. The power of voters has offset the power of capital. But as national barriers have come down in the name of freer commerce, so has the capacity of governments to manage capitalism in a broad public interest. So the real issue is not "trade" but democratic governance. Robert Kuttner democracies-haverealstruggle The death of democracy is not likely to be an assassination from ambush. It will be a slow extinction from apathy, indifference, and undernourishment. Robert M. Hutchins democracies-havepatrioticfreedom Democracy has not failed; the intelligence of the race has failed before the problems the race has raised Robert M. Hutchins democracies-haveintelligencerace«12345678»
