- Discredit
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- Nov 07, 2020
Democracy Quotes
On civic duty, accountability, and defending democratic ideals.
These quotes treat democracy as something requiring active maintenance, from elections as the basic tool for keeping leaders answerable to broader concern about democratic accountability eroding over time. Explore Democratic quotes for related ideas.
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- Ensure
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is not true at all that a free market will ensure a democracy. It doesn't. There must be a balance between a free market and some regulations which are essential in order to safeguard the interests of consumers and of people in general.
- Dissent
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- Nov 07, 2020
It would be a tragedy for democracy if dissent goes away.
- Name
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- Nov 07, 2020
In Europe, it appears that in the name of democracy, elites are pursuing an autocratic, centralized power, seeking economic control and social regimentation.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
While democracy in the long run is the most stable form of government, in the short run, it is among the most fragile.
- Free
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- Nov 07, 2020
My parents were of the generation who thought they were the children of a free Czechoslovakia, the only democracy in central Europe.
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
Because of my parents' love of democracy, we came to America after being driven twice from our home in Czechoslovakia - first by Hitler and then by Stalin.
- Opinion
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- Nov 07, 2020
In my opinion, the Doha Round is the most important thing that we can do to reduce inequalities, create opportunities, and develop the poorest countries, face up to the struggle against terrorism and strengthen democracy.
- Excluded
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- Nov 07, 2020
Since 1990, we have been building up the idea that democracy is the best way for sectors that feel socially excluded from politics to win power.
- Position
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Americans' position is clear: we promote democracy.
- Improvement
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- Nov 07, 2020
Democracy - or any improvement on it - will rest on the layman's right to criticize. His criticism will be often - very often - damn silly, but if, like Plato and the Fascists, we take away his right to criticize, we take away his right to appreciate.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
What are the American ideals? They are the development of the individual for his own and the common good; the development of the individual through liberty; and the attainment of the common good through democracy and social justice.
- Happiness
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- Nov 07, 2020
Democracy rests upon two pillars: one, the principle that all men are equally entitled to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness; and the other, the conviction that such equal opportunity will most advance civilization.
- Fall
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- Nov 07, 2020
I found a correlation between the spreading of democracy after the fall of the Berlin Wall and the rise in slavery. Now, as countries, former Communist countries, became so-called democratic, people started to be enslaved by their own countrymen.
- Freedom
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- Nov 07, 2020