- 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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Democracy is the common pursuit of mankind, and all countries must earnestly protect the democratic rights of the people.
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China recognizes and also respects the universality of human rights. We will continue our efforts to promote democracy and the rule of law.
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The political restructuring we pursue in China is aimed at advancing the self-improvement and development of the socialist political system. We will continue to expand people's democracy and build a socialist country under the rule of law in keeping with China's national conditions.
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It is not enough to merely defend democracy. To defend it may be to lose it; to extend it is to strengthen it. Democracy is not property; it is an idea.
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The closer Iraq approaches freedom and democracy, the more impediments and barriers the terrorists will erect.
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Democracy is still a radical idea in a world where we often confuse images with realities, words with actions.
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There is no dignity in wickedness, whether in purple or rags; and hell is a democracy of devils, where all are equals.
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Democracy may mean something more than a theoretically absolute popular government, but it assuredly cannot mean anything less.
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The New Deal repudiation of democracy has left the Republican Party alone the guardian of the Ark of the Covenant with its charter of freedom.
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Democracy is not static. It is a living force. Every new idea, every new invention offers opportunity for both good and evil.
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Collective freedom is one devoid of material bondage and one that supports the institutions necessary for democracy.
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The biggest lie of all is that capitalism is democracy. We have no way of understanding democracy outside of the market, just as we have no understanding of how to understand freedom outside of market values.
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The stories a society tells about itself are a measure of how it values itself, the ideals of democracy, and its future.
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Neoliberalism considers the discourse of equality, justice, and democracy quaint, if not dangerous and must be either trivialized, turned into its Orwellian opposite, or eviscerated from public life.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Universities are some of the few places left where a struggle for the commons, for public life, if not democracy itself, can be made visible through the medium of collective voices and social movements energized by the need for a politics and way of life counter to authoritarian capitalism.
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Democracy is not compatible with capitalism but is congruent with a version of democratic socialism in which the wealth, resources, and benefits of a social order are shared in an equitable and just manner.
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