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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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- Capitalism
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every economy exists, no matter what the level of democracy, has elements of crony capitalism. It's - given human nature and given the democratic structures, which we all, I assume, adhere to, that is an inevitable consequence.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
Without the confidence to know our democracy is functioning properly, we risk more disillusionment, more cynicism, and even more public apathy toward the entire system.
- Committees
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- Nov 07, 2020
Democracy is not about making speeches. It is about making committees work.
- Think
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- Nov 07, 2020
Democracy consists of choosing your dictators, after they've told you what you think it is you want to hear.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
Candor and accountability in a democracy is very important. Hypocrisy has no place.
- End
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believe that if Israel were to put an end to the settlements in the West Bank tomorrow, as it did in Gaza, there would still be reluctance on the part of the Palestinian Authority to recognize Israel's right to exist as a Jewish secular democracy.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
Laws are important precisely because in a democracy they reflect the attitudes and aspirations of those they govern.
- Laughter
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- Nov 07, 2020
I hope you realize, in a democracy, laughter is assent.
- Power
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In our political system, money is power. And that means a few can have a lot more power than the rest. That's bad news for everyone else - and for our democracy itself.
- Harnessing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Our democracy, our constitutional framework is really a kind of software for harnessing the creativity and political imagination for all of our people. The American democratic system was an early political version of Napster.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
My parents told us how they felt but never imposed their beliefs on us, although I appreciate I got a healthy sense of democracy from them.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
We see the tendency in the world to criticise democracy and sometimes even to say that authoritarian countries like China are more efficient. That is very short-sighted. China looks efficient only because it can sacrifice most people's rights. This is not something the west should be happy about.
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- Nov 07, 2020