2,003 Quotes About Democracy

It's an election year. We would prefer that voters didn't use common sense.

It is only when women start to organize in large numbers that we become a political force, and begin to move towards the possibility of a truly democratic society in which every human being can be brave, responsible, thinking and diligent in the struggle to live at once freely and unselfishly. Such a democracy would be communism, and is beyond our present imagining.

For the minority, what else is democracy than dictatorship?

Seberapa jauhkah kebenaran terpapar sebelum suatu negara bubar?

It looks as if British democracy died a few years ago, and nobody noticed.

The health of democracy, not its hate, is its best propaganda.

لدى الإنكليز وأولاد عمومتهم ديمقراطيتان، الجيدة صالحة للإستخدام المحلي، والفاسدة مرمية في مستودع الزمان وهي المخصصة للتصدير إلى الشعوب الفقيرة، فالفقراء يهضمون أي شيء..

I am a patriot. I have always sought to serve my country, in theory a Republic. Learning that secrecy was evil rather than good was my first step. From there it was a steady march toward open-source everything. Now I see all the evil that secrecy enables in a corrupt Congress, a corrupt Executive, a corrupt economy, and a corrupt society. I see that the greatest service I or any other person can render to the Republic is to march firmly, non-violently, toward open-source everything.

In order for us to live within this finely balanced constellation of complex systems, in order for the Earth to show resilience and last for centuries into the future as an environment of human life, we have to embody three things: a respect for Earth systems and their details in balance; a commitment to discovering and sharing the truth and only the truth at all times about all things; and a commitment to doing no harm.