2,003 Quotes About Democracy

Participating and voting only in elections is not democracy

In Iran, for example, both the reformists and the hard-line conservatives rely on the same symbols, rhetoric, and language to fight either for democratic reform or for theocratic intransigence because both recognize the power Islam has in mobilizing the masses

...our children must learn...to face full responsibility for their actions, to make their own choices and cope with the results...the whole democratic system...depends upon it. For our system is founded on self-government, which is untenable if the individuals who make up the system are unable to govern themselves.

Di solito, più si sente la necessità di parlare degli ideali della democrazia, meno democratico è il sistema.

Come negli stati totalitari, anche nelle società aperte esiste la censura, anche se assume forme diverse. Le domande offensive o imbarazzanti per il sistema dottrinale sono bloccate. Le informazioni scomode vengono soppresse. Non serve guardare lontano per giungere a questa conclusione; basta analizzare onestamente che cosa viene riportato dai media e cosa viene tralasciato.

Taxpayers are justified in protesting for their rights, since they have first fulfilled their duty of paying taxes.

We don't vote to make someone's life better, we vote to make our country better.

If citizens are punished instantly for breaking the laws, then politicians should also be punished immediately for breaking the promises.

Today women have the rights and equality our Victorian sisters could only dream of, and with those privileges comes the responsibility of standing up and being counted.