Quotes About Democracy

People tend to form political beliefs in their early years and then stick with them for life. If today's rich young are tomorrow's thought leaders, democracy has a shaky future.

Brecht once said: 'All power comes from the people. But where does it go?

The more unequal societies become, the more likely we are to hear from the demophobes. This would strike a chord with my great-grandparents' generation. It would also sound familiar to America's Founding Fathers. 'The newfound aversion to democratic institutions among rich citizens in the West may be no more than a return to the historical norm,' write Yascha Mounk and Roberto Stefan Foa.53 To put it more bluntly: when inequality is high, the rich fear the mob.

Since the turn of the millennium, and particularly over the last decade, no fewer than twenty-five democracies have failed around the world, three of them in Europe (Russia, Turkey and Hungary).

Science has become the most democratic of all human endeavors. It is neither religion nor ideology. It makes no claims beyond what can be sensed in the real world. It generates knowledge in the most productive and unifying manner contrived in history, and it serves humanity without obeisance to any particular tribal deity.

Human existence may be simpler than we thought. There is no predestination, no unfathomed mystery of life. Demons and gods do not vie for our allegiance. Instead, we are self-made, independent, alone, and fragile, a biological species adapted to live in a biological world. What counts for long-term survival is intelligent self-understanding, based upon a greater independence of thought than that tolerated today even in our most advanced democratic societies.

We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. When the loyal opposition dies, I think the soul of America dies with it.

The right of dissent, or, if you prefer, the right to be wrong, is surely fundamental to the existence of a democratic society. That's the right that went first in every nation that stumbled down the trail toward totalitarianism.

Some argue that the Internet and the new communications technologies are breaking the corporate stranglehold on journalism and opening an unprecedented era of interactive democratic media.

Democratic hope envisions a political community where power, freedom, opportunity, and accountability reside not with elites or experts, but with everyday, ordinary people. It is anchored in the conviction that the political whole is more than the sum of the parts and must include all but be dominated by none.

A right to veto surpasses and prevails all rules and laws that honor the judiciary and democracy.

A Tradecrisy or Tradecracy, in a democracy, becomes apparent as a licence for the termite into justice and peace that results in, as the collapse of its concept and context veracity.

A weak figure or subject can neither stand independently nor execute its will precisely; thus, it fails to actuate its notion. Consequently, it is worse than a strong dictatorship that empowers and enforces its objectives significantly since not every dictator can be dishonest in every dimension. Indeed, as such insight and concept, an honest dictatorship is better as a comparison between a weak and corrupt democracy in those societies where people stay self-idiot.

an honest dictatorship is better as a comparison between a weak and corrupt democracy.

Attempt to weaken the media, the pillar of transparent democracy in whatever description is disloyalty to the State and Nation that can open the route of conspiracies.

Democratically, criticize leaders and constitutionally focus on the national affairs, not for personal interests, but the interests of the state; virtually, it brightens and strengthens the journey of national stability and welfare.

Elections, in a democratic way, mean not that the elected party and its leaders respect the democratic system; practically, nowhere exists real democracy.

Family-ship, friendship, uniform-ship, and status cue-ship that all kinds of ships are the shape of dictatorship, and lead to monopoly, and poison for the real democratic system, and the justice values.

Fool the public; rule the republic.

Such a democracy establishes nothing that comes in power without transparent, capable, and eligible characters, which can match the essence of democracy. Indeed, it disregards and abuses to itself.

The neutral and honest print and electronic media are free advisers, mirrors, information, and opinion of the nation for ruling and non-ruling political parties. Thus, such media deserve subsidies without distinctions to stay stable as the fourth pillar of democracy.

The outcome of modern democracies qualifies the counting of heads, not knowledge, and moral character; consequently, most decisions and choices, victimize itself as in such context and insight.

The selected and appointed figure falls under the Bumbledom of bureaucracy, not democracy. Conversely, a leader becomes a leader through the election and elected members of the public; it determines and forms democracy; indeed, it secures the stability and prosperity of the state.

The selected ones by whatever means fall not under doubts and objections, if those become elected, freely and transparently, through the public votes.