Quotes About Democracy

Working with Uniqlo is probably the most incredible template of democracy in fashion, and it's nice that my design can be accessible to anyone, on all different levels.

Courage is the lifeblood of democracy.

We can't let 535 people continue to limit the progress of a nation of more than 300 million.

Democracy literally means the power of people. Democracy is not about politics, it is about the people.

MPs do not work for you. They work for the lobbyists who have bought their parties.

Luxury hasn't been democratised; it's been globalised.

I think the American people should be able to vote by mail.

As long as we're in a democracy, I have to give what I think the majority of people will enjoy.

You can't, in the 21st century, continue to live in a system where people live under martial law for 30 years.

Unless the schools provide our children with a vision of human possibility that enlightens and empowers them with knowledge and taste, they will simply play their role in someone else's marketing schemes. Unless they understand deeply the sources of our democracy, they will take it for granted and fail to exercise their rights and responsibilities.

There is something fundamentally antidemocratic about relinquishing control of the public education policy agenda to private foundations run by society's wealthiest people; when the wealthiest of these foundations are joined in common purpose, they represent an unusually powerful force that is beyond the reach of democratic institutions.

Majorities, no less than minorities, need the assurance that they are being treated fairly, otherwise they are sure to mobilize through democratic channels to affirm their interests. By not only tolerating but enshrining it in law, proportional representation is rapidly balkanizing the country along racial lines, destroying the confidence of citizens that the law will treat them equally and provoking a strong and largely justified backlash.

the morality of capitalism, just like the morality of democracy, is rooted in consent.

One can see here that for Alinsky, democratic politics is basically a mechanism of legal extortion, justified by appeals to justice and equality. Alinsky

La société démocratique, où toutes les fonctions sont formellement ouvertes à tous, suscite les espoirs et les ambitions. Elle multiplie en conséquence, à tous les niveaux le nombre des déçus et des humiliés.

The experience of the 1930s shows that it is not in ceding to the demands of one's enemies, and seeking compromise, that democracy has a chance to save itself, but rather in affirming its values and being ready to fight to defend them

You have there the myth of the essential white America. All the other stuff, the love, the democracy, the floundering into lust, is a sort of by-play. The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted.

Privacy is the foundation of free societies.

The electoral college is a disaster for a democracy.

And your point is?? My point is like, democracy is excuse for any fucking thing. Violence ...greed ...stupidity... anything is ok if Americans do it. Right? Am I right? You really can't shut up, can you?

In a democracy, dissent is an act of faith.

When public men indulge themselves in abuse, when they deny others a fair trial, when they resort to innuendo and insinuation, to libel, scandal, and suspicion, then our democratic society is outraged, and democracy is baffled. It has no apparatus to deal with the boor, the liar, the lout, and the antidemocrat in general.

As a free people, keeping federal power in check is something that should be of concern to us all. The fundamental value of freedom is what sets us apart from the rest of the world. We are citizens, not subjects, and we must stay ever vigilant that we remain

With the end of the cold war, all the 'isms' of the 20th century - Fascism, Nazism, Communism and the evil of apartheid-ism - have failed. Except one. Only democracy has shown itself true the help of all mankind.