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Democracy

Rosa Luxemburg Quote: “Social democracy… is only the advance…”

Social democracy… is only the advance guard of the proletariat, a small piece of the total working masses; blood from their blood, and flesh from their flesh.

October 26, 2021 1870, March 5, Quotes by Activists, Rosa Luxemburg, Russian

Michael Moore Quote: “Democracy is not a spectator sport…”

Democracy is not a spectator sport, it’s a participatory event. If we don’t participate in it, it ceases to be a democracy.

October 25, 2021 1954, American, April 23, Michael Moore, Quotes by Activists

Peter L. Berger Quote: “Even in a society as tightly…”

Even in a society as tightly controlled as Singapore’s, the market creates certain forces which perhaps in the long run may lead to democracy.

October 17, 2021 1929, Austrian, March 17, Peter L. Berger, Quotes by Sociologists

Benazir Bhutto Quote: “Democracy is necessary to peace and…”

Democracy is necessary to peace and to undermining the forces of terrorism.

October 17, 2021 1953, Benazir Bhutto, June 21, Pakistani, Quotes by Leaders

Novalis Quote: “Christianity is the root of all…”

Christianity is the root of all democracy, the highest fact in the rights of men.

October 4, 2021 1772, German, May 2, Novalis, Quotes by Poets

Plato Quote: “Dictatorship naturally arises out of democracy…”

Dictatorship naturally arises out of democracy, and the most aggravated form of tyranny and slavery out of the most extreme liberty.

September 26, 2021 427 BC, Greek, Plato, Quotes by Philosophers

Michael Novak Quote: “Our political institutions work remarkably well….”

Our political institutions work remarkably well. They are designed to clang against each other. The noise is democracy at work.

September 14, 2021 1933, American, Michael Novak, Quotes by Philosophers, September 9

Angela Davis Quote: “When Bush says democracy, I often…”

When Bush says democracy, I often wonder what he’s referring to.

September 12, 2021 1944, American, Angela Davis, January 26, Quotes by Activists

Stephen Vincent Benet Quote: “We cannot afford the creeping paralysis…”

We cannot afford the creeping paralysis that destroys the effective will of democracy – the paralysis carried by hate and rancor, between class and class, person and person, party and party, as plague is carried through the streets of a town.

September 10, 2021 1898, American, July 22, Quotes by Poets, Stephen Vincent Benet

Scilla Elworthy Quote: “Nelson Mandela went to jail believing…”

Nelson Mandela went to jail believing in violence, and 27 years later he and his colleagues had slowly and carefully honed the skills, the incredible skills, that they needed to turn one of the most vicious governments the world has known into a democracy. And they did it in a total devotion to non-violence.

August 16, 2021 1943, American, June 3, Quotes by Activists, Scilla Elworthy

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