In a republican nation, whose citizens are to be led by reason and persuasion and not by force, the art of reasoning becomes of first importance
Thomas JeffersonTags: reason democracy logic citizenship
What if good institutions were in fact the product of good intentions? What if the cynicism that is supposed to be rigor and the acquisitiveness that is supposed to be realism are making us forget the origins of the greatness we lay claim to - power and wealth as secondary consequences of the progress of freedom, or, as Whitman would prefer, Democracy?
Marilynne RobinsonTags: freedom democracy institutions
Politicians tend only to like democracy when it is to their personal advantage
(From LONE WOLF, p.50)
Tags: democracy politicians personal-advantage
everybody feels the evil, but no one has courage or energy enough to seek the cure
Alexis de TocquevilleTags: politics society democracy
It is the purpose of government to see that not only the legitimate interests of the few are protected but that the welfare and rights of the many are conserved.
Franklin D. RooseveltTags: politics humanity democracy political human-rights
Democracy was supposed to champion freedom of speech, and yet the simple rules of table decorum could clamp down on the rights their forefathers had fought and died for.
E.A. BucchianeriTags: humor freedom democracy funny freedom-of-speech humorous rights ironic political-correctness dinner sad-but-true table-manners gadfly ettiquette dinners being-polite dinner-conversation
Better to live under one tyrant a thousand miles away, than a thousand tyrants one mile away.
Daniel BlissTags: democracy government republicanism monarchism
Freedom, democracy, and socialism can only ever exist together; it is impossible to have any one without the other two.
Michelle TempletTags: politics democracy socialism
Love of democracy can be likened to a mother's love for her son.It must be cherished,nurtured and protected for all of time
J.R. OrtizIn a well-functioning democracy, the state constitution is considered more important than God's holy book, whichever holy book that may be, and God matters only in your private life.
Ayaan Hirsi AliTags: god democracy religion government islam muslim holy-book
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