#democracy

Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead. Tradition refuses to submit to that arrogant oligarchy who merely happen to be walking around. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

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In this possibly terminal phase of human existence, democracy and freedom are more than just ideals to be valued - they may be essential to survival. ↗

— Noam Chomsky

#essential #existence #freedom #human #human existence

Concentration of executive power, unless it's very temporary and for specific circumstances, let's say fighting world war two, it's an assault on democracy. ↗

— Noam Chomsky

#circumstances #concentration #democracy #executive #executive power

Democracy no longer works for the poor if politicians treat them as a separate race. ↗

— Frank Field

#longer #politicians #poor #race #separate

The stakes are very high for us in Haiti. We have many important interests there. Perhaps the most important to me is our interest in the promotion of democracy in this hemisphere. ↗

— Warren Christopher

#haiti #hemisphere #high #important #interest

The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter. ↗

— Winston Churchill

#against #argument #average #best #conversation

It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried. ↗

— Winston Churchill

#democracy #except #form #government #others

It's fair to say that, for much of my lifetime, New Zealand certainly was a property-owning democracy and working people, ordinary people, had assets. ↗

— Helen Clark

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I think we're at risk with our democracy. I think we're dealing with the most closed, imperialistic, nastiest administration in living memory. They even put Richard Nixon to shame. ↗

— Wesley Clark

#closed #dealing #democracy #even #i

I think it is absolutely essential in a democracy to have competition in the media, a lot of competition, and we seem to be moving away from that. ↗

— Walter Cronkite

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