#democracy

My argument has always been that this is not an anti-Bush film, it's a pro-democracy film. And if Bush comes out on the wrong side of democracy, that's his problem. ↗

— John Sayles

#argument #been #bush #comes #democracy

Since the birth of our Nation, no other right has been more important than having the ability to vote. Unfortunately, as history has shown, the denial of this right to minorities is a scar on our system of democracy. ↗

— Jan Schakowsky

#been #birth #democracy #denial #having

Bureaucracy is not an obstacle to democracy but an inevitable complement to it. ↗

— Joseph A. Schumpeter

#complement #democracy #inevitable #obstacle

Democracy is a political method, that is to say, a certain type of institutional arrangement for arriving at political - legislative and administrative - decisions and hence incapable of being an end in itself. ↗

— Joseph A. Schumpeter

#arrangement #arriving #being #certain #decisions

Even though the Bush campaign ad tells you that Afghanistan is a new democracy at the Olympics because of Bush's efforts, Afghanistan hasn't actually had an election. ↗

— Peter Schuyler

#ad #afghanistan #because #bush #campaign

Israel is the only democracy in the Middle East. ↗

— Jack Schwartz

#east #israel #middle #middle east #only

It would be hard to ignore the absence of democracy in any Arab nation. ↗

— Jack Schwartz

#any #arab #democracy #hard #ignore

After all, we didn't bring democracy to Germany in 1945; Hitler destroyed democracy there first. ↗

— Brent Scowcroft

#bring #democracy #destroyed #first #germany

When the body of the people is possessed of the supreme power, it is called a democracy. ↗

— Charles de Secondat

#body #called #democracy #people #possessed

We shouldn't waste any more time in making sure that democracy is properly rooted in our political life and the supremacy of the law becomes an integral part of our state's structure. ↗

— Ahmet Necdet Sezner

#becomes #democracy #integral #law #life