#democracy

Now undoubtedly, we face some very British challenges when it comes to infrastructure. We rightly cherish our back yards and green spaces, and we'll defend them passionately when projects are announced. We live in a democracy, and we like to debate these things, often for many years. ↗

— Evan Davis

#back #british #challenges #cherish #comes

Being human means throwing your whole life on the scales of destiny when need be, all the while rejoicing in every sunny day and every beautiful cloud. ↗

— Rosa Luxemburg

#humanism #marxism #poetry #rosa-luxemburg #beauty

Before Katrina, you didn't see criticism of the Bush administration in the media. Here they are, stealing elections, enacting illegal wars, huge crimes against humanity and democracy, and you didn't even see criticism. It wasn't until Katrina that people started to come down on them. ↗

— Ani DiFranco

#against #before #bush #bush administration #come

A global democracy works only when countries trust one another. ↗

— Armstrong Williams

#countries #democracy #global #only #trust

We in universities are not in the democracy business. What we do, when we're doing it, is teach and learn. ↗

— Stanley Fish

#democracy #doing #learn #teach #universities

Few businessmen are capable of being in politics, they don't understand the democratic process, they have neither the tolerance or the depth it takes. Democracy isn't a business. ↗

— Malcolm Forbes

#business #businessmen #capable #democracy #democratic

Saddam's ouster will not necessarily lead to the same result, since Iraq lacks democratic traditions. Democracy doesn't just consist of holding elections. ↗

— Brent Scowcroft

#democracy #democratic #elections #holding #iraq

I am happy that Poland is returning to the road of pluralism and democracy. ↗

— Lech Walesa

#democracy #happy #i #i am #i am happy

One could always do more, faster and cleverer, but democracy has its own rhythm. ↗

— Lech Walesa

#could #democracy #faster #more #own

For not only every democracy, but certainly every republic, bears within itself the seeds of its own destruction. ↗

— Robert Welch

#certainly #democracy #destruction #every #itself