#democracy

In einem freien Staat müssen Zunge und Meinung frei sein. ↗

— Suetonius

#freedom #rechtsstaat #freedom

Well, I think by any expectation South Africa has come a tremendously long way. We've seen a society that many people thought couldn't withstand a peaceful transition to democracy without a great deal of violence, in fact, make that transition and do it in relative peace and security. ↗

— Susan Rice

#any #come #deal #democracy #expectation

Well, you know, too much democracy is a sort of sad thing. ↗

— Ann Richards

#know #much #sad #sad thing #sort

Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education. ↗

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

#choice #choose #democracy #education #express

Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and senators and congressmen and government officials, but the voters of this country. ↗

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

#congressmen #country #democracy #forget #government

It is important to remember that some of the most serious thinkers once thought that democracy was not compatible with the cultures of Germany, Italy, Japan, Latin America and Russia. ↗

— Natan Sharansky

#compatible #cultures #democracy #germany #important

We know that if we're going to remain economically competitive in the world, and viable as a civic democracy, that we're going to have to get more people educated to higher levels. ↗

— Margaret Spellings

#competitive #democracy #economically #educated #get

The essence of democracy is its assurance that every human being should so respect himself and should be so respected in his own personality that he should have opportunity equal to that of every other human being to show what he was meant to become. ↗

— Anna Garlin Spencer

#become #being #democracy #equal #essence

Americans cannot teach democracy to the world until they restore their own. ↗

— William Greider

#democracy #own #restore #teach #their

There is so much that can be done, you see, the assembly is about improving our democracy. ↗

— Ron Davies

#assembly #democracy #done #improving #much