#racy

The pursuit of perfection always implies a definite aristocracy, which is as much a goal of effort as a noble philosophy, an august civil polity or a great art. ↗

— Ralph A. Cram

#aristocracy #art #august #civil #definite

Anybody who comes to the cinema is bringing they're whole sexual history, their literary history, their movie literacy, their culture, their language, their religion, whatever they've got. I can't possibly manipulate all of that, nor do I want to. ↗

— David Cronenberg

#bringing #cinema #comes #culture #got

The deadliest foe of democracy is not autocracy but liberty frenzied. ↗

— Otto Hermann Kahn

#deadliest #democracy #foe #frenzied #liberty

Democracy, it appears, is a bit chancy. But its chances also depend on what we do ourselves. ↗

— Robert A. Dahl

#appears #bit #chances #democracy #depend

Bureaucracy gives birth to itself and then expects maternity benefits. ↗

— Dale Dauten

#benefits #birth #bureaucracy #expects #gives

When Bush says democracy, I often wonder what he's referring to. ↗

— Angela Davis

#democracy #i #often #referring #says

Candor and accountability in a democracy is very important. Hypocrisy has no place. ↗

— Alan Dershowitz

#candor #democracy #hypocrisy #important #place

I believe that if Israel were to put an end to the settlements in the West Bank tomorrow, as it did in Gaza, there would still be reluctance on the part of the Palestinian Authority to recognize Israel's right to exist as a Jewish secular democracy. ↗

— Alan Dershowitz

#bank #believe #democracy #did #end

Free nations of the world cannot allow Taiwan, a beacon of democracy, to be subdued by an authoritarian China. ↗

— Nick Lampson

#authoritarian #beacon #cannot #china #democracy

Democracy is stronger than terrorism, and we will not cower to the terrorists' campaign of fear. ↗

— John Doolittle

#democracy #fear #stronger #terrorism #terrorists