#racy

People are even more wary of politicians and they are realizing that democracy isn't just about putting a cross on a ballot every four years, it's about deciding what you want and fighting for it. ↗

— Mark Thomas

#ballot #cross #deciding #democracy #even

Far from being the product of a democratic revolution and of an opposition to English institutions, the constitution of the United States was the result of a powerful reaction against democracy, and in favor of the traditions of the mother country. ↗

— John Acton

#being #constitution #country #democracy #democratic

I pray that this council, which will probably be too late to save Iraq, will do what it can, which will be immeasurably strong in what it does in trying to save our democracy. ↗

— Ed Asner

#democracy #does #i #immeasurably #iraq

The aristocracy of Western Europe has absolutely tabooed silver in those countries and driven it away from there. Here it finds its only resting place. ↗

— Richard Parks Bland

#aristocracy #away #countries #driven #europe

We learned in World War II that no single nation holds a monopoly on wisdom, morality or right to power, but that we must fight for the weak and promote democracy. ↗

— Joe Baca

#fight #holds #ii #learned #monopoly

Bureaucracy is a giant mechanism operated by pygmies. ↗

— Honore de Balzac

#giant #mechanism #operated #pygmies

Democracy is not about one party dominating. ↗

— Ed Townsend

#democracy #dominating #party

The closer Iraq approaches freedom and democracy, the more impediments and barriers the terrorists will erect. ↗

— Howard Coble

#barriers #closer #democracy #erect #freedom

France is a pretty stable democracy, but incidents occur. And I was pleased to have police accompaniment. ↗

— James Douglas

#france #i #incidents #occur #pleased

And a democracy can't exist without free speech and the right to assemble. And that's what Americans tend to forget. And they're born into a culture where they take all of their freedoms for granted. ↗

— Larry Flynt

#born #culture #democracy #exist #forget