The fate of every democracy, of every government based on the sovereignty of the people, depends on the choices it makes between these opposite principles, absolute power on the one hand, and on the other...

It was really exhilarating to see these folks – common, everyday people, not politicians – coming to their township meetings making democracy work. This would keep people form being intimidated from voting because of the...

This is the permanent tension that lies at the heart of a capitalist democracy and is exacerbated in times of crisis. In order to ensure the survival of the richest, it is democracy that has...

I thought I was getting away from politics for a while. But I now realise that the vuvuzela is to these World Cup blogs what Julius Malema is to my politics columns: a noisy, but...

A good education helps us make sense of the world and find our way in it

Activism begins with you, Democracy begins with you, get out there, get active! Tag, you’re it

Complexity demands resilience, and that’s what panarchy offers. Resilience in the face of complexity is a challenge even when you apply rigorous intelligence and integrity to develop a coherent and flexible strategy.

Democracy, religion, education and terrorism have all become practicable norms all over the world – thanks to globalization

No one has the right to place one human being in a position of political power over another.

Now, these eager and apprehensive men of small property constitute the class which is constantly increased by the equality of conditions. Hence, in democratic communities, the majority of the people do not clearly see what...

I fear you do not fully comprehend the danger of abridging the liberties of the people. Nothing but the very sternest necessity can ever justify it. A government had better go to the very extreme...

We urge the king to return to democracy by initiating a dialogue with the country’s political parties. After one year of arbitrary rule, this is the best way to address the Maoist insurgency and to...

It is not enough to be electors only. It is necessary to be law-makers; otherwise those who can be law-makers will be the masters of those who can only be electors.

Josh: So, Toby, it’s election night. What do you say about a country that goes out of its way to protect even those citizens that try to destroy it?Toby: God bless America.

When states are democratically governed according to law, there are no demagogues, and the best citizens are securely in the saddle; but where the laws are not sovereign, there you find demagogues. The people become...

Anarchism is democracy taken seriously.

No one in this world, so far as I know—and I have searched the record for years, and employed agents to help me—has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of...

Demokratie gestattet keine Politik außerhalb des demokratischen Systems. In diesem Sinne ist Demokratie totalitär.

We live in a system that espouses merit, equality, and a level playing field, but exalts those with wealth, power, and celebrity, however gained.

Democracy; Everyone’s opinion is required! Autocracy; Someone’s opinion is the best! Christocracy; What Christ said is FINAL!

The leaders of other countries are using this fact as a bargaining chip, claiming that until the US brings democracy to the residents of its capital, it can forget about preaching democracy to them.

If there is one fact we really can prove, from the history that we really do know, it is that despotism can be a development, often a late development and very often indeed the end...

There’s not a branch of publishing or broadcasting that doesn’t depend in some way on advertising. It’d be like an aquarium without water. Why, ninety-five percent of the information that reaches you has already been...

If there were a nation of Gods, it would govern itself democratically. A government so perfect is not suited to men.

[Calling the measure a] serious provocation, … restricts Taiwan’s freedom and democracy, and has a serious impact on security in the East-Asia region.

Based on what our country stands for. We can’t fail to stand for democracy.

[C]apitalism–democracy’s sidekick

Maintain democracy or go to dictatorship: that is what is at stake in these elections.

But love, like the sun that it is, sets afire and melts everything. what greed and privilege to build up over whole centuries the indignation of a pious spirit, with its natural following of oppressed...

Demokrasi bisa ditindas sementara karena kesalahannya sendiri, tetap setelah ia mengalami cobaan yang pahit, ia akan muncul kembali dengan penuh keinsafan.

DAD (Decide-Announce-Defend) remains the order of the day, with only a few inspiring models of EDD (Engage-Deliberate-Decide) available to us to demonstrate how very different things could be.

The United Nations cannot impose democracy on unwilling countries, but will certainly help in facilitating democratic institutions when a request comes from any country.

Yet in his own estimate, one theme in particular dominated all others: the growing tyranny of the majority, the ever-increasing and most formidable barriers raised by the majority around the free expression of opinion, and,...

I can no longer stomach the systemic political decay that has weakened our democracy,

Millions of Ukrainian hands have built a democracy, and it has stood its test,

Every culture has its distinctive and normal system of government. Yours is democracy, moderated by corruption. Ours is totalitarianism, moderated by assassination.

In 1951 Dec 20th, Nehru, while campaigning for the first democratic elections in India, took a short break to address a UNESCO symposium in Delhi. Although he believed democracy was the best form of governance,...

Despair is typical of those who do not understand the causes of evil, see no way out, and are incapable of struggle.

Egypt had the first constitution in the Middle East that allowed for liberty. And it had democracy.

The nations of our time cannot prevent the conditions of men from becoming equal; but it depends upon themselves whether the principle of equality is to lead them to servitude or freedom, to knowledge or...

Kenya DOES NOT belong to 2 tribes only. Kenya has 42 tribes. to say that the decision of 2 tribes is the decision of the whole country is fallacy and outright dictatorship and tribalismAkuku Mach...

System fails when people with ability don’t have authority and people with authority don’t have ability.

I want to make democracy work not only for the rich and the well connected but for everyone.

Zweifellos kommt keine demokratische Republik ohne Vertrauen in ihre gewählten Repräsentanten und in das Funktionieren ihrer Institutionen aus. Vertrauen aber wird im Selbstverständnis eines republikanischen Staatswesens stets komplementär zu Partizipation gedacht; sobald es an deren...

The great fault of modern democracy — a fault that is common to the capitalist and the socialist — is that it accepts economic wealth as the end of society and the standard of personal...

The sheriff listened uneasily to a sound, very uncommon at elections, of the populace expressing an opinion contrary to that of the lord of the soil.

Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.

We live in a very strong and robust democracy. This election has been very finely balanced and the result has been a close one.

The real origin of the democratic spirit – and most likely, many democratic institutions – lies precisely in those spaces of improvisation just outside the control of governments and organized churches.

A functioning, robust democracy requires a healthy educated, participatory followership, and an educated, morally grounded leadership.