A democratic society depends upon an informed and educated citizenry. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Privacy is a right, but as in any democratic society, it is not an absolute right. — David Blunkett Copy Share Image
I think violence is counter-productive and it is bad in democratic societies. — Pierre Trudeau Copy Share Image
The interest in encouraging freedom of expression in a democratic society outweighs any theoretical but unproven benefit of censorship. — John Paul Stevens Copy Share Image
The health of a democratic society may be measured by the quality of functions performed by private citizens. — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
The equality of rights of all citizens is the basic tenet of modern democratic societies. — Jacques Maritain Copy Share Image
We live in a democratic society that allows me to fight the revolution in the corridors of power. — Bez Copy Share Image
I have tremendous confidence in the capacity of the poor to transform not only their own lives but also to build a… — Ruth Manorama Copy Share Image
“In democratic society each citizen is habitually busy with the contemplation of a very petty object, which is himself.” — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
Artists and art institutions have to learn how to play hardball. A democratic society needs a democratic art and we have a… — Hans Haacke Copy Share Image
“True democracy speaks; it does not shout. It listens to reason, not the roar of populism.” — Bhuwan Thapaliya Copy Share Image
The bulk of the totalitarian-minded in the democratic societies are men and women who are attracted to this destructive way of life… — Joost Meerloo Copy Share Image
The problem of education in a democratic society is to do away with ... dualism and to construct a course of studies… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
We are governed, our minds are molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested, largely by men we have never heard of. This… — Edward Bernays Copy Share Image
Since a democratic society repudiates the principle of external authority, it must find a substitute in voluntary disposition and interest; these can… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
In a democratic society, nothing will ever receive unanimous support. The way to deal with this is to empower elected governments and… — Erin O'Toole Copy Share Image
There may be some difficulties, some interruptions, but as a nation and as a people, we are going to build a truly… — John Lewis Copy Share Image
Generally speaking, the less privileged groups in democratic society, as they become aware of their interests and their political power, will be… — Gunnar Myrdal Copy Share Image
Some vested interests have an inclination to tarnish the image of those in politics and there have been occasions when some people… — Pinarayi Vijayan Copy Share Image
One of the main purposes of laws in a democratic society is to put burdens upon intelligence and reduce it to impotence.… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
As a matter of constitutional tradition, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, we presume that governmental regulation of the content… — John Paul Stevens Copy Share Image
Good, healthy democratic societies are built on three pillars: there's peace and stability, economic development, and respect for rule of law and… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
As political theorist Michael Parenti points out, historians often overlook Fascism's economic agenda--the partnership between Big Capital and Big Government--in their analysis… — Richard Heinberg Copy Share Image
Although I have made a fortune in the financial markets, I now fear that the untrammeled intensification of laissez-faire capitalism and the… — George Soros Copy Share Image
Cities must urge urban planners and architects to reinforce pedestrianism as an integrated city policy to develop lively, safe, sustainable and healthy… — Jan Gehl Copy Share Image
The idea that each individual has intrinsic, God-given value and is of infinite worth quite apart from any social contribution - an… — Elaine Pagels Copy Share Image
All of those on the left, as I am, have always vastly preferred the democratic society over the hierarchical society and still… — Robert Bly Copy Share Image
“The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those… — Edward Bernays Copy Share Image
“Sonnet 1306 Doctors are not official representatives, Yet they do their job quite efficiently. Teachers are not official representatives, Yet they do… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
The sibling society is the flattening out of the previously democratic society. — Robert Bly Copy Share Image
Books are key to understanding the world and participating in a democratic society. — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. — Edward Bernays Copy Share Image
There must be equality of all men before God and in a democratic society. Now that's one of the great achievements. — Reinhold Niebuhr Copy Share Image
I stand for simple justice, equal opportunity and human rights. The indispensable elements in a democratic society - and well worth fighting… — Helen Suzman Copy Share Image
“We are the pigs who put the pigs in power. If we wanna change that, we gotta build our character.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
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