Democracy Quote by Arvo Pärt Download Open image ““The sterile democracy between the notes has killed in us every lively feeling.”” — Arvo Pärt ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.2 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Democracy
“Democracy is like a great play. It lasts more than one act. You must be patient,” — Michael Dobbs Copy Share Image
“Democracy: stored up in heaven; but unhappily has not yet been communicated to us.” — Bernard R. Crick Copy Share Image
“Democracy is a most accommodating and charming form of government, full of variety and diversity,” — William De Witt Hyde Copy Share Image
“This is how we tend to think of democracies dying: at the hands of men with guns.” — Steven Levitsky Copy Share Image
“Surely the Board knows what democracy is. It is the line that forms on the right. It is the don’t in Don’t Shove. It… — E. B. White Copy Share Image
“America: An ongoing experiment in democracy controlled largely by insanely wealthy people. And that's just the way we like it, thank you very much.” — James Napoli Copy Share Image
“Constitutional democracy, you see, is no romantic notion. It's our defense against ourselves, the one foe who might defeat us.” — Bill Moyers Copy Share Image
“A few even celebrate, because the Republic gives them one thousand Notes as a condolence gift. Money and one less mouth to feed? What… — Marie Lu Copy Share Image
All those hints and glimpses of a larger and more satisfying democracy, which literature and our own hopes supply, have a tendency to slip… — Jane Addams Copy Share Image
“As we celebrate the 150th anniversary of this tragic event in the American past, democracy is no longer being threatened by secession, slavery, or… — John Fea Copy Share Image
Tintinnabulation is like this. Here I am alone with silence. I have discovered that it is enough when a single note is beautifully played.… — Arvo Part Copy Share Image
I could compare my music to white light which contains all colours. Only a prism can divide the colours and make them appear; this… — Arvo Part Copy Share Image
“You can kill people with sound. And if you can kill, then maybe there is also the sound that is opposite of killing. And… — Arvo Pärt Copy Share Image
A need to concentrate on each sound, so that every blade of grass would be as important as a flower. — Arvo Part Copy Share Image
Tintinnabulation is an area I sometimes wander into when I am searching for answers - in my life, my music, my work. In my… — Arvo Part Copy Share Image
“The silence must be longer. This music is about the silence. The sounds are there to surround the silence.” — Arvo Pärt Copy Share Image
Elections belong to the people. It's their decision. If they decide to turn their back on the fire and burn their behinds, then they… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Philosopher is a dictator who modifies accepted standards with his thoughts. — Ilkin Santak Copy Share Image
If the members of parliament no longer consider themselves mandatories of the taxpayers but deputies of those receiving salaries, wages, subsidies, doles, and other… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
For not only every democracy, but certainly every republic, bears within itself the seeds of its own destruction. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
America is a democracy and has no Hitler, but I am afraid for her future; there are hard times ahead for the American people,… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
There is plenty of time for Republicans to have a Macaca moment. But right now, as of October 17, 2014, the Republican Senate candidates… — Matthew Continetti Copy Share Image
Democracy is based on the conviction that man has the moral and intellectual capacity, as well as the inalienable right, to govern himself with… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
Vote for Donald Trump. You're going to see something and you'll be so happy, you'll be so thrilled. This [presidential] election is about every… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
The peaceful transition of power is one of the hallmarks of our democracy. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If you believe in democracy, why shouldn't you know what the government is doing? — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Failure to find a way to incorporate political Islam in democracy, however uncomfortable its ideology is for secular liberals, will mean we have given… — Crispin Blunt Copy Share Image