Democracy Quote by Ben Manski Download Open image “Democracy demands an opposition party.” — Ben Manski ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.0 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Democracy Politics
If the opposition wants power they must participate in democratic elections and win the vote of the people. — Jovenel Moise Copy Share Image
In a democracy, opposition politicians have a duty to hold the Government to account. — Damian Green Copy Share Image
“Democracy rests on the principle of majority rule, yet it’s eternally coupled with the tolerance of dissenting views. However, ongoing competitive party politics has… — Ramkrishna Guru Copy Share Image
Our democracy only works when the official opposition does its job of opposing the government of the day and offers a clear alternative vision… — Gina Miller Copy Share Image
If you're an opposition party, you are actively using the power you have to oppose the ideas of the other party. — Pramila Jayapal Copy Share Image
An opposition that won't oppose paralyses our political and democratic system. — Gina Miller Copy Share Image
Opposition, n. In politics the party that prevents the government from running amuck by hamstringing it. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
I think the Democratic Party has to learn how to be a party of opposition. — David Brock Copy Share Image
Our democracy works because the parties air and debate their differences in public. — Jack Schlossberg Copy Share Image
Whenever there is something revolutionary and new, there is opposition. There are difficulties in all parties, perhaps in my party, too. — Sonia Gandhi Copy Share Image
Foreign rightwing fundamentalists attacked the United States. Domestic rightwing fundamentalists took the spotlight. And everywhere, progressives, liberals, and moderates either fell in behind them,… — Ben Manski Copy Share Image
Thirty years after drafting the US Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson warned of the dangers posed by the corporation, writing of the need to… — Ben Manski Copy Share Image
Were the radical democratic impulses of the American Revolution still driving US politics, it would be difficult to imagine corporatization of the kind witnessed… — Ben Manski 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