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Democracy Quotes by Henry Giroux
- The freedom and human capacities of individuals must be developed to their maximum but individual powers must be linked to democracy in the sense that…
- The biggest lie of all is that capitalism is democracy. We have no way of understanding democracy outside of the market, just as we have…
- If democracy is to once again inspire a populist politics, it is crucial to develop a number of social movements in which the stories told…
- The stories a society tells about itself are a measure of how it values itself, the ideals of democracy, and its future.
- Neoliberalism considers the discourse of equality, justice, and democracy quaint, if not dangerous and must be either trivialized, turned into its Orwellian opposite, or eviscerated…
- Universities are some of the few places left where a struggle for the commons, for public life, if not democracy itself, can be made visible…
- Democracy is not compatible with capitalism but is congruent with a version of democratic socialism in which the wealth, resources, and benefits of a social…
- Democracy as a promise means that society can never be just enough and that the self-reflection and struggles that enable all members of the community…
- Collective freedom is one devoid of material bondage and one that supports the institutions necessary for democracy.
More Democracy Quotes
- Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers. — Aristotle
- In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of… — Aristotle
- Republics decline into democracies and democracies degenerate into despotisms. — Aristotle
- If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when… — Aristotle
- Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects; because men are… — Aristotle
- Jeans represent democracy in fashion. — Giorgio Armani
- I think, as a general matter, clearly, the United States globally supports the development of democracy and the democratic yearnings of all… — Richard Armitage
- Politics, it seems to me, for years, or all too long, has been concerned with right or left instead of right or… — Richard Armour
- Fundamentalists are not friends of democracy. And that includes your fundamentalists in the United States. — Karen Armstrong
- A functioning, robust democracy requires a healthy educated, participatory followership, and an educated, morally grounded leadership. — Chinua Achebe
- Democracy is not something you put away for ten years, and then in the 11th year you wake up and start practicing… — Chinua Achebe
- Reading and writing, like everything else, improve with practice. And, of course, if there are no young readers and writers, there will… — Margaret Atwood