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Democracy Quotes by Howard Zinn
- If democracy were to be given any meaning, if it were to go beyond the limits of capitalism and nationalism, this would not come, if…
- Voting is easy and marginally useful, but it is a poor substitute for democracy, which requires direct action by concerned citizens.
- Civil disobedience is not something outside the realm of democracy. Democracy requires civil disobedience. Without civil disobedience democracy does not exist.
- Democracy depends on citizens being informed, and since our media, especially television (which is the most important source of news for most Americans) reports mostly…
- Protest beyond the law is not a departure from democracy; it is absolutely essential to it.
- They were not mentioned in the Declaration of Independence, they were absent in the Constitution and they were invisible in the new political democracy. They…
- The democratic principle, enunciated in the words of the Declaration of Independence, declared that government was secondary, that the people who established it were primary.…
- Perhaps the most important thing I learned was about democracy, that democracy is not our government, our constitution, our legal structure. Too often they are…
- If patriotism were defined, not as blind obedience to government, not as submissive worship to flags and anthems, but rather as love of one's country,…
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