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Democratic Quotes by Noam Chomsky
- Predatory capitalism created a complex industrial system and an advanced technology; it permitted a considerable extension of democratic practice and fostered certain liberal values, but…
- Because they don't teach the truth about the world, schools have to rely on beating students over the head with propaganda about democracy. If schools…
- ... an essential feature of a decent society, and an almost defining feature of a democratic society, is relative equality of outcome - not opportunity,…
- There isn't much point arguing about the word "libertarian." It would make about as much sense to argue with an unreconstructed Stalinist about the word…
- In any institution-factory, university, health center, or whatever-there are a variety of interests that ought to be represented in decision-making: the work force itself, the…
- Citizens of the democratic societies should undertake a course of intellectual self defense to protect themselves from manipulation and control, and to lay the basis…
- The government has a defect: it's potentially democratic. Corporations have no defect: they're pure tyrannies.
- Modern science and technology can relieve men of the necessity for specialized, imbecile labor. They may, in principle, provide the basis for a rational social…
- Bolivia is a striking example. The mostly white, Europeanized elite, which is a minority, happens to be sitting on most of the hydrocarbon reserves. For…
- The real world of American society is one which it is very misleading to call simply a democracy. Of course, it is in a sense…
- The Occupy movement did create spontaneously communities that taught people something: you can be in a supportive community of mutual aid and cooperation and develop…
- In Latin America, specialists and polling organisations have, for some time, observed that the extension of formal democracy was accompanied by an increasing disillusionment about…
- The first democratic revolution was England in the 1640s.
More Democratic Quotes
- The first time Haiti had free and fair democratic elections was 1990, when I was elected. — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- I know how the American people care for that democratic principle. They want to see their vote respected. As we in Haiti… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- I think, as a general matter, clearly, the United States globally supports the development of democracy and the democratic yearnings of all… — Richard Armitage
- The class distinctions proper to a democratic society are not those of rank or money, still less, as is apt to happen… — Wystan Hugh Auden
- We have established a new basis in our country in which economic liberalization would continue to flourish alongside democratic forces and deregulated… — Ibrahim Babangida
- The democratic idealist is prone to make light of the whole question of standards and leadership because of his unbounded faith in… — Irving Babbitt
- The United Nations should become a proactive agent in the dissemination of democratic principles. — Michelle Bachelet
- Both the Democratic and Republican parties are bought and paid for by corporate America and cater to the needs of the highest… — Roseanne Barr
- So we want an Islamic state where Islamic law is not just in the books but enforced, and enforced with determination. There… — Abu Bakar Bashir
- The real democratic American idea is, not that every man shall be on a level with every other man, but that every… — Henry Ward Beecher
- The next few months are critical to Pakistan's future direction as a democratic state committed to promoting peace, fighting terrorism and working… — Benazir Bhutto
- I believe that democracies do not go to war; that's the lesson of history, and I think that a democratic Pakistan is… — Benazir Bhutto