Democratic Society Quotes

65 Democratic Society quotes by 58 unique authors

The class distinctions proper to a democratic society are not those of rank or money, still less, as is apt to happen when these are… — Wystan Hugh Auden
We believe that this initiative is a critical first step in our nation s effort to provide every student with a comprehensive, content rich and… — Unknown Author
Ultimately there can be no freedom for self unless it is vouchsafed for others; there can be no security where there is fear, and a… — Felix Frankfurter
I stand for simple justice, equal opportunity and human rights. The indispensable elements in a democratic society - and well worth fighting for. — Helen Suzman
But we don't have an example of a democratic society existing in a socialist economy - which is the only real alternative to capitalism in… — Peter L. Berger
One of the main purposes of laws in a democratic society is to put burdens upon intelligence and reduce it to impotence. Ostensibly, their aim… — H. L. Mencken
The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organised habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this… — Edward Bernays
Sooner or later a democracy which is to survive has to be able to rely upon that enlargement of vision and purpose of those individuals… — Ordway Tead
The role of the teacher remains the highest calling of a free people. To the teacher, America entrusts her most precious resource, her children; and… — Shirley Hufstedler
The world has got more democracies than ever, and human rights are high on almost every country's agenda. Still, corruption and oppression are far too… — Anna Lindh
The idea that each individual has intrinsic, God-given value and is of infinite worth quite apart from any social contribution - an idea most pagans… — Elaine Pagels
The chief safeguard of personal freedom in a democratic society is the anarchy and disorder of capitalist individualism. — Christopher Dawson
What we call a democratic society might be defined for certain purposes as one in which the majority is always prepared to put down a… — Walter Lippmann
Given the power and influence that science increasingly has in our daily lives, it is important that we as citizens of an open and democratic… — Massimo Pigliucci
It is both a right and a responsibility of a democratic society to manage immigration so that it serves the national interest. — Barbara Jordan
It matters enormously to a successful democratic society like ours that we have three branches of government, each with some independence and some control over… — Sandra Day O'Connor
De Tocqueville considered the impulse toward well-being as one of the strongest impulses of a democratic society. He can't be blamed for underestimating the destructive… — Saul Bellow
As a matter of constitutional tradition, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, we presume that governmental regulation of the content of speech is… — John Paul Stevens
As political theorist Michael Parenti points out, historians often overlook Fascism's economic agenda--the partnership between Big Capital and Big Government--in their analysis of its authoritarian… — Richard Heinberg
We are governed, our minds are molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested, largely by men we have never heard of. This is a logical… — Edward Bernays
There are credentials for admission to our democratic society [...]. You have to be educated in order to be a participant in our conversation So… — Richard Rorty
Change from below, the formulation of demands from the populace to end unacceptable injustice, supported by direct action, has played a far larger part in… — Tony Benn
We must build a trickle-up media that reflects the true character of this country and its people. A democratic media serving a democratic society. — Amy Goodman
The solution to women’s issues can only be achieved in a free and democratic society in which human energy is liberated, the energy of both… — Tawakkol Karman
I was resolved to sustain and preserve in my college the bite of the mind, the chance to stand face to face with truth, the… — Virginia Gildersleeve

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