Democratic System Quotes

26 quotes by 22 authors

As long as enough people can be frightened, then all people can be ruled. That is how it works in a democratic system and mass… — James Bovard
This source of corruption, alas, is inherent in the democratic system itself, and it can only be controlled, if at all, by finding ways to… — James L. Buckley
And so I have studied, I have to tell you, revolutions and uprisings for a long time. They are all slightly different, but what they… — Madeleine Albright
The best way to enhance freedom in other lands is to demonstrate here that our democratic system is worthy of emulation. — Jimmy Carter
Every child must be encouraged to get as much education as he has the ability to take. We want this not only for his sake… — Lyndon B. Johnson
Every democratic system evolves its own conventions. It is not only the water but the banks which make the river. — Indira Gandhi
People live with the illusion that we have a democratic system, but it's only the outward form of one. In reality we live in a… — Jose Saramago
If one meets a powerful person - Adolf Hitler, Joe Stalin or Bill Gates - ask them five questions: 'What power have you got? Where… — Tony Benn
The citizens of Love Canal provided an example of how a blue-collar community with few resources can win against great odds (a multi-billion-dollar international corporation… — Lois Gibbs
All forms of power - even based on the consensus of the democratic system - react when they are being attacked, or when those who… — Dario Fo
For a fledging democratic system to succeed, we need citizens who understand the procedures, believe in democratic rules and get personally involved. — Friedrich Naumann
I believe in a real democratic system, with a state of law and freedom of the press. I believe in a free, open-market economy integrated… — Sebastian Pinera
I think that's most unfortunate about our Democratic system, that you're confining it to people who are either very wealthy in their own right or… — Birch Bayh
Primitive, simplistic anti-Communism is all too often used as a common denominator for diverse efforts to perpetuate one's own power in a democratic system, convert… — Eugen Kogon
There is nothing more foreign to a civilised and democratic system than preventive detention. — Robert Bourassa
Education is 'the guardian genius of our democracy.' Nothing really means more to our future, not our military defenses, not our missiles or our bombers,… — Lyndon B. Johnson
Our democracy, our constitutional framework is really a kind of software for harnessing the creativity and political imagination for all of our people. The American… — Al Gore
Unlike with any other art form, filmmakers have this unique web of festivals. There are hundreds. It is a democratic system in which you submit… — Jason Reitman
Society has to change, but the political powers we have at the moment are not enough to effect this change. The whole democratic system would… — Jose Saramago
Capitalism unchecked is not a democratic system. — Serj Tankian

Who Wrote These Democratic System Quotes

22 authors contributed a total of 26 Democratic System Quotes as follows: