Affair Quote by Chris Patten

Democracy is itself, a religious faith. For some it comes close to being the only formal religion they have.

— E. B. White

“The real origin of the democratic spirit - and most likely, many democratic institutions - lies precisely in those spaces of improvisation just outside…

— David Graeber

The thing about democracy, beloveds, is that it is not neat, orderly, or quiet. It requires a certain relish for confusion.

— Molly Ivins

“Democracy bases its appeal on the sacredness of the People – the consecration of Folk; socialism on the sacredness of Labor – the consecration…

— Christopher Henry Dawson

“The first and oldest of these traditions is tribe-like politics. I use the term “tribe-like” to refer to a pre-modern form of political interaction…

— Thomas L. Friedman

People think they have taken quite an extraordinarily bold step forward when they have rid themselves of belief in hereditary monarchy and swear by…

— Friedrich Engels

A nation's institutions and beliefs are determined by it's character.

— Herbert Spencer

“Religion, by ‘consecrating’ the state, gives the people an added impetus to respect and regard their regime.”

— Edmund Burke

Democracy demands that the religiously motivated translate their concerns into universal, rather than religion-specific, values.

— Barack Obama

... I suppose that the party or sect which is to do any work in the world must breathe its own peculiar atmosphere, speak…

— Rebecca Harding Davis

“Human beings are naturally hierarchical beasts. Democracy is not their native religion.”

— Erica Jong

Organized religion, wielding power over the community, is antithetical to the process of what modern democracy should define as liberty. The sooner we are…

— Lawrence M. Krauss