Consciousness Quote by Edwidge Danticat

The generosity of spirit that is usually shown by advanced democracies disappears when the public feel two things: that their government is not in…

— Damian Green

The more we understand what is happening in the world, the more frustrated we often become, for our knowledge leads to feelings of powerlessness.…

— C. Wright Mills

Governments, whether they're dictatorships or democracies, reflect the people. When the people get fed up, they throw them out.

— Ron Paul

In this time when a citizenry applauds the liberation of a country as it lives in fear of its own freedom, when people all…

— Tim Robbins

All democracies turn into dictatorships - but not by coup. The people give their democracy to a dictator, whether it's Julius Caesar or Napoleon…

— George Lucas

Regimes collapse when people are no longer afraid and think they're no longer alone.

— Gordon G. Chang

If there is a spot where you have dictatorship, where people are not free, people are not satisfied, they do not find food and…

— Mohammed Morsi

Many Americans, we know, are horrified by the posture of their government but seem to be helpless.

— Harold Pinter

Unrest is the mark of existence.

— Arthur Schopenhauer

Everywhere that the struggle for national freedom has triumphed, once the authorities agreed, there were military coups d'etat that overthrew their leaders. That is…

— Ahmed Ben Bella

No government demands so much from the citizens as democracy and none gives back so much.

— James Bryce

There's a lot of unrest. There are a lot of people who are unhappy. I don't want to say I'm their hero, but a…

— CM Punk