Citizenship Quote by Eli Pariser

Democracy actually requires that the whole public be able to see common problems and address them and step outside of their own sort of…

— Eli Pariser

“Democracy is nonconformity; it is mutual loyalty, even when we have to attack one another's ideas - ideas, which, because they are always human,…

— Joost A. M. Meerloo

Democracy is still a radical idea in a world where we often confuse images with realities, words with actions.

— Hillary Clinton

Democracy makes us articulate our views, defend them, and refine them.

— Lee H. Hamilton

“democracy is not simply order and rationality displayed in voting, structured decision making, and legislating, but that it also and necessarily is contentious affect…

— Carl DiSalvo

Ironically, the very fact that democracy has such a lengthy history has actually contributed to confusion and disagreement, for 'democracy' has meant different things…

— Robert A. Dahl

“Democracy requires accountability and consent of the governed, which is only possible if citizens know what is being done in their name.”

— Glenn Greenwald

Democracy is the art of thinking independently together.

— Alexander Meiklejohn

Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.

— H. L. Mencken

“Democracy is not simply a license to indulge individual whims and proclivities. It is also holding oneself accountable to some reasonable degree for the…

— Aberjhani

Democracy must be built through open societies that share information. When there is information, there is enlightenment. When there is debate, there are solutions.…

— Atifete Jahjaga

As long as the differences and diversities of mankind exist, democracy must allow for compromise, for accommodation, and for the recognition of differences.

— Eugene McCarthy