Collectives Quote by F. David Mathews

Public deliberation is a means by which citizens make tough choices about basic purposes and directions for their communities and their country.

— F. David Mathews

Deliberation is a function of the many; action is the function of one.

— Anonymous

Deliberation and debate is the way you stir the soul of our democracy.

— Jesse Jackson

We must give lengthy deliberation to what has to be decided once and for all.

— Publilius Syrus

Democracy is not about making speeches. It is about making committees work.

— Alan Bullock

Political speech is indispensable to decision-making in a democracy, and this is no less true because the speech comes from a corporation rather than…

— Anthony Kennedy

The separation of powers is about legislative powers. It isn't about discussion or words.

— Rand Paul

Power is action; the electoral principle is discussion. No political action is possible when discussion is permanently established.

— Honore de Balzac

It's not speech per se that allows democracies to function, but the ability to agree - eventually, at least some of the time -…

— Zeynep Tufekci

Democracy means government by discussion, but it is only effective if you can stop people talking.

— Clement Attlee

A political conversation is a conversation in which people with different views come to agreements about how they're going to inhabit this society together.

— Masha Gessen