Ancient greece Quote by Gabrielle Palmer

“You study any pretty democracy, from the ancient Greeks forward, and you'll see that the only way each system functions is with a working…

— Chuck Palahniuk

When we speak of the origin of western democracy it's precisely here, in this territory that the modern definition of democracy first emerged in…

— Alejandro Castro Espin

“In capitalist society, providing it develops under the most favorable conditions, we have a more or less complete democracy in the democratic republic. But…

— Vladimir Lenin

The Greek city-states politicised citizen and subject, creating institutions that were way ahead of anything in China or India. The politicians of antiquity exercised…

— Tariq Ali

Greece gave democracy to the rest of the world.

— Alexis Tsipras

“Topographic conditions were the foundation of Greek democracy, just as those of a different kind gave rise to the Oriental despotisms of Egypt and…

— James Dale Davidson

We are usually told that democracy originated in ancient Athens—like science, or philosophy, it was a Greek invention. It’s never entirely clear what this…

— David Graeber

“Several times the ancient Greeks attempted to utilize democratic mass participation in governing their city-states, but each time it resulted in tyranny. As the…

— Ben Carson

“Athens, or Greece in general, was a virile world; like the Roman Empire. But I can't understand the idea that it is the greatest…

— Mwanandeke Kindembo

No civilisation, not even that of ancient Greece, has ever undergone such a continuous and profound process of change as Western Europe has done…

— Christopher Dawson

“The age of empire and the rise of the west were built on the capacity to inflict violence on a major scale. The Enlightenment…

— Peter Frankopan

"Democracy" means nothing else other than, "rule of the people", in Greek. There is nothing democratic about the political concepts of the United States…

— Andre Vltchek