Breakdown Quote by Henry Giroux

A pure Democracy, by which I mean a Society consisting of a small number of citizens, who assemble and administer the Government in person,…

— James Madison

“All obstructions to the execution of the laws, all combinations and associations, under whatever plausible character, with the real design to direct, control, counteract,…

— George Washington

“Modern society, the political body, the legal and judiciary system, the state of governance, capitalism and the very fabric of the society itself, including…

— Bryant McGill

Democracy, then, in the centralizing, pattern-making, absolutist shape which we have given to it is, it is clear, the time of tyranny's incubation.

— Bertrand de Jouvenel

Under a neoliberal regime, the language of authority, power and command is divorced from ethics, social responsibility, critical analysis and social costs.

— Henry Giroux

“In light of their views on the organization of society and political economy, Westerners, especially Americans, can be separated into two basic groups. One…

— Sarah Chayes

When free discussion is denied, hardening of the arteries of democracy has set in, free institutions are but a lifeless form, and the death…

— William Randolph Hearst

“From this view of the subject it may be concluded that a pure democracy, by which I mean a society consisting of a small…

— James Madison

Democracy, in its best state, is but the politics of Bedlam; while kept chained, its thoughts are frantic, but when it breaks loose, it…

— Fisher Ames

Democracy is an imperfect way of steering between the violence of anarchy and the violence of tyranny, with the least violence you can get…

— Steven Pinker

“The right of self-determination of the peoples includes the right to a state of their own. However, the foundation of a state does not…

— Abdullah Öcalan

When a mob of institutions decides there is only one way forward, democracy loses meaning.

— Anna Paulina Luna