Democracy Quote by Judith C. Waller Download Open image ““The health of democracy, not its hate, is its best propaganda.”” — Judith C. Waller ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.4 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Democracy Health
“Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others.” — Winston S. Churchill Copy Share Image
“Democracy is the worst form of Government except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.” — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
“The care of human life and happiness, and their destruction is the first and only legitimate object of a good government.” — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“Popular disregard, even disdain, for demonstrable truth is the most dangerous thing that can happen to a democracy.” — Gordy Slack Copy Share Image
“Democracy is essentially government by the majority, and a majority may be stupid, unenlightened, foolish, misled, and corrupt.” — John Hospers Copy Share Image
“A democracy of mean and ignorant people is just as scary as any other horrible form of government.” — Bryant McGill Copy Share Image
“The good thing about democracy is that every vote counts. The problem with democracy is that every vote counts.” — Charbel Tadros Copy Share Image
“Keep in mind that democracy merely gives power to the people; it does not ensure that power will be used wisely or humanely.” — Rodney Stark Copy Share Image
“Democracy, I say, is not based on violence or terrorism, but on reason, on fair play, on freedom, on respecting other people’s rights as… — Martin Gilbert Copy Share Image
“These various remedies, eugenic, educational, ethical, populist and socialist, all assume that either the voters are inherently competent to direct the course of affairs… — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
“The majority of the people in the United States have had only an elementary education and have a speaking vocabulary of about two thousand… — Judith C. Waller Copy Share Image
“One hundred fifty years is not long in the reckoning of a hill. But to a man it's long enough. One hundred fifty years is a week end to a redwood tree, but to a man it's two full lifetimes. One hundred fifty years is a twinkle to a star, but to a man it's time enough to teach six… — Judith C. Waller Copy Share
“Because of the times, and because the child has been living in a world filled with every kind of thrill and adventure, it is… — Judith C. Waller Copy Share Image
“the Code [of the National Association of Broadcasters]. . . . also deals briefly with the presentation of news in a fair and accurate… — Judith C. Waller Copy Share Image
“Then came the era of 'box-tops' and 'thrillers.' It is not strange that the advertiser, in his search for the right kind of program… — Judith C. Waller Copy Share Image
“It is still evident that the problem of finances is an enormously important one. The lack of money to do the job and to compete successfully for audiences with elaborate and attractive commercial programs seems almost hopeless. As far back as 1936, Doctor [Levering] Tyson . . . stated at the joint meeting of the Council and the Institute for… — Judith C. Waller Copy Share
“The code of the National Association of Broadcasters enunciates as a cardinal principle in American radio the provision of time by stations, without charge, for the presentation of public questions of a controversial nature. At the same time, it advises against the sale of time for the presentation of controversial issues except in the case of political broadcasts during political… — Judith C. Waller Copy Share
“It is interesting to note that in announcing the formation of the National Broadcasting Company, the Radio Corporation of America published a newspaper advertisement on September 14, 1926 which contained the following significant statements: Any use of radio transmission which causes the public to feel that the quality of programs is not the highest, that the use of radio is… — Judith C. Waller Copy Share
“In many industries federal regulation is the outgrowth of inadequate self-regulation on the part of the industry.” — Judith C. Waller Copy Share Image
“It is scarcely fair . . . to permit only those with sufficient funds to spend to appropriate that which, in reality, is the… — Judith C. Waller Copy Share Image
“Advertisers as well as political leaders long ago found that it is easier to appeal to the people through the heart than through the mind. Programs built with an emotional people are sure to draw the largest audiences and the biggest response. Workers in the field of educational radio are loath to acknowledge this truism, maintaining that certain programs must… — Judith C. Waller Copy Share
“For a while parents seemed to forget that their responsibility as parents did not cease when the child turned on the radio; rather it increases. In the August, 1938, issue of Your Life , Mary Linton has this to say to the parent who is blaming everyone but himself for his child's actions: It isn't up to the teachers in… — Judith C. Waller Copy Share
Elections belong to the people. It's their decision. If they decide to turn their back on the fire and burn their behinds, then they… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Philosopher is a dictator who modifies accepted standards with his thoughts. — Ilkin Santak Copy Share Image
If the members of parliament no longer consider themselves mandatories of the taxpayers but deputies of those receiving salaries, wages, subsidies, doles, and other… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
For not only every democracy, but certainly every republic, bears within itself the seeds of its own destruction. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
America is a democracy and has no Hitler, but I am afraid for her future; there are hard times ahead for the American people,… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
There is plenty of time for Republicans to have a Macaca moment. But right now, as of October 17, 2014, the Republican Senate candidates… — Matthew Continetti Copy Share Image
Democracy is based on the conviction that man has the moral and intellectual capacity, as well as the inalienable right, to govern himself with… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
Vote for Donald Trump. You're going to see something and you'll be so happy, you'll be so thrilled. This [presidential] election is about every… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
The peaceful transition of power is one of the hallmarks of our democracy. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If you believe in democracy, why shouldn't you know what the government is doing? — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Failure to find a way to incorporate political Islam in democracy, however uncomfortable its ideology is for secular liberals, will mean we have given… — Crispin Blunt Copy Share Image