Coercion Quote by Noam Chomsky

“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, if it is reasonable, limits itself to giving everyone an equal opportunity to compete and to obtain.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

The democracy of the market consists in the fact that people themselves make their choices and that no dictator has the power to force…

— Ludwig von Mises

Democracy means the opportunity to be everyone's slave.

— Karl Kraus

“Democracy is a treasure which no one will ever discover by deliberate search. But in continuing our search, in laboring indefatigably to discover the…

— Christopher L. Hayes

Democracy doesn't mean much if people have to confront concentrated systems of economic power as isolated individuals. Democracy means something if people can organize…

— Noam Chomsky

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

Democracy is not a mere consequence, a certain stage in the development of society. It is the condition on which the survival of productive…

— Wei Jingsheng

So I think one can say on empirical grounds - not because of some philosophical principle - that you can't have democracy unless you…

— Peter L. Berger

“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

Democracy, like any non-coercive relationship, rests on a shared understanding of limits.

— Elizabeth Drew

Democracy is also a single ideology, and, like all such templates, it has its limits. what works in a legislature might not work in…

— Fareed Zakaria