Democracy Quote by Noam Chomsky

Democracy begins in human conversation. A democratic conversation does not require elaborate rules of procedure or utopian notions of perfect consensus. What it does…

— William Greider

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

Democracy is the art of thinking independently together.

— Alexander Meiklejohn

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

— Clement Attlee

If you're going to have an exchange of ideas, the only thing you can do is to meet people face-to-face in front of a…

— Ed Schultz

You can get together, you can talk as much as you want, but if there's not a decision-making process - that's where democracy really…

— Ashraf Ghani

Democracy is a daring concept - a hope that we'll be best governed if all of us participate in the act of government. It…

— Brian Eno

We are governed, our minds are molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested, largely by men we have never heard of. This is a…

— Edward Bernays

Democracy does not create strong ties between people. But it does make living together easier.

— Alexis de Tocqueville

The more there is a need to talk about the ideals of democracy, the less democratic the system usually is.

— Noam Chomsky

You can't have a democracy when people don't learn to put themselves in the shoes of another person, who can't think what their policies…

— Martha Nussbaum

Democracy is something you have to participate in.

— Isabella Lovin