Democracy Quote by Paul Collier Download Open image ““Electorates tend to get the politicians they deserve.”” — Paul Collier ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.0 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Democracy Politics
“Politicians need citizens who will permit them to behave reasonably.” — William Edgar Stafford Copy Share Image
“The purpose of politics is to keep voters hopeful so they keep on voting” — Patson Phala Copy Share Image
“The general ethos of the people they have to govern determines the behaviour of politicians.” — T.S. Eliot Copy Share Image
“Members of Congress are like the voters in one respect -- they want to go with the winners.” — Ralph Nader Copy Share Image
Politicians live on lies and promises - but those promises are never fulfilled. Their only quality is that they can manage to befool people - or, in poor countries, they can purchase their votes. Once they are in power, they forget completely that they are servants of the people; they start behaving as masters of people. — OSHO Copy Share
“If we are going to get any real change, we need to elect honest, compassionate politicians with integrity, who truly care about all the… — Laurence Overmire Copy Share Image
From a very selfish point of view, I'm enchanted by the idea that a politician can come along and speak simply and clearly and… — John Hodgman Copy Share Image
I'd like to think that in a generation or two we'll have politicians whose life experience reflects that of the people who are voting… — Billy Bragg Copy Share Image
“And so a miserable but possible scenario is that countries in the bottom billion oscillate between the traps and limbo, perhaps switching in the process from one trap to another.. Let me be clear: we cannot rescue them. The societies of the bottom billion can only be rescued from within. In every society of the bottom billion there are people… — Paul Collier Copy Share
“Rebels usually have something to complain about, and if they don't they make it up. All too often the really disadvantaged are in no… — Paul Collier Copy Share Image
How do we give credible hope to the billion poorest people in the world? It requires compassion to get ourselves started, and enlightened self-interest… — Paul Collier Copy Share Image
At the core of all successful societies are procedures for blocking the advancement of bad men — Paul Collier Copy Share Image
“The critical changes in trade policy... are politically difficult not because they threaten interests (they don't) but because they do not fit into any… — Paul Collier Copy Share Image
There is a simple way of avoiding excess risk-taking by the managers of our financial institutions. It is to make it a crime ...… — Paul Collier Copy Share Image
Most conduct is guided by norms rather than by laws. Norms are voluntary and are effective because they are enforced by peer pressure. — Paul Collier Copy Share Image
“Launching a turnaround takes courage. I cannot measure that and so it is not going to be included in my analysis, but behind the… — Paul Collier Copy Share Image
Politicians would only move beyond gestures once there was a critical mass of informed citizens. — Paul Collier Copy Share Image
Change in the societies at the very bottom must come predominantly from within; we cannot impose it on them. — Paul Collier Copy Share Image
“Persuading everyone to behave decently to each other because the society is so fragile is a worthy goal, but it may be more straightforward… — Paul Collier Copy Share Image
“Pressure works, but it needs to be organized. This is the domain of the NGOs and the rock stars.” — Paul Collier Copy Share Image
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
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