Democracy Quote by Paulo Freire

Our democracy is designed to speak truth to power.

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

“In your novels do you lie deliberately or just out of ignorance?" Laughter. A murmur of approval. The writer hesitated a few seconds. Then…

— José Eduardo Agualusa

“At the heart of every flourishing democracy is the unyielding commitment to free speech. It is the beacon that illuminates the path towards a…

— James William Steven Parker

“In war-time the word patriotism means suppression of truth.”

— Siegfried Sassoon

I've always thought the most patriotic thing you could do in a democracy is to speak the truth as you see it. And that's…

— Barbara Boxer

The aspects of patriotism that hush dissent, encourage going along, and sanction comfortable distancing and compliance with what is indecent and unacceptable... those aspects…

— Anonymous

“Free speech is the antidote to tyranny, a powerful force that dismantles the walls of oppression and allows the sunlight of scrutiny to pierce…

— James William Steven Parker

Freedom of speech means nothing to a people who are too weak in their convictions to speak out against the evil that is eating…

— Billy Graham

To speak and act truth with constancy and precision is nearly as difficult, and perhaps as meretorious, as to speak it under intimidation or…

— John Ruskin

“The traps of unbridled passion that drive us to hold back the truth and hamper us from speaking candidly and truthfully must not invade…

— Erik Pevernagie

“In all societies, public rhetoric involves some measure of lying, and history -- political history and art history -- is made when someone effectively…

— Masha Gessen

“Popular disregard, even disdain, for demonstrable truth is the most dangerous thing that can happen to a democracy.”

— Gordy Slack