Being true Quote by Peter L. Berger

I have no idea if some societies, anthropologically speaking, aren't really suited for democracy. I don't think that's true.

— P. J. O'Rourke

But we don't have an example of a democratic society existing in a socialist economy - which is the only real alternative to capitalism…

— Peter L. Berger

People live with the illusion that we have a democratic system, but it's only the outward form of one. In reality we live in…

— Jose Saramago

Democracy in itself does not define or guarantee a free society. History has told many stories of democratic societies that have degenerated into corruption,…

— Richard Ebeling

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

Democracy is that form of society, no matter what its political classification, in which every man has a chance and knows that he has…

— James Russell Lowell

Under capitalism, we can't have democracy by definition. Capitalism is a system in which the central institutions of society are in principle under autocratic…

— Noam Chomsky

Democracy is impossible in a capitalist system. Capitalism is the realm of injustice and a tyranny of the richest against the poorest.

— Hugo Chavez

I've always lived in a democratic society.

— Pierre Trudeau

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

— Noam Chomsky

Democracy is not simply a political system; it is a moral movement and it springs from adventurous faith in human possibilities.

— Harry Emerson Fosdick

Democracy is not compatible with capitalism but is congruent with a version of democratic socialism in which the wealth, resources, and benefits of a…

— Henry Giroux