Peace Quote by Ramachandra Guha

“Because of demagogues, rhetoric has a tainted reputation in our time. However, rhetoric is central to democratic governance. It can fuse passion and persuasion,…

— George will

“Sadly, cowardice, ignorance, indifference, greed and fear, rule over the world”

— Den Sjo

“The consistent optimism of our liberal culture has prevented modern democratic societies both from gauging the perils of freedom accurately and from appreciating democracy…

— Reinhold Niebuhr

“The American political experience can therefore be viewed as optimism in the collective.”

— Michael J. Fox

“Politics: the art of using euphemisms, lies, emotionalism and fear-mongering to dupe average people into accepting--or even demanding--their own enslavement.”

— Larken Rose

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

— Masha Gessen

“Matters of the world are dealt with more vigor and effectiveness when one views them as the right of nature instead of the superficiality…

— VD

“The world’s elites have helped to provoke what they feared: a populist uprising against the world economy.”

— Edward Luce

“High hopes were once formed of democracy; but democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.”

— Oscar Wilde

“It is like democracy is a bottle someone can threaten to smash and do a bit of damage with. It has become a time…

— Ali Smith

“In democracies, by contrast, the propaganda of the press and public opinion relentlessly promised servants that they, too, could reach the pinnacles of society…

— Alain de Botton

“Slogans seem to be dead; this world is now busy chanting fears of lost democracy”

— Munia Khan