Been Quote by Robert A. Dahl Download Open image “Glorious as it had been, the city-state was obsolete.” — Robert A. Dahl ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.0 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Been Glorious Had Obsolete
“The city-state was the means by which the Greek consciously strove to make the life both of the community and of the individual more… — H.D.F. Kitto Copy Share Image
City were great to me in so many ways for the education and the people I was able to work with. I will be… — Kasper Schmeichel Copy Share Image
We live in a time of renaissance ... cities are coming back to life, after a long neglect. — Daniel Libeskind Copy Share Image
“But no city-state ever solved the problem of incorporating new territories and new populations into its existing structure, or involving really large numbers of… — Joseph Reese Strayer Copy Share Image
Like all things, cities must change - even a city as enamoured of the past and memory as D.C. — Uzodinma Iweala Copy Share Image
I'm not nostalgic about the old city. I don't enjoy it that much. It was just a city with one emperor and the rest… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
It's very important that historic cities are allowed to reinvent their future. — Zaha Hadid Copy Share Image
For of those [cities] that were great in earlier times, most of them have now become small, while those which were great in my… — Herodotus Copy Share Image
You can't have modern states based on ideas which have been out of date for a thousand years. — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
I think there's something very peculiar about living in the city and not part of the major metropolis; that actually makes it remarkably easy… — Steven Wilson Copy Share Image
Require... electoral votes to be allocated in proportion to the popular votes — Robert A. Dahl Copy Share Image
“democratic theory is concerned with processes by which ordinary citizens exert a relatively high degree of control over leaders;” — Robert A. Dahl Copy Share Image
As in Athens, the right to participate was restricted to men, just as it was also in all later democracies and republics until the… — Robert A. Dahl Copy Share Image
If democracy is justified in governing the state,then it must also be justified in governing economic enterprises, and to say that it is not… — Robert A. Dahl Copy Share Image
Ironically, the very fact that democracy has such a lengthy history has actually contributed to confusion and disagreement, for 'democracy' has meant different things… — Robert A. Dahl Copy Share Image
Democracy, it appears, is a bit chancy. But its chances also depend on what we do ourselves — Robert A. Dahl Copy Share Image
Most of us readily take things for granted that at an earlier time remained to be discovered — Robert A. Dahl Copy Share Image
When I was trying to come up with a stage name, I thought 'Lord' was super rad, but really masculine - ever since I… — Lorde Copy Share Image
I once told someone I could act. They totally bought it. I've been getting away with it ever since. — Akshay Kumar Copy Share Image
Amongst the financial Twitterati, the term 'muppets' has come to describe any client used and abused by some financial predator. I've adopted the term… — Barry Ritholtz Copy Share Image
Here's the reality. The image of a white Jesus has been used to justify enslavement, conquest, colonialism, the genocide of indigenous peoples. There are… — Tim Wise Copy Share Image
I would have done well as a gypsy child, I think. A circus baby. I coulda played a great street urchin or ragamuffin. Or… — Natasha Lyonne Copy Share Image
A lot of people have been saying 'The 100' reminds them of 'Lord Of The Flies,' 'Lost' and 'Battlestar Galactica,' and all of those… — Marie Avgeropoulos Copy Share Image
I'm a character actor - always have been, always will be - and historically, character actors don't come into their own until later in… — Annie Potts Copy Share Image
Well, I've been politically involved for a really long time. Growing up in the segregated South, it was a very painful experience for me… — Cybill Shepherd Copy Share Image
I've seen guys come along with more ability - they've been faster or bigger or stronger - but they never worked hard to develop… — Steve Largent Copy Share Image
I have always been a big meta guy because I think the way journalism is practiced in Washington, and the way everyone sort of… — Mark Leibovich Copy Share Image
Windmills and solar cells are carbon-free sources of electricity. But they are costly. If you've been investing in those, give it up. That game… — Kenneth Fisher Copy Share Image
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