Activism Quote by Rory Stewart Download Open image “Democracy is not simply a question of structures. It is a state of mind. It is an activity.” — Rory Stewart ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.2 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Activism Activity Democracy Mind Psychology State of mind States Structure
Democracy is not simply a question of structures. It is a state of mind. It is an activity. And part of that activity is… — Rory Stewart Copy Share Image
Democracy is just a reflection of our morals and the things that we believe. — David Harsanyi Copy Share Image
Democracy is not a form of government. It is a political philosophy that can be embodied in various systems of government. — John Allen Fraser Copy Share Image
Democracy is not merely a form of Government. It is primarily a mode of associated living, of conjoint communicated experience. It is essentially an… — B. R. Ambedkar Copy Share Image
Democracy is a form of government only because it is a form of moral and spiritual association. — John Dewey Copy Share Image
Democracy is not a form of government, but a form of social organisation. — B. R. Ambedkar Copy Share Image
But democracy needs structure to work, in the form of laws and policies. — Katty Kay Copy Share Image
Democracy is not simply a political system; it is a moral movement and it springs from adventurous faith in human possibilities. — Harry Emerson Fosdick Copy Share Image
A democracy is more than a form of government; it is primarily a mode of associated living, of conjoint communicated experience. — John Dewey Copy Share Image
Democracy is the only system that persists in asking the powers that be whether they are the powers that ought to be. — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
Democracy is extremely complex; it is extremely concrete. It's about constantly choosing, finding, developing practical options within the common good. Constantly searching for how… — John Ralston Saul Copy Share Image
This idea that failure is not an option: It makes failure invisible, inconceivable and inevitable. — Rory Stewart Copy Share Image
If a relationship is going wrong, if a marriage is going wrong, the answer cannot simply be to say, 'You can't afford to break… — Rory Stewart Copy Share Image
“He [Babur] was a ype of mastiff, bred to fight against wolves, dogs, and humans. . . . The mastiff is perhaps the oldest… — Rory Stewart Copy Share Image
The politicians think the journalists have power, the journalists think bankers have power, bankers think lawyers have power. The truth is, nobody has power. — Rory Stewart Copy Share Image
“I recited and followed this song-of-the-places-in-between as a map.” — Rory Stewart Copy Share Image
The Afghan government is much better informed, much more intrusive and ambitious than I had guessed. There are amazing craftsmen in Kabul but few… — Rory Stewart Copy Share Image
I have planted over 6,000 trees at home in Scotland, some of them oak. I'd like my children to be able to watch them grow. — Rory Stewart Copy Share Image
If things are going wrong in a country, it's not usually that we don't have enough foreigners. It's usually that we have too many. — Rory Stewart Copy Share Image
For politicians to be honest, the public needs to allow them to be honest, and the media, which mediates between the politicians and the… — Rory Stewart Copy Share Image
“My feet beat out a steady muffled rhythm. My thoughts participated in each step, never getting ahead of me.” — Rory Stewart Copy Share Image
I left things out - my motivations, my history, my emotional responses - because I am not good at understanding them or writing about… — Rory Stewart Copy Share Image
“God has a way of picking a “nobody” and turning their world upside down, in order to create a “somebody” that will remove the… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“All struggles against oppression in the modern woeld begin by redefining what had previously been consideered private, non-public and non-political issues as matters of… — Seyla Benhabib Copy Share Image
Joy doesn't betray but sustains activism. And when you face a politics that aspires to make you fearful, alienated and isolated, joy is a… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
“It takes a female to have a baby, It takes a woman to raise a child, It takes a mother to raise them correctly,… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
Paul Revere earned his living as a silversmith. But what do we remember him for? His volunteer work. All activism is volunteering in that… — Susan J. Ellis Copy Share Image
He went to Paris looking for answers to questions that bothered him so. He was impressive, young and aggressive, saving the world on his… — Jimmy Buffett Copy Share Image
Poetry is a lousy form of activism; it doesn't really change much. And maybe we can point to one or two historical times when… — Daphne Gottlieb Copy Share Image
There's a lot of activism that doesn't deal with empowerment, and you have to empower yourself in order to be relevant to any type… — Talib Kweli Copy Share Image
“Until you find a cause you can die for, you are not worthy to live.” — Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha Copy Share Image
Ya'll know what you need to do? Get together, make a We Are The World record. — Curtis Jackson Copy Share Image
“There is no way to tell if we are the pioneers of a visionary new age, whisking humanity into the high vibrations of an… — Jonathan Talat Phillips Copy Share Image
Terence McKenna says, "The culture is not your friend." I am not sure we can change this culture. But I think we can rise… — Eve Ensler Copy Share Image