"Democracy matters because it reflects an idea of……" — Rory Stewart
"Democracy matters because it reflects an idea of equality and an idea of liberty. It reflects an idea of dignity, the dignity of the individual, the idea that each individual should have an equal vote, an equal say, in the formation of their government."
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29 Quotes by Rory Stewart
Rory Stewart has 29 quotes on this site.
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I have never met a villager who does not want a vote.
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I had been walking one afternoon in Scotland and thought: Why don't I just keep going? There was, I said,…
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The question shouldn't be what we ought to do, but what we can do.
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If democracy is to be rebuilt … it is necessary not just for the public to learn to trust their…
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In the mountains, travelers were reduced to the speed of men on foot. Here, the ancient English sense of journey,…
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This idea that failure is not an option: It makes failure invisible, inconceivable and inevitable.
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Despite the dubious statistics … democracy is a thing of value for which we should be fighting.
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Democracy is not simply a question of structures. It is a state of mind. It is an activity.
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The world isnt one way or another. Things can be changed very, very rapidly by someone with sufficient confidence, sufficient…
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I do a lot of work with policymakers, but how much effect am I having? It’s like they’re coming in…
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The point about democracy is not that it delivers legitimate, effective, prosperous rule of law. It's not that it guarantees…
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Religions . . . seem to avoid mountain passes.
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Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers.
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Republics decline into democracies and democracies degenerate into despotisms.
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Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects; because…
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Jeans represent democracy in fashion.
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Fundamentalists are not friends of democracy. And that includes your fundamentalists in the United States.
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A functioning, robust democracy requires a healthy educated, participatory followership, and an educated, morally grounded leadership.
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Democracy is not something you put away for ten years, and then in the 11th year you wake up and…
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Reading and writing, like everything else, improve with practice. And, of course, if there are no young readers and writers,…
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