Attention Quote by Terry Tempest Williams

“Democracy is not simply a license to indulge individual whims and proclivities. It is also holding oneself accountable to some reasonable degree for the…

— Aberjhani

“Democracy commits us to value, preserve and uphold the rights, dignity, and well-being of all, including our neighbors, those who are different than us,…

— Diane Kalen-Sukra

For us, democracy is a question of human dignity. This includes the political liberties, the right to freely express our views, the right to…

— Olof Palme

“We are not going to always agree with each other, but we should have the dignity to always respect each other’s freedom of speech…

— Ellen J. Barrier

The human heart is the first home of democracy,

— Terry Tempest Williams

“a democracy requires open access to ideas. It requires a willingness to struggle and learn, to question our own suppositions and biases, to open…

— Dan Rather

“In a real democracy, what matters is not just the outcome but the way that citizens participate in a debate about the future. That…

— Mick Hume

Democracy is a daring concept - a hope that we'll be best governed if all of us participate in the act of government. It…

— Brian Eno

“Democracy is nonconformity; it is mutual loyalty, even when we have to attack one another's ideas - ideas, which, because they are always human,…

— Joost A. M. Meerloo

Democracy begins in human conversation. A democratic conversation does not require elaborate rules of procedure or utopian notions of perfect consensus. What it does…

— William Greider

“Democracy is about one person, one vote. It’s about all of us coming together to determine the future of our country. It is not…

— Bernie Sanders

Democracy is an extraordinary adventure. It's difficult, full of daring and risk and danger. But it's the greatest gift we have.

— Jon Voight