Democracy Quote by Torbjorn Tannsjo Download Open image “It is obvious, I think, that national democracy withers. This has to do with globalisation.” — Torbjorn Tannsjo ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.5 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Democracy Globalisation Obvious Thinking
I think it's obvious that democracy is something that is contagious, and it always has been. — Steve Earle Copy Share Image
Everything has to be done to build some sort of international democracy. We've seen only the tiniest beginnings of that. — Susan George Copy Share Image
Building democracy as an imposition from abroad is a form of imperialism. — Lech Walesa Copy Share Image
There are big countries and small countries, rich and poor, those with long democratic traditions and those still finding their way to democracy. — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
Democracy is becoming collateral damage in a world where global risks have been ignored or exacerbated by those with the power to act. — Sharan Burrow Copy Share Image
A global democracy works only when countries trust one another. — Armstrong Williams Copy Share Image
Democracy is welcoming people from other lands, and giving them something to hold onto. Usually a mop or a leaf blower. — Johnny Carson Copy Share Image
Democracy is still a radical idea in a world where we often confuse images with realities, words with actions. — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
Perhaps it's time to start examining countries that have made democracy work while still having some kind of the same relationship in covenant with… — Aaron McGruder Copy Share Image
Democracy is not something we have. It's something we do. — Doris "Granny D" Haddock Copy Share Image
Being a moral realist I see normative ethics as a search of the truth about our obligations and a search of explanation; the idea… — Torbjorn Tannsjo Copy Share Image
I do believe that what I have called populist democracy is to be preferred to what I have called elitist democracy. — Torbjorn Tannsjo Copy Share Image
It is true that it feels very differently to enjoy a good meal, taking part in an interesting conversation, or to think of how successful your children are. Suppose we do all these things at a particular time. How happy are we at the time? We do not need to calculate the value of each such feelings on any singular… — Torbjorn Tannsjo Copy Share
It is obvious that humanity faces existential threats of a global nature. They are global in the sense that is not possible to deal… — Torbjorn Tannsjo Copy Share Image
Are there any good arguments in defence of moral nihilism? I think not. — Torbjorn Tannsjo Copy Share Image
According to deontology it is wrong to kill an innocent human being, period. — Torbjorn Tannsjo Copy Share Image
How could it be that I had a legal obligation to kill people I did not know, and who did certainly not consent to it, while my father's doctor could not help my father to die when my farther asked for it? My consternation brought me to moral philosophy and a life-long search for an answer to the question when… — Torbjorn Tannsjo Copy Share
I want to think that there are better ways of obviating murder than to resort to capital punishment, but I realise that this may… — Torbjorn Tannsjo Copy Share Image
Even where people in different cultures agree they may all have gone wrong. — Torbjorn Tannsjo Copy Share Image
The Chinese are generally speaking much more reluctant than Westerners to killing as a means to the rescue of lives. — Torbjorn Tannsjo Copy Share Image
I am indeed a hedonistic utilitarian. I have defended hedonistic utilitarianism for quite a while. — Torbjorn Tannsjo Copy Share Image
Elections belong to the people. It's their decision. If they decide to turn their back on the fire and burn their behinds, then they… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Philosopher is a dictator who modifies accepted standards with his thoughts. — Ilkin Santak Copy Share Image
If the members of parliament no longer consider themselves mandatories of the taxpayers but deputies of those receiving salaries, wages, subsidies, doles, and other… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
For not only every democracy, but certainly every republic, bears within itself the seeds of its own destruction. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
America is a democracy and has no Hitler, but I am afraid for her future; there are hard times ahead for the American people,… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
There is plenty of time for Republicans to have a Macaca moment. But right now, as of October 17, 2014, the Republican Senate candidates… — Matthew Continetti Copy Share Image
Democracy is based on the conviction that man has the moral and intellectual capacity, as well as the inalienable right, to govern himself with… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
Vote for Donald Trump. You're going to see something and you'll be so happy, you'll be so thrilled. This [presidential] election is about every… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
The peaceful transition of power is one of the hallmarks of our democracy. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If you believe in democracy, why shouldn't you know what the government is doing? — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Failure to find a way to incorporate political Islam in democracy, however uncomfortable its ideology is for secular liberals, will mean we have given… — Crispin Blunt Copy Share Image