Accountability Quote by Vaclav Klaus Download Open image “You cannot have democratic accountability in anything bigger than a nation state.” — Vaclav Klaus ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.8 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Accountability Bigger Democracy Democratic Nations States
Democratic accountability means that governments must be popularly accepted, with citizens empowered to replace corrupt or incompetent rulers. — Raghuram Rajan Copy Share Image
Democratic government can rise no higher than the intelligence, purpose and conscience of the individual citizen. — Ritu Ghatourey Copy Share Image
Candor and accountability in a democracy is very important. Hypocrisy has no place. — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
You cannot force a country to do something that is against its own interests or against the democratic process. — Marine Le Pen Copy Share Image
If you cannot get rid of the people who govern you, you do not live in a democratic system. — Tony Benn Copy Share Image
Voters cannot hold officials responsible if they do not know what government is doing, or which parts of government are doing what. — George Will Copy Share Image
Democratic nation states remain far more capable of managing the circuit of coercion, taxation and legitimation than any transnational bodies. — Geoff Mulgan Copy Share Image
A fanatical belief in democracy makes democratic institutions impossible. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
A functioning democracy cannot stand when its people do not trust their leaders to uphold the law. — Raja Krishnamoorthi Copy Share Image
My main concern is the political dimension of European integration. This is one of the most important issues of all, as far as I'm… — Vaclav Klaus Copy Share Image
That means following a very restrictive fiscal and monetary policy which will squeeze the monopolies and cut their subsidies. On the micro level we… — Vaclav Klaus Copy Share Image
EU didn't advance our [Eastern Europe] democracy by a single millimeter. — Vaclav Klaus Copy Share Image
"not a scientific body capable of accurately assessing the facts about global warming". — Vaclav Klaus Copy Share Image
Nevertheless, there is another threat on the horizon. I see this threat in environmentalism which is becoming a new dominant ideology, if not a… — Vaclav Klaus Copy Share Image
Human relations tend to be more difficult when you're dealing with someone who weighs 30 kilograms more than you do. That's when you worry… — Vaclav Klaus Copy Share Image
The climate change debate is basically not about science; it is about ideology. It is not about global temperature; it is about the concept… — Vaclav Klaus Copy Share Image
I am afraid there are people who want to stop the economic growth, the rise in the standard of living (though not their own)… — Vaclav Klaus Copy Share Image
I do not consider the Lisbon Treaty to be a good thing for Europe, for the freedom of Europe, or for the Czech Republic. — Vaclav Klaus Copy Share Image
And finally, there is another danger: the emergence of nonideological but very aggressive 'isms,' which are really quite new. Let me at least name… — Vaclav Klaus Copy Share Image
To reduce the interpretation of the causality of all kinds of climate changes and of global warming to one variable, CO2, or to a… — Vaclav Klaus Copy Share Image
Think of these things, whence you came, where you are going, and to whom you must account. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
In the battle for police reform, accountability and justice, Americans don't have to re-invent the wheel. We just have to revoke the thing that… — Jason Johnson Copy Share Image
Transparency pertains to impartial behavior, implies openness, communication, and accountability. Inculcate transparency in attitude and experience a life free of controversy and blame — Dr Anil Kr Sinha Copy Share Image
Democracy must be built through open societies that share information. When there is information, there is enlightenment. When there is debate, there are solutions.… — Atifete Jahjaga Copy Share Image
Democracy is not being well served as we're accustomed to. There is less information, there's less investigation, there's less analysis, there's less accountability. — Edward Greenspon Copy Share Image
I come from a world where accountability and accomplishments matter, and where titles and rhetoric take a back seat to results. — Carly Fiorina Copy Share Image
Our particular principles of religion are a subject of accountability to our god alone. I enquire after no man's and trouble none with mine;… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
This strongly asserted but ill-defined license to kill without accountability is not an entitlement which the United States or other states can have without… — Philip Alston Copy Share Image
Responsible Development shares many practices with XP but the roots are different. Responsible Development's values are honesty, transparency, accountability and responsibility. These lead me… — Kent Beck Copy Share Image
“Opinion is really the lowest form of human knowledge. It requires no accountability, no understanding. The highest form of knowledge… is empathy, for it… — Bill Bullard Copy Share Image
The American people deserve accountability over wasteful spending, and we accomplish that by prioritizing taxpayer dollars in a responsive and responsible manner. — Katie Britt Copy Share Image
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