Democracy Quotes - Page 19

• In the democracy of the dead all men at last are equal. There is neither rank nor station nor prerogative in the republic of the grave.

  John James Ingalls

  Death, Equality, Men

  John James Ingalls (1907). “Selections from the Writings of John J. Ingalls”

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• Democracy is not a mere consequence, a certain stage in the development of society. It is the condition on which the survival of productive forces depends.

  Wei Jingsheng

  Survival, Development, Stage

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• By a faction, I understand a number of citizens, whether amounting to a majority or a minority of the whole, who are united and actuated by some common impulse of passion, or of interest... The latent causes of faction are sown in the nature of man.

  James Madison

  Passion, Men, Numbers

  "Federalist No. 10 (The Federalist Papers)". Essay by James Madison, November 23, 1787.

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• I am a compromiser and maneuverer. I try to get something. That's the way our system works.

  Lyndon B. Johnson

  Trying, Way

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• If there have been those who doubted whether a confederated representative democracy were a government competent to the wise and orderly management of the common concerns of a mighty nation, those doubts have been dispelled.

  John Quincy Adams

  Wise, Government, Doubt

  John Quincy Adams, Kenneth V. Jones, United States. President (1825-1829 : Adams) (1970). “John Quincy Adams, 1767-1848; chronology, documents, bibliographical aids”, Oceana Pubns

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• Our children should learn the general framework of their government and then they should know where they come in contact with the government, where it touches their daily lives and where their influence is exerted on the government. It must not be a distant thing, someone else's business, but they must see how every cog in the wheel of a democracy is important and bears its share of responsibility for the smooth running of the entire machine.

  Eleanor Roosevelt

  Running, Children, Responsibility

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• Surely anyone who has ever been elected to public office understands that one commodity above all others, namely the trust and confidence of the people, is fundamental in maintaining a free and open political system.

  Hubert H. Humphrey

  People, Office, Political

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• It's not healthy for a society if the people hate their own government.

  Garry Wills

  Hate, Government, People

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• Term limits mean that you don't trust the voters. 'Stop me before I vote again.'

  Garry Wills

  Mean, Term Limits, Voters

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• Democracy is like blowing your nose. You may not do it well, but it's something you ought to do yourself.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Noses, May, Wells

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• When a just cause reaches its flood-tide...whatever stands in its way must fall before its overwhelming force.

  Carrie Chapman Catt

  Fall, Way, Tides

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• Democracy is a process, not a static condition. It is becoming, rather than being. It can be easily lost, but is never finally won.

  William H. Hastie

  Becoming, Lost, Process

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• No real journalist makes $5 million a year... Those in power fear and dislike real journalists.

  Chris Hedges

  Real, Years, Journalist

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• Economic policies command bipartisan support only when they're incoherent.

  Steven Landsburg

  Support, Economic, Command

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• What kind of economy grows for decades on end but doesn't allow most of the population to share in the gains from that growth?

  Mark Weisbrot

  Growth, Population, Gains

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• The greatest power of the mass media is the power to ignore. The worst thing about this power is that you may not even know you're using it.

  Sam Smith

  Media, May, Mass

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• Now as through this world I ramble, I see lots of funny men, Some rob you with a six gun, And some with a fountain pen.

  Woody Guthrie

  Gun, Men, World

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• The practice of arbitrary imprisonments have been, in all ages, the favorite and most formidable instruments of tyranny.

  Alexander Hamilton

  Practice, Age, Arbitrary

  Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay (2015). “The Federalist Papers: A Collection of Essays Written in Favour of the New Constitution”, p.418, Coventry House Publishing

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• Small scale is critical to local life, to the ability of local people to control what happens where they live.

  Paul Weyrich

  People, Scales, Ability

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• The exercise of true leadership is inversely proportional to the exercise of power.

  Stephen Covey

  Exercise, True Leader, True Leadership

  Stephen R. Covey (2013). “The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness”, p.301, Simon and Schuster

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• You cannot oppress the people who are not afraid anymore.

  Cesar Chavez

  People, Not Afraid, Humiliate

  Cesar Chavez, Richard Jay Jensen, John C. Hammerback (2002). “The Words of César Chávez”, p.129, Texas A&M University Press

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• All the people ought to decide, but now most states are tossed on the scrap heap and ignored

  John Anderson

  People, Ignored, States

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• Ye that dare oppose, not only tyranny, but the tyrant, stand forth!

  Thomas Paine

  Tyrants, Dare, Tyranny

  Thomas Paine (1854). “The Works of Thomas Paine: A Hero in the American Revolution. With an Account of His Life ...”, p.13

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• Don't fully trust anyone until he has stuck with a good cause which he saw was losing.

  Morton Blackwell

  Saws, Causes, Losing

  "The Laws Of The Public Policy Process" by Morton Blackwell (Law #31), www.leadershipinstitute.org. March 19, 2015.

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• The notion that the press was used in the [first Iraq] war is incorrect. The press wanted to be used. It saw itself as part of the war effort.

  Chris Hedges

  War, Iraq, Effort

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