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Quote by Richard A. Clarke

“Democracies don't prepare well for things that have never happened before.”

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Richard A. Clarke is a seasoned advisor known for his expertise in national security and information technology. Born on October 27, 1950, he has held several key positions in the U.S. government. more

“Those who won our independence believed that the final end of the state was to make men free to develop their faculties... They valued liberty both as an end and as a means. They believed liberty to be the secret of happiness and courage to be the secret of liberty... that public discussion is a political duty; and that this should be a fundamental principle of the American government.”

“Democracy is too good to share with just anybody.”

Democracy Share

Author:Nigel Rees

“The best defence [for a democracy, for the public good] is aggressiveness, the aggressiveness of the involved citizen. We need to reassert that slow, time-consuming, inefficient, boring process that requires our involvement; it is called 'being a citizen.' The public good is not something that you can see. It is not static. It is a process. It is the process by which democratic civilizations build themselves.”

Needs Process Democracy Citizens Involved Civilization Democratic Boring Involvement Defence Consuming Static Public Good Time Consuming Aggressiveness

Author:John Ralston Saul

“It is better that a man should tyrannize over his bank balance than over his fellow-citizens.”

Men Should Democracy Balance Citizens Fellows

Author:John Maynard Keynes

“At the heart of the WTO is an assault on everything left standing in the commons, in the public realm. Everything is now for sale. Even those areas of life that we once considered sacred like health and education, food and water and air and seeds and genes and a heritage. It is all now for sale. Economic freedom - not democracy, and not ecological stewardship - is the defining metaphor of the WTO and its central goal is humanity's mastery of the natural world through its total commodification.”

“To win the cause we all believe in, the spread of true democracy all over the world, we need to win by example, not just with speeches but by example; not just with military might but by gaining the respect of the world.”

World Needs Believe Might Winning Causes Democracy Military Example Speech Respect Spread Voting And Democracy True Democracy

Author:Barbara Boxer

“There can be no real growth without healthy populations. No sustainable development without tackling disease and malnutrition. No international security without assisting crisis-ridden countries. And no hope for the spread of freedom, democracy and human dignity unless we treat health as a basic human right.”

“It is impossible to build enduring institutions without solid values. For us, the fundamental value is that associated with democracy.”

Values Democracy Impossible Institutions Fundamentals Endure

Author:Fernando Henrique Cardoso

“Under capitalism, we can't have democracy by definition. Capitalism is a system in which the central institutions of society are in principle under autocratic control.”

Principles Democracy Capitalism Institutions Definitions Autocracy

Book:Language and Politics

Source: Language and Politics

“One function of the librarian, as he saw it, was to blunt the edge of these differences and to provide a means whereby the rich and poor could live happily side by side. The public library was a great leveler, supplying a literature by which the ordinary man could experience some of the pleasures of the rich, and providing a common ground where employer and employee could meet on equal terms.”

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