“Because democratic institutions do not renew themselves as effortlessly as flowering trees, they demand the ceaseless tinkering of people who possess both the courage and the honesty to admit their mistakes and accept responsibility for even the most inglorious acts.” PeopleMistakeResponsibilityAcceptingDemocracyTreeHonestyDemandInstitutionsDemocraticFloweringTinkeringFlowering Trees Author:Bill Vaughan
“We are the raison d'être of the entire system. We are also the employers of those in public office and in the public service. Why should we accept from them a discourse which suggests contempt for us and for the democratic system?” ShouldAcceptingOfficeDemocraticContemptDiscourseEmployersPublic ServicePublic Office Author:John Ralston Saul
“The problem of education in a democratic society is to do away with ... dualism and to construct a course of studies which makes thought a guide of free practice for all and which makes leisure a reward of accepting responsibility for service, rather than a state of exemption from it.” StatesProblemCoursesResponsibilityAcceptingPracticeStudyDemocraticRewardsGuidesLeisureConstructsDemocratic SocietyDualismExemptionAccepting Responsibility Book:Democracy And Education Source: Democracy And Education
“The Democratic power elite on some level feels delegitimized by its working-class, black and female constituencies. What it wants are the "legitimate" votes of suburban, white, middle-class, affluent males. Even liberal voters and organizations tend on some tacit level to accept the idea that they are not the "real" Americans the Democrats must pursue.” WantFeelsIdeasRealBlackWhiteLevelsAcceptingClassMiddleFemaleVoteOrganizationDemocraticDemocratMalesPursueMiddle ClassVotersElitesWorking ClassAffluentTacit Author:Ellen Willis
“For all their faults, right-wing authoritarian regimes more easily accept democratic reforms than left-wing totalitarian states.” WarStatesLeftAcceptingColdWingsDemocraticFaultsReformRegimesCold WarRight WingLeft WingTotalitarian State Author:Jeane Kirkpatrick
“There is no compulsion in Islam. You convert "voluntarily". But you are free not to convert by accepting subjugation, humiliation, discrimination and constant harassment. What can be more democratic?” AcceptingConstantDemocraticIslamDiscriminationHumiliationCompulsionHarassmentSubjugation Author:Ali Sina
“People say the war in Iraq is a bad war, and the war in Afghanistan is a good war, but what's the difference between them? Democratic people around the world cannot accept that this is a good war. This is just endless war.” PeopleWorldWarDifferencesAcceptingDemocraticIraqEndlessAround The WorldAfghanistanGood WarEndless War Author:Malalai Joya
“There is a connection waiting to be made between the decline in democratic participation and the explosion in new ways of communicating. We need not accept the paradox that gives us more ways than ever to speak, and leaves the public with a wider feeling than ever before that their voices are not being heard. The new technologies can strengthen our democracy, by giving us greater opportunities than ever before for better transparency and a more responsive relationship between government and electors” WayNeedsGivingMadeFeelingsGovernmentOpportunityPoliticsSpeakWaitingVoiceAcceptingTechnologyDemocracyGreaterHeardInternetConnectionsDemocraticCommunicateParadoxDeclineNew WaysParticipationExplosionsTransparencyNew Technology Author:Robin Cook
“I don't accept armed struggle. Maybe it was the way in the '50s and '60s, but we want a democratic revolution.” WayWantAcceptingStruggleRevolutionDemocraticArmed Struggle Author:Evo Morales