“The successful politician owes his power to the fact that he moves within the accepted framework of thought, that he thinks and talks conventionally. It would be almost a contradiction in terms for a politician to be a leader in the field of ideas. His task in a democracy is to find out what the opinions held by the largest number are, not to give currency to new opinions which may become the majority view in some distant future.” ThinkingGivingMayIdeasFactsWould BeMovingPoliticsTermViewsNumbersLeaderOpinionPowerDemocracySuccessfulFieldsPoliticianTasksMajorityAcceptedContradictionCurrencyFramework Author:Friedrich August von Hayek
“democracy ... is not something that occurs overnight. It is not a gift delivered on a golden tray. Democracy is a long process of fighting, challenging accepted ideas, and perpetually striving for freedom. Like a seed that has to be watered every day to become a flower, democracy needs constant attention and care.” NeedsLongIdeasCareFightingProcessChallengesAttentionDemocracyFlowerConstantStriveSeedsAcceptedGoldenTrays Author:Shirin Ebadi
“In my lifetime I have seen democracy begin to expand, not only to include those who have been excluded, but to provide a listening arena, a vocabulary, an intelligent reception for stories that have been buried. Not just stories of the disenfranchised and the marginalized, but marginalized and disenfranchised histories even in the lives of the accepted and the privileged.” Has BeensStoriesDemocracyListeningIntelligentLifetimeAcceptedBuriedPrivilegedVocabularyArenaExcludedReceptionMarginalizedDisenfranchised Author:Susan Griffin
“We are inclined to confuse freedom and democracy, which we regard as moral principles, with the way in which they are practiced in America with capitalism, federalism, and the two-party system, which are not moral principles but simply the preferred and accepted practices of the American people.” PeopleWayTwoAmericaPartyMoralPrinciplesPracticeDemocracyCapitalismRegardAcceptedMoral PrinciplesFederalismTwo Party System Author:J. William Fulbright
“The right to work is a slogan which should be accepted by every democracy.” ShouldDemocracyAcceptedUnemploymentSlogans Author:Max Aitken, Lord Beaverbrook
“Fascism and communism have not entirely disappeared but have been sidelined certainly, and liberal democracy has come to be accepted, in theory at least, around the world, if not always in practice.” IfsWorldHas BeensPracticeDemocracyTheoryAcceptedAround The WorldCommunismFascismDemocracies HaveLiberal Democracy Author:Samuel P. Huntington