“The United States stands at the pinnacle of world power. This is a solemn moment for the American democracy. For with primacy in power is joined an awe-inspiring accountability for the future.” WorldStatesMomentsAmericaUnitedUnited StatesDemocracyAweAccountabilitySolemnPinnacleAmerican DemocracyAwe InspiringPrimacyWorld Power Author:Winston Churchill
“I believe that all of us have gangster proclivities and greedy orientations that need accountability. That's why democracies are necessary. We have to have institutions to try to curtail the use of arbitrary power so that our greedy orientations and gangster-like proclivities don't get out of hand.” NeedsTryingBelieveUseHandsI BelieveDemocracyInstitutionsAccountabilityGreedyArbitraryOrientationGangsters Author:Cornel West
“You cannot have democratic accountability in anything bigger than a nation state.” StatesNationsDemocracyBiggerDemocraticAccountability Author:Vaclav Klaus
“The question of whether we were misled into the war in Iraq isn't a liberal or conservative or Republican or Democratic question, it's an American one. Protecting the democracy that we ask our sons and daughters to die for is our responsibility and our trust. Demanding accountability from our leaders is our job as citizens. It's the American way. So may the truth win out.” WayMayWarJobsDiesAsksWinningResponsibilityLeaderDemocracySonCitizensRepublicanDaughterDemocraticIraqConservativeAccountabilityMisledSon And Daughter Author:Bruce Springsteen
“Democracy must be built through open societies that share information. When there is information, there is enlightenment. When there is debate, there are solutions. When there is no sharing of power, no rule of law, no accountability, there is abuse, corruption, subjugation and indignation.” LawDemocracyShareInformationSolutionsEnlightenmentBuiltAbuseCorruptionDebateEnlightenedAccountabilityRule Of LawIndignationSubjugationEnlightenment And Love Author:Atifete Jahjaga
“If one meets a powerful person--Adolf Hitler, Joe Stalin or Bill Gates--ask them five questions: "What power have you got? Where did you get it from? In whose interests do you exercise it? To whom are you accountable? And how can we get rid of you?” PoliticalInterestPowerDemocracyFivePolicyPoliticianExerciseAccountabilityInterest Groups Author:Tony Benn
“The kind of capitalism we are seeing today under this expansion of property into living resources is a whole, new, different phase of capitalism. It is totally inconsistent with democracy as well as with sustainability. What we have is capital working on a global scale, totally uprooted, with accountability nowhere, with responsibility nowhere, and with rights everywhere. This new capital, with absolute freedom and no accountability, is structurally anti-life, anti-freedom.” WellsKindDifferentWholeTodayResponsibilityDemocracyRightsSeeingCapitalismResourcesAbsolutesPropertyScalesAccountabilitySustainabilityPhasesExpansionInconsistentAbsolute Freedom Author:Vandana Shiva
“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.” WellsDemocracyInformationAnalysisAccountabilityInvestigationAccustomed Author:Edward Greenspon