“Public relations, in this country, is the art of adapting big business to a democracy so that the people have confidence that they are being well served and at the same time the business has freedom to serve them well.” PeopleWellsArtCountryBigsFreedomBusinessDemocracyRelationHave ConfidencePublic RelationsBig BusinessAdapting Author:Arthur W. Page
“Pay 2 Play vividly tells the story of the threat posed to our political process by big money interests and what we can do to fight back to defend our Republic. This is a must-see movie for anyone who cares about the cause of democracy and the promise of political equality for all.” PlayStoriesBigsCarePoliticalFightingCausesProcessInterestCan DoPayDemocracyPromiseThreatRepublicWho CaresEquality For AllPolitical Equality Author:John Bonifaz
“But now well democracy has shown us that what is evil are the grosses têtes, the big heads, all big heads are greedy for money and power, they are ambitious that is the reason they are big heads and so they are at the head of the government and the result is misery for the people. They talk about cutting off the heads of the grosses têtes but now we know that there will be other grosses têtes and the will be all the same.” PeopleKnowsWellsReasonBigsGovernmentEvilResultsDemocracyCuttingMiseryAmbitiousGreedyDemocracies HaveMoney And PowerCutting OffBig Heads Author:Gertrude Stein
“Politicians that proclaim big words without meaning rule in democracy. At best they allow themselves to discover that it's better to be rich and healthy than sick and poor and that it is necessary to care for 'good of Poland" - clap clap, hurricane of clapping.” BigsCarePoorDemocracyRichPoliticianHealthySickHurricanesPolandClapping Author:Janusz Korwin-Mikke
“I vote because it's what small-d democracy is about. Because there are places where people fight for generations and stand for hours to cast a ballot knowing what we ought to remember: that it makes a difference. Not always a big difference. Not always an immediate difference. But a difference.” PeopleBigsRememberFightingHoursDifferencesKnowingDemocracyGenerationsOughtVoteCastsMaking A DifferenceBallots Author:Ellen Goodman
“I am big supporter of the idea of a global anti-corruption movement - but one that begins by recognizing that the architecture of corruption is different in different countries. The corruption we suffer is not the same as the corruption that debilitates Africa. But it is both corruption, and both need to be eliminated if the faith in democracy is not going to be destroyed.” IfsNeedsIdeasDifferentCountryBigsSufferingDemocracyMovementCorruptionArchitectureDestroyedSupporterRecognizingDifferent Countries Author:Lawrence Lessig
“A fatal defect in majority rule is that by its very nature it abolishes itself. Majority rule must inevitably become minority rule: the majority is too big to handle itself; it organizes itself into committees ... which in their turn resolve themselves into a committee of one.” BigsTurnsDemocracyMajorityHandleMinoritiesResolveOrganizeCommitteesDefectsAbolishMajority Rule Book:The New State: Group Organization the Solution of Popular Government Source: The New State: Group Organization the Solution of Popular Government
“Least of all shall we preserve democracy or foster its growth if all the power and most of the important decisions rest with an organization far too big for the common man to survey or comprehend.” IfsMenImportantBigsGrowthDecisionCommonDemocracyOrganizationPreservesSurveysCommon ManImportant Decisions Author:Friedrich August von Hayek
“I think Democracy is threatened in a way it hasn't been in two hundred years, and if America doesn't stand up, we're in big trouble.” IfsThinkingWayYearsTwoBigsAmericaDemocracyTroubleHundredThreatened Author:Rosie O'Donnell
“Democracy is buying a big house you can't afford with money you don't have to impress people you wish were dead. And, unlike communism, democracy does not mean having just one ineffective political party; it means having two ineffective political parties.” PeopleMeanDoeTwoBigsPoliticalHouseWishPartyDemocracyCommunismJust OneBuyingImpressPolitical PartiesBig Houses Author:Johnny Carson
“Democracy is buying a big house you can't afford with money you don't have to impress people you wish were dead.” PeopleBigsHouseWishDemocracyBuyingImpressBig Houses Author:Johnny Carson
“A profound transformation is happening here. The framers of our nation never envisioned these huge media giants; never imagined what could happen if big government, big publishing and big broadcasters ever saw eye-to-eye in putting the public's need for news second to their own interests. I approach the end of my own long run believing more strongly than ever that the quality of journalism and the quality of democracy are inextricably joined ... .” IfsNeedsBelieveLongEndsBigsGovernmentHappensEyeRunningNationsInterestMy OwnQualityDemocracySawsMediaHugeApproachNewsHappeningsTransformationProfoundJournalismGiantsPublishingLong RunsBig GovernmentBroadcastersFramers Author:Bill Moyers
“There's no doubt that in the last two to three decades, American democracy has been hacked. It was based on the regular harvesting of the wisdom of crowds, but now big sources of special interest money are able to prevent the passage of almost any meaningful reform that's aimed at the public interest.” Has BeensTwoBigsAbleLastsThreeInterestDemocracyDoubtSpecialSourceCrowdsDecadesMeaningfulReformNo DoubtPassagesSpecial InterestsDemocracies HavePublic InterestAmerican DemocracyHacked Author:Al Gore
“It is my view that it is a big embarrassment for Africa . It is hypocritical for African leaders to talk about democracy and human rights and to be silent when these things are happening in Zimbabwe .” HumansBigsViewsLeaderDemocracyRightsHappeningsSilentHuman RightsEmbarrassmentHypocriticalZimbabweDemocracy And Human Rights Author:Raila Odinga
“The democratic ideal has always been related to a moderate level of inequality. I think one big reason why electoral democracy flourished in 19th century America better than 19th century Europe is because you had more equal distribution of wealth in America.” ThinkingReasonBigsAmericaWealthLevelsDemocracyCenturyEqualEuropeIdealsDemocraticInequalityReason WhyRelatedDistributionModerates19th CenturyDistribution Of WealthDemocratic Ideals Author:Thomas Piketty
“I am afraid that I think both the near future environmental reality and political landscape are not looking good - and they are connected. The best tool we have for advancing environmental solutions is our democracy, and we can't currently access it because it has been so thoroughly hijacked by big corporate interests.” ThinkingHas BeensBigsRealityPoliticalInterestDemocracySolutionsToolsEnvironmentalConnectedAccessLandscapeCorporateLooking GoodAdvancing Author:Annie Leonard
“When the Berlin Wall fell and suddenly all those countries had burgeoning democracies, women were still being left out. The big turning point, about ten years ago, was moving from a notion of empowering women to actually looking at where you can make the most difference, and it's in a girl's life.” YearsStillsCountryBigsMovingGirlLeftDifferencesDemocracyWallTenYears AgoNotionEmpoweringEmpowering WomenBerlinTurning PointsLeft OutBerlin Wall Author:Kathy Calvin
“I do think that even if the average person doesn't care, it IS a big deal. Like, it's been a foundational principle of our democracy for 240 years.” IfsThinkingYearsPersonsBigsCareDealsPrinciplesDemocracyAverageBig DealAverage Person Author:Christopher Michael Cillizza
“Democracy will be transformative. It will help other societies realize the benefits of freedom. Nothing's as big as that, in terms of peace.” HelpingBigsTermRealizingDemocracyBenefitsHelping Others Author:George W. Bush
“The Bolshevik revolution was a counter-revolution. Its first moves were to destroy and eliminate every socialist tendency that had developed in the pre-revolutionary period. Their goal was as they said; it wasn't a big secret. They regarded the Soviet Union as sort a backwater. They were orthodox Marxists, expecting a revolution in Germany. They moved toward what they themselves called "state capitalism," then they moved on to Stalinism. They called it democracy and called it socialism. The one claim was as ludicrous as the other.” FirstsSaidStatesBigsMovingGoalSecretDemocracyRevolutionPeriodsCapitalismClaimsMovedUnionsSocialismTendenciesRevolutionaryGermanyOrthodoxSovietExpectingSocialistThey SaidSoviet UnionMarxistMoved OnStalinismBolsheviks Author:Noam Chomsky
“I think it's a big disservice to our country and to our democracy to continue to raise these doubts.” ThinkingCountryBigsDemocracyDoubtRaisesOur CountryDisservice Author:Audie Cornish
“There's a big difference in a representative republic and a democracy. We do not have a democracy in America.” BigsAmericaDifferencesDemocracyRepublicRepresentativesDemocracy In America Author:Rush Limbaugh
“If you look at the Associated Press wires, there's a constant flow of information coming in. At that time I happened to have direct access to AP wires. The day the marines landed in Haiti and restored [ Jan Bètran] Aristide there was a lot of excitement about the dedication to democracy and so on. But the day before the marines landed, when every journalist was looking at Haiti because it was assumed that something big was happening, the AP wires reported that then [Bill] Clinton administration had authorized Texaco to ship oil illegally to the military junta.” IfsLooksBigsDemocracyHappenedMilitaryInformationHappeningsFlowDirectBillsPressesConstantClintonOilAccessShipsAdministrationJournalistExcitementDedicationMarineWireHaiti Author:Noam Chomsky
“Nobody said democracies supposed to be easy. It's hard. And in a big country like America, it probably should be hard.” ShouldSaidCountryHardBigsAmericaEasyDemocracySupposed To Be Author:Barack Obama
“I'm talking of the idea, basically very widespread in America, that the less government the better, which is obviously being used to the advantage of the big corporations, but none-the-less has very radical implications. The idea of a people that exercises a great deal of federalist or confederalist control, the ideal of a grass-roots type of democracy, the idea of the freedom of the individual which is not to get lost in the mazes of anarcho-egotism à la Stirner, or for that matter right-wing libertarianism.” PeopleIdeasMatterBigsGovernmentAmericaUsedIndividualLostDealsTalkingDemocracyTypeExerciseAdvantageIdealsRootsWingsRadicalCorporationsGrassLibertarianismEgotismImplicationsRight WingMazesFederalistBig Corporations Author:Murray Bookchin