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“Socialist democracy is not a luxury but an absolute, essential necessity for overthrowing capitalism and building socialism.”

Democracy Building Essentials Capitalism Absolutes Socialism Luxury Socialist

Book:Revolutionary Marxism and social reality in the 20th century: collected essays

Source: Revolutionary Marxism and social reality in the 20th century: collected essays

“Democracy and markets are both fundamental building blocks for a decent society. But they clash at a fundamental level. We need to balance them.”

Needs Levels Democracy Building Balance Fundamentals Block Decent Clash Building Blocks

Book:Bad Samaritans: The Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism

Source: Bad Samaritans: The Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism

“Democracy in Yemen did not stop, instead it is in a continuous development, there is no other way to follow rather than democracy, it is our national way for building up our country, it was not imposed on us by others.”

Way Country Democracy Building Development Our Country Building Up Yemen

Author:Bill Vaughan

“Pakistans future viability, stability and security lie in empowering its people and building political institutions. My goal is to prove that the fundamental battle for the hearts and minds of a generation can be accomplished only under democracy.”

“Democracy is not something that happens, you know, just at election time, and it's not something that happens just with one event. It's an ongoing building process. But it also ought to be a part of our culture, a part of our lives.”

Knows Happens Culture Process Democracy Our Lives Events Building Ought Election Ongoing Election Time

Author:Jim Hightower

“What Tunisia urgently needs, is freedom and the building of a real democracy.”

Needs Real Democracy Building Tunisia

Author:Rashid al-Ghannushi

“Building democracy as an imposition from abroad is a form of imperialism.”

Form Democracy Building Imperialism Imposition

Author:Lech Walesa

“The sense of space within the reality of any building is a new concept wherever architecture is concerned. But it is essential ancient principle just the same and is not only necessary now but implied by the ideal of democracy itself.”

Reality Space Principles Democracy Building Essentials Concepts Concerned Ideals Ancient Architecture Implied

Author:Frank Lloyd Wright

“I would like to invite the citizens of Great Britain and the citizens of the U.S. and the citizens of the world to come here and walk freely through the streets of Venezuela, to talk to anyone they want, to watch television, to read the papers. We are building a true democracy, with human rights for everyone, social rights, education, health care, pensions, social security, and jobs.”

“There's a real danger when people get distracted by peripheral issues. They get distracted by democracy building. They get distracted about military conflicts. We need to focus on defeating jihadism.”

People Needs Real Democracy Issues Focus Military Danger Building Conflict Distracted

Author:Ted Cruz

“I learned this [ that fear doesn't have to stop me] when my world came apart. I was living a life-long dream of a family life combined with an organization to promote living democracy - all on a gorgeous 45-acre compound in rural Vermont. I'd spent a decade building my dream, and then it started to crumble, piece by piece - my marriage, my organization, my confidence.”

World Long Dream Democracy Pieces Building Organization Decades Gorgeous Family Life Long Life Compounds Acres Vermont

Author:Frances Moore Lappé

“I am not sure that I know enough about the pre-history of 9/11 to agree or disagree. But I did think at the time that the [George W.] Bush administration took a number of cues from the Israeli government, not only by drawing on and intensifying anti-Arab racism, but by insisting that the attack on US government and financial buildings was an attack on "democracy" and by invoking "security at all costs" to wage war without a clear focus (why the Taliban?), and by suspending both constitutional rights and the regular protocol for congressional approval for declaring war.”