“Collective bargaining has always been the bedrock of the American labor movement. I hope that you will continue to anchor your movement to this foundation. Free collective bargaining is good for the entire Nation. In my view, it is the only alternative to State regulation of wages and prices - a path which leads far down the grim road of totalitarianism. Those who would destroy or further limit the rights of organized labor - those who would cripple collective bargaining or prevent organization of the unorganized - do a disservice to the cause of democracy.” StatesNationsCausesViewsDemocracyPathRightsMovementLimitsLaborOrganizationFoundationAlternativesOrganizedCollectivesRegulationWagesTotalitarianismAnchorsGrimCripplesBargainingBedrockDisserviceLabor MovementOrganized LaborCollective Bargaining Author:John F. Kennedy
“Our culture is at a critical cusp - a time that requires that we define what it means to be a citizen in a democracy. Within our nation we need to foster a greater sense of collective responsibility.” NeedsMeanCultureNationsResponsibilityDemocracyGreaterInternetCitizensCriticalCollectivesFree SpeechCuspCollective Responsibility Author:Robert Neelly Bellah
“The parliament is the supreme decision-making and legislative body in any democracy. It reflects the collective desires of the citizens and makes laws.” BodyLawDesireDecisionDemocracyCitizensSupremeCollectivesDecision MakingParliament Author:Ziauddin Sardar
“With growing and intermixed minority populations, our democracy can not work optimally unless all people are integrated as full and equal members, and I think our collective freedom requires that.” PeopleThinkingDemocracyGrowingEqualMembersPopulationMinoritiesCollectivesCan NotIntegrated Author:Richard Benjamin
“I always maintain that playing in an orchestra intelligently is the best school for democracy. If you play a solo, the conductor and everybody in the orchestra follows you. Then, a few bars later, the main voice goes to another instrument, another group, and then you have to go back into the collective [sound]. The art of playing in an orchestra is being able to express yourself to the maximum but always in relation to something else that is going on.” IfsArtPlayAbleSchoolSoundVoiceDemocracyGroupsRelationInstrumentsBarsCollectivesSoloOrchestraMaximumExpress YourselfConductorBest School Author:Daniel Barenboim
“We must nurture tolerance, collective wisdom, and democracy.” DemocracyToleranceCollectivesNurtureCollective Wisdom Author:Nelson Mandela
“I stand on the shoulders of giants that have gone before me, in terms of affording people like myself, women, the access to democracy, the vote, medical treatment, education, everything that I've been given. It's all been earned. Therefore I feel it's incumbent on me personally to just contribute something, to add to a collective voice that needs to be here right now, to build it up to a tipping point, to make the world aware that women's rights still have to be addressed and that the word 'feminism' has been devalued and needs to be reclaimed.” PeopleWorldNeedsFeelsHas BeensStillsGivenVoiceTermGoneDemocracyRightsFeminismRight NowVoteAddAccessMedicalShouldersGiantsCollectivesTreatmentWomens RightsIncumbentsTippingTipping PointMedical TreatmentAffording Author:Annie Lennox
“The very moment you understand that being a Muslim and being American or European are not mutually exclusive, you enrich your society. Promote the universal principles of justice and freedom, and leave the societies elsewhere to find their model of democracy based on their collective psychology and cultural heritage.” MomentsJusticePrinciplesDemocracyPsychologyModelsUniversalCollectivesHeritageElsewhereExclusiveCultural Heritage Author:Tariq Ramadan