“To say that we are closer to victory today is to believe in the face of the evidence, the optimists who have been wrong in the past. To say that we are mired in stalemate seems the only realistic, yet unsatisfactory, conclusion. It is increasingly clear to this reporter that the only rational way out then will be to negotiate, not as victors, but as an honorable people who lived up to their pledge to defend democracy, and did the best they could.” PeopleWaySeemsDemocracyClearDefeatEdgesRationalConclusionYieldPessimismRealisticReportersHonorablePledgeUnreasonableStalemate Author:Walter Cronkite
“Whoever wants to reach socialism by any other path than that of political democracy will inevitably arrive at conclusions that are absurd and reactionary both in the economic and the political sense.” WantPoliticalDemocracyPathEconomicSocialismAbsurdConclusionReactionaries Author:Vladimir Lenin
“Americans are quite skeptical about the goal of promoting democracy. People feel it's a desirable goal, but, from a commonsense point of view, both Republicans and Democrats have come to the conclusion that democracy is something that countries can only come to on their own.” PeopleFeelsCountryGoalViewsDemocracyRepublicanDemocratPoint Of ViewConclusionDesirablePromotingSkeptical Author:Daniel Yankelovich
“The conclusion, so vexatious to democracy, that wisdom and not popularity qualifies for rule may be forced upon us by the peril in atomic energy.” MayEnergyDemocracyConclusionPopularityPerilAtomic Energy Book:Ideas Have Consequences: Expanded Edition Source: Ideas Have Consequences: Expanded Edition
“It is not surprising that more and more people are coming to the conclusion that the ballot box is no longer an instrument that will secure political solutions... They can see that the parliamentary democracy we boast of is becoming a sham.” PeoplePoliticalDemocracyBecomingSolutionsInstrumentsBoxesConclusionSecureSurprisingBoastBallotsParliamentaryParliamentary Democracy Author:Tony Benn