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“Democracy is more dangerous than fire. Fire can't vote itself immune to water.”

Water Democracy Fire Dangerous Vote Immune

Author:Michael Z. Williamson

“And, you know, money is - the money edge is really dangerous to democracy. Because what you have right now - people have said to me that, look, you'll always be outspent, so how can you ever win?”

People Knows Looks Said Winning Democracy Dangerous Right Now Edges

Author:Richard Trumka

“No one should ever be locked away simply because they share the same race, ethnicity, or religion as a spy or terrorist. If that principle was not learned from the internment of Japanese Americans, then these are very dangerous times for our democracy.”

Ifs Should Religion Race Principles Democracy Share Dangerous Terrorist Locked Spy Ethnicity Mass Incarceration Internment Race Ethnicity

Author:Fred Korematsu

“The country is headed toward a single and splendid government of an aristocracy founded on banking institutions and moneyed incorporations and if this tendency continues it will be the end of freedom and democracy, the few will be ruling...I hope we shall...crush in its birth the aristocracy of our moneyed corporations which dare already to challenge our government to trial and bid defiance to the laws of our country. I sincerely believe that banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies.”

“It would be foolish and wrong to ignore the fact that all our universities today tread a very dangerous path. Increasingly, they are accepting government money because they are doing things that government wants done. How great a peril is this in a democracy?”

Want Done Facts Government Would Be Today Accepting Democracy Path Dangerous University Foolish Peril

Author:Vincent Massey

“The fabric of democracy is always fragile everywhere because it depends on the will of citizens to protect it, and when they become scared, when it becomes dangerous for them to defend it, it can go very quickly.”

Democracy Dangerous Depends Citizens Protect Scared Fragile Fabric

Author:Margaret Atwood

“democracy ... begins from the ground up. Anything living grows from the bottom up. Everything dangerous, like bombs, gets dropped from the sky down.”

Grows Democracy Sky Dangerous Bottom Bombs

Author:Vandana Shiva

“Nations are like people. Once you understand the interactions between nations, it's easy to understand why things are done, in terms of foreign policy, in a certain way. But nations are not like people in the sense that we are cumulatively represented by others - and their interpretations of what our interests are may not be the same as what they really are. And that's what's dangerous, even in a democracy.”

People Way May Done Certain Nations Easy Term Interest Democracy Dangerous Policy Interpretation Foreign Policy Interaction

Author:Serj Tankian

“The logic of all this seems to be that it is all right for young people in a democracy to learn about any civilization or social theory that is not dangerous, but that they should remain entirely ignorant of any civilization or social theory that might be dangerous on the ground that what you don't know can't hurt you ... a complete denial of the democratic principle that the general diffusion of knowledge and learning through the community is essential to the preservation of free government.”

Source: Freedom and Responsibility in the American Way of Life

“If a little knowledge is dangerous, where is the man who has so much as to be out of danger?”

Ifs Men Littles Science Sports Leadership Freedom Knowledge Democracy Dangerous Danger Knowledge And Learning Knowledge Learning Knowledge And Understanding Little Knowledge Learning Knowledge Dangerous Man Knowledge Is Dangerous

Author:Thomas Huxley

“All democracies are based on the proposition that power is very dangerous and that it is extremely important not to let any one person or small group have too much power for too long a time”

Persons Long Important Democracy Too Much Groups Dangerous Propositions Small Groups Too Much Power

Author:Aldous Huxley

“[The World Trade Center and the Pentagon] have drawn, like gathered lightning, the anger of the enemies of civilization. Those enemies are always out there.... Americans are slow to anger but mighty when angry, and their proper anger now should be alloyed with pride. They are targets because of their virtues-principally democracy, and loyalty to those nations which, like Israel, are embattled salients of our virtues in a still-dangerous world.”

World Should Stills Nations Enemy Virtue Democracy Dangerous Pride Civilization Angry Trade Israel Loyalty Target Lightning Pentagon World Trade World Trade Center Dangerous World

Author:George Will

“People who thought that she was busy going around trying to stir up difficulty where there was none or less than she imagined, were quite critical of her. She was, we must never forget, a public figure. And in democracies, public figures tend to attract criticism as well as praise. The most dangerous thing would be if anybody were regarded as above criticism. And Eleanor Roosevelt is, in recent years, getting there.”

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Author:William A. Rusher