“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
“I like the Americans for a great many reasons. I like them because even the modern thing called industrialism has not entirely destroyed in them the very ancient thing called democracy. I like them because they have a respect for work which really curbs the human tendency to snobbishness.” HumansReasonAmericaDemocracyModernAncientTendenciesDestroyedGreat MenCurbSnobbishness Author:Gilbert K. Chesterton
“Shall we have recourse to the art of printing? But this has not destroyed property or aristocracy or corporations or paper wealth in England or America, or diminished the influence of either; on the contrary, it has multiplied aristocracy and diminished democracy.” ArtAmericaWealthDemocracyInfluencePaperEnglandPropertyContraryDestroyedCorporationsPrintingAristocracyRecourse Book:The Political Writings of John Adams Source: The Political Writings of John Adams
“If democracy is destroyed in Britain, it will be not the communists, Trotskyists or subversives but this House which threw it away. The rights that are entrusted to us are not for us to give away. Even if I agree with everything that is proposed, I cannot hand away powers lent to me for five years by the people of Chesterfield. I just could not do it. It would be theft of public rights.” PeopleIfsGivingYearsHandsWould BeHouseDemocracyFiveRightsAgreeDestroyedFive YearsBritainCommunistTheft Author:Tony Benn
“People are increasingly beginning to feel that democracy itself is being destroyed by this latest phase of globalization and that politics doesn't matter because it changes nothing.” PeopleFeelsMatterDemocracyDestroyedPhasesGlobalization Author:Tariq Ali