“Everyday I become more convinced, there is no doubt in my mind, and as many intellectuals have said, that it is necessary to transcend capitalism. But capitalism can't be transcended from with capitalism itself, but through socialism, true socialism, with equality and justice. I'm also convinced that it is possible to do it under democracy, but not in the type of democracy being imposed by Washington.” MindSaidDoneJusticeDemocracyDoubtTypeCapitalismEverydayConvincedSocialismNo DoubtCan NotEquality And Justice Author:Hugo Chavez
“Scholars have been arguing for a long time whether the Soviet Union could have been turned into some kind of social democracy. I doubt it myself. I think what Gorbachev didn't quite understand, until it was too late, is that his efforts at change unleashed new, certrifical forces he hadn't counted on. He opened the door a crack and a huge wind blew it open.” ThinkingKindLongHas BeensForceSocialEffortDemocracyDoubtDoorsWindHugeLateLong TimeUnionsArguingToo LateCracksSovietScholarSoviet UnionCould Have BeenUnleashedGorbachevSocial Democracy Author:David Hoffman
“I have not the smallest doubt that, if we had a purely democratic government here, the effect would be the same. Either the poor would plunder the rich, and civilisation would perish; or order and property would be saved by a strong military government, and liberty would perish.” IfsGovernmentWould BeOrderStrongPoorLibertyDemocracyRichDoubtEffectsMilitaryPropertyDemocraticSavedSmallestCivilisationPlunderDemocratic Government Author:Thomas B. Macaulay
“I confess to considerable doubts about the eventual stability of democracy, unless buttressed by constitutional safeguards and a general climate of opinion which thoroughly understands the case for liberty in general” LibertyOpinionCasesDemocracyDoubtClimateStability Author:Lionel Robbins, Baron Robbins
“There's no doubt that in the last two to three decades, American democracy has been hacked. It was based on the regular harvesting of the wisdom of crowds, but now big sources of special interest money are able to prevent the passage of almost any meaningful reform that's aimed at the public interest.” Has BeensTwoBigsAbleLastsThreeInterestDemocracyDoubtSpecialSourceCrowdsDecadesMeaningfulReformNo DoubtPassagesSpecial InterestsDemocracies HavePublic InterestAmerican DemocracyHacked Author:Al Gore
“When you try to sow the seeds of doubt in people`s minds about the legitimacy of our election, that undermines democracy. Then you`re doing the work of our adversaries for them.” PeopleTryingMindDemocracyDoubtElectionSeedsAdversariesLegitimacy Author:Barack Obama
“There is no doubt our democracy can be very messy and America does remain a sharply divided country.” DoeCountryAmericaDemocracyDoubtNo DoubtDividedMessyDivided Country Author:Paul Ryan
“I think it's a big disservice to our country and to our democracy to continue to raise these doubts.” ThinkingCountryBigsDemocracyDoubtRaisesOur CountryDisservice Author:Audie Cornish