“We need a very progressive and strong agenda to bring people into the political process because I worry very much about the future of the American democracy where so many people are giving up.” PeopleNeedsGivingPoliticalStrongProcessWorryDemocracyGiving UpAgendasProgressiveAmerican Democracy Author:Bernie Sanders
“I note that [Benazir] Bhutto demonstrates her own deep commitment to democracy by giving herself the title chairperson for life of the Pakistan Peoples Party.” GivingPartyDemocracyCommitmentNotesTitlesPakistanBhutto Author:Ann Coulter
“If the government is vulnerable to public opinion, then famines are a dreadfully bad thing to have. You cant win many elections after a famine, and you dont like being criticized by newspapers, opposition parties in parliament, and so on. Democracy gives the government an immediate political incentive to act.” IfsGivingGovernmentPoliticalWinningPartyOpinionDemocracyElectionNewspapersVulnerableOppositionBad ThingsParliamentIncentivesPublic OpinionFamineCan't WinOpposition Parties Author:Amartya Sen
“Wikileaks is a democratizing force. Its giving individuals access to decisions and thinking by their representatives and in a democracy that ought to be reflexive.” ThinkingGivingIndividualForceDecisionDemocracyOughtAccessRepresentativesGiving InWikileaks Author:Noam Chomsky
“I have just as much right to stay in America - in fact, the black people have contributed more to America than any other race, because our kids have fought here for what was called "democracy"; our mothers and fathers were sold and bought here for a price. So all I can say when they say "go back to Africa," I say "when you send the Chinese back to China, the Italians back to Italy, etc., and you get on that Mayflower from whence you came, and give the Indians their land back, who really would be here at home?"” PeopleGivingI CanFactsHomeWould BeKidsAmericaMotherFatherBlackRaceDemocracyLandChinaChineseEtcBlack PeopleMother And FatherMayflower Author:Fannie Lou Hamer
“In Europe, where the terrorist threat is probably greatest at the moment, the amount of information-sharing that's been taking place, the effectiveness of law enforcement across borders gives us the ability to protect ourselves while still being true to the basic precepts of our liberal democracies. I hope that that continues, and it is something that I think we should be worried about.” ThinkingGivingShouldStillsMomentsLawAbilityDemocracyInformationAmountProtectEuropeThreatTerroristBeing TrueWorriedBordersLaw EnforcementEnforcementEffectivenessLiberal DemocracyInformation Sharing Author:Barack Obama