“Democracy is a small hard core of common agreement, surrounded by a rich variety of individual differences.” HardIndividualDifferencesCommonDemocracyRichCoreVarietyAgreementHard CoreIndividual Differences Author:James Bryant Conant
“Democracy is good. I say this because other systems are worse. So we are forced to accept democracy. It has good points and also bad. But merely saying that democracy will solve all problems is utterly wrong. Problems are solved by intelligence and hard work.” HardProblemAcceptingDemocracyHard WorkSolve Author:Jawaharlal Nehru
“America is a democracy and has no Hitler, but I am afraid for her future; there are hard times ahead for the American people, troubles will be coming from within and without. America cannot smile away their Negro problem nor Hiroshima and Nagasaki. There are cosmic laws.” PeopleHardProblemAmericaLawDemocracyTroubleHard TimesCosmicHiroshimaHiroshima And Nagasaki Author:Albert Einstein
“It is profoundly important to honor President Johnson's historic contributions to justice and democracy - and to appreciate how hard he fought for the rights of every Texan and every American.” ImportantHardPresidentJusticeDemocracyRightsHonorAppreciateContributionHistoricJohnsonTexanPresident Johnson Author:Marc Veasey
“What's hard, it seems, is living up to the expectations Democracy imposes upon those who would participate in society.” HardSeemsDemocracyExpectations Author:Steven Weber
“But the question is, do we care enough? Do we care enough to keep standing up for the country that we know is possible, even if it's hard, and even if it's politically uncomfortable? Do we care enough to sustain the passion and the pressure to make our communities safer and our country safer? Do we care enough to do everything we can to spare other families the pain that is felt here today?” IfsKnowsCountryHardEnoughRealityCareTodayPainPassionPoliticsFeltCommunityLeadershipJusticeDemocracyViolenceHuman NaturePolicyEthicsStandingPressureHuman RightsOur CountryIdeologyUncomfortableSparesCivilityDisobedienceOur CommunityCivil Disobedience Author:Barack Obama
“Democracies are notorious for a tendency to obey the feelings rather than the mind; thus the nature of democracies often makes itdifficult to conclude a peace after a hard-won war. Generous victors are rare.” MindWarHardFeelingsDemocracyVictoryTendenciesGenerousNotorious Author:Amos Elon
“Are soft-hearted people handicapped in business? You have heard a businessman say of someone else, He's all right, but he's too soft-hearted.... To be soft-hearted may be handicapping, in a sense. But on the whole, a soft heart is to be preferred to a hard heart. Hard-hearted, severe, dominating giants sometimes manage to get further and to amass more money. But they get less genuine joy out of life.... It is the hard-boiled employer, not the soft-hearted species, that incites most of our strikes and does most to endanger the harmonious progress of democracy.” PeopleHeartMayDoeSometimesHardWholeJoyDemocracyProgressHeardSpeciesStrikesGenuineManageGiantsMore MoneySevereBusinessmanEmployersHeartedHarmoniousDominatingHandicappedSoft Heart Author:B. C. Forbes
“The structure of the Swiss ruling class is rock-hard, and unchanged since the time of Napoleon. They sit on their mountains and lecture the world on democracy. It's an unbelievable show of self-satisfaction and arrogance.” WorldSelfHardShowsClassDemocracyRocksMountainStructureSatisfactionArroganceUnbelievableRulingLecturesSwissSelf-satisfaction Author:Jean Ziegler
“[The healthcare bill is a] headlong rush into socialism....we will not stand for the Obama-Pelosi-Reid hijacking of our freedom and democracy so they can impose their socialist 'utopia' of higher taxes, restricted access, inferior quality, and deadly inefficiency on the best health care system in the world....You and the RNC are all that stand between the Democrats' scheme to take more of your hard-earned income to pay for this unsustainable, freedom destroying entitlement and an opportunity to work for real, truly bipartisan step-by-step solutions.” WorldRealHardCareOpportunityPayQualityStepsDemocracyHigherTaxesSolutionsBillsDemocratAccessIncomeSocialismHealth CareDestroyingHealthcareSchemesSocialistInferiorsUtopiaEntitlementBipartisanInefficiencyHealth Care SystemHijacking Author:Michael Steele
“I'm much more attracted personally to governments going their full term. It's very hard to have a fixed term election I know with ah... a parliamentary democracy, but I've always had an instinct to say there should be a fixed term.” KnowsShouldHardGovernmentTermDemocracyElectionInstinctFixedParliamentaryParliamentary Democracy Author:Jim Bolger
“It is the hard-boiled employer, not the soft-hearted species, that incites most of our strikes and does most ot endanger the harmonious progress of democracy.” DoeHardDemocracyProgressSpeciesStrikesEmployersHeartedHarmonious Author:B. C. Forbes
“It 's really hard to impose democracy. It has to emerge naturally. You have to get out of the way and let it happen.” WayHardHappensDemocracy Author:Wesley Clark
“To pay attention to the actual core of the movement - that would be pretty hard. Can you concentrate for example on either the policy issues or the creation of functioning democratic communities of mutual support and say, well, that's what's lacking in our country that's why we don't have a functioning democracy - a community of real participation. That's really important. And that always gets smashed.” WellsImportantRealCountryHardWould BeCommunityPayAttentionSupportDemocracyIssuesPolicyExampleMovementCreationDemocraticCoreOur CountryPay AttentionMutualLackingParticipationMutual Support Author:Noam Chomsky
“The governments and the hard-headed military establishment and the general conservative part of America have never taken much interest in democracy, anyway.” HardGovernmentAmericaInterestDemocracyTakenMilitaryConservativeEstablishment Author:Amartya Sen
“The basic principles of democracy should be observed whatever the country - principles such as civil liberties, a free market, a free press, the priority of the individual over mythical state interests, a state which serves the interests of ordinary people and defends their rights and interests. This is all easy to say but hard to make reality.” PeopleShouldCountryHardStatesRealityIndividualEasyInterestLibertyPrinciplesDemocracyRightsOrdinaryPressesPrioritiesFree MarketOrdinary PeopleCivil LibertiesBasic PrinciplesFree Press Author:Vladimir Putin
“It's hard in all countries. Democracy is hard, but it's better than the alternatives.” CountryHardDemocracyAlternatives Author:Jamie Dimon
“That is the nature of democracy. It is hard. It is not always inspiring.” HardDemocracy Author:Barack Obama
“I think my most important advice is to understand what are the foundations of a healthy democracy and how we have to engage in citizenship continuously, not just when something upsets us; not just when there's an election or when an issue pops up for a few weeks. It's hard work.” ThinkingImportantHardDemocracyIssuesWeekAdviceHard WorkHealthyElectionFoundationPopsUpsetCitizenship Author:Barack Obama
“The good news is I think there are a lot of young people certainly who were involved in my campaigns, and I think continue to be involved in work not just politically, but through nonprofits and other organizations, that can carry this hard work of democracy forward.” PeopleThinkingHardYoungDemocracyHard WorkInvolvedNewsOrganizationCampaignsGood NewsNonprofits Author:Barack Obama
“Nobody said democracies supposed to be easy. It's hard. And in a big country like America, it probably should be hard.” ShouldSaidCountryHardBigsAmericaEasyDemocracySupposed To Be Author:Barack Obama
“The federal government and our democracy is not a speedboat. It's an oceanliner, as I discovered when I came into office. It took a lot of really hard work for us to make significant policy changes, even in our first two years, when we had larger majorities than Mr. Trump will enjoy when he comes into office.” YearsFirstsTwoHardGovernmentEnjoyDemocracyPolicyHard WorkTrumpOfficeMajoritySignificantTwo YearsFederal Government Author:Barack Obama
“In the United States, the day when you pay your taxes is a day of mourning because this alien force - the government - is coming to rob you of your hard-earned money. That's the general attitude, and it's a tremendous victory for the opponents of democracy, and, of course, any privileged sector is going to hate democracy. You can see it in the healthcare debate.” HardStatesGovernmentHateCoursesForceUnitedPayAttitudeUnited StatesDemocracyVictoryTaxesDebateAliensOpponentsMourningHealthcarePrivileged Author:Noam Chomsky