“Republics decline into democracies and democracies degenerate into despotisms.” PoliticsDemocracySocietyPhilosophicalHistoricalRepublicDeclineDespotismDegenerates Author:Aristotle
“The honest and serious student of American history will recall that our Founding Fathers managed to write both the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution without using the term 'democracy' even once. No part of any of the existing state Constitutions contains any reference to the word. [The men] who were most influential in the institution and formulation of our government refer to 'democracy' only to distinguish it sharply from the republican form of our American Constitutional system.” MenWritingStatesGovernmentFormFatherTermDemocracyHonestStudentsHe ManSeriousRepublicanConstitutionIndependenceInstitutionsHistoricalRecallsAmerican HistoryDeclarationFoundingInfluentialOur Founding FathersDeclaration Of Independence Author:Clarence Manion
“Racial discrimination in elections in Texas is no mere historical artifact. To the contrary, Texas has been found in violation of the Voting Rights Act in every redistricting cycle from and after 1970.” Has BeensRealityFoundPoliticsJusticeHistoryDemocracyRightsGenerationsPolicyEqualEthicsConstitutionElectionHistoricalMereHuman RightsContraryDiscriminationIdeologyVotingCyclesTexasEqual RightsViolationDisobedienceCivil DisobedienceRight To VotePartisanshipRacial DiscriminationArtifactsVoting Rights ActRedistricting Author:Ruth Bader Ginsburg
“Photography can still be used to champion activism and change. I believe this, even while standing in the cool winds of postmodernism... Postmodernism looked radical, but it wasn't. As a movement it was profoundly liberal and became a victim of itself. Precisely at this historical moment, when multicultural democracy is the order of the day, photography can be used as a powerful weapon toward instituting political and cultural change. I for one will continue to work toward this end.” BelieveStillsEndsMomentsPoliticalUsedOrderI BelievePowerfulDemocracyMovementWindPhotographyWeaponsStandingVictimHistoricalActivismRadicalChampionPostmodernismMulticulturalPowerful WeaponsCultural Change Author:Carrie Mae Weems
“Citizens often think of a state's interests in terms of the promotion of ideals such as democracy, a particular way of life, or other values which they endorse or see as part of their historical continuity and identity. In this domain as in others values are not fixed, and so a state's interests are dynamic and in a constant state of negotiation and construction.” ThinkingWayStatesValuesTermInterestDemocracyIdentityParticularCitizensIdealsConstantHistoricalFixedConstructionNegotiationDomainPromotionContinuity Author:Dale Jamieson