“For Singapore, its test for its own democracy must be whether it fit and serve the interests of its people and conditions, and not serve some abstract ideal that the Western media thought it ought to conform to. If in 10 years, Philippines, Taiwan and Korea were better societies because they adopted the US model, Singapore would hurry to catch.” PeopleIfsYearsInterestDemocracyConditionsMediaOughtFitModelsIdealsTestsWesternAbstractConformAdoptedKoreaSingaporePhilippinesTaiwanWestern Media Author:Goh Chok Tong
“Today's business model is bad for people, bad for the economy and bad for stability and democracy.” PeopleTodayEconomyDemocracyModelsStabilityBusiness Models Author:Sharan Burrow
“Bernard Shaw remains the only model we have of what the citizen of a democracy should be: an informed participant in all things we deem important to the society and the individual.” ShouldImportantIndividualDemocracyCitizensModelsAll ThingsRemainsParticipantsBernard Shaw Author:Jacques Barzun
“The most widely discussed formulation of [the One World model] was the "end of history" thesis advanced by Francis Fukuyama. "We may be witnessing," Fukuyama argued, "the end of history as such: that is, the end point of mankind's ideological evolution and the universalization of Western liberal democracy as the final form of human government." The future will be devoted not to great exhilarating struggles over ideas but rather to resolving mundane economic and technical problems. And, he concluded rather sadly, it will all be rather boring.” WorldHumansMayIdeasEndsProblemGovernmentFormStruggleDemocracyEconomicMankindEvolutionModelsWesternFinalsBoringDevotedMundaneIdeologicalExhilaratingThesisLiberal Democracy Author:Samuel P. Huntington
“The corporatist-economic model of society appears to be governing us. Economists, often in the pay of transnationals, are deciding, for us, what democracy is, and will be.” PayDemocracyEconomicModelsEconomistGoverningEconomic Models Author:B. W. Powe
“I hope that with the success of the transition to democracy in Tunisia that we will export to Egypt a working democratic model.” DemocracyModelsDemocraticTransitionEgyptTunisia Author:Rashid al-Ghannushi
“A democracy is predicated on an educated citizenry. You cannot have a democracy with people that are more interested in what Nicole Kidman is doing or whoever the latest fashion model is.” PeopleDemocracyFashionModelsEducatedCitizenryNicoleFashion Model Author:Hamza Yusuf
“Up until the First World War, when people turned anti-German, Germany had been described by American political scientists as the model of democracy.” PeopleWorldFirstsWarPoliticalDemocracyModelsScientistWar Of The WorldsGermanyFirst World War Author:Noam Chomsky
“Chile has done a lot to rid itself of poverty, especially extreme poverty, since the return to democracy. But we still have a ways to go toward greater equity. This country does not have a neoliberal economic model anymore. We have put in place a lot of policies that will ensure that economic growth goes hand in hand with social justice.” WayDoeStillsCountryDoneHandsSocialGrowthJusticePovertyDemocracyGreaterEconomicPolicyReturnModelsSocial JusticeExtremesEquityEconomic GrowthHand In HandChileExtreme PovertyEconomic Models Author:Michelle Bachelet
“The very moment you understand that being a Muslim and being American or European are not mutually exclusive, you enrich your society. Promote the universal principles of justice and freedom, and leave the societies elsewhere to find their model of democracy based on their collective psychology and cultural heritage.” MomentsJusticePrinciplesDemocracyPsychologyModelsUniversalCollectivesHeritageElsewhereExclusiveCultural Heritage Author:Tariq Ramadan
“Chinese no longer crave so much for food and accommodation, but they do crave democracy. I stand by that. I don't know which model China will follow.” KnowsDemocracyModelsChinaChineseCraveAccommodations Author:Zhang Xin
“What happened to the Soviet Union happened mainly for domestic reasons. It was a failure of the model based on a command economy and dictatorship. The rejection of freedom and democracy, the decisionmaking monopoly of one party, and the monopoly of one ideology all had a chilling effect on the country. That model turned out to be incapable of making structural changes. It did not open up ways for initiative and was overly centralized.” WayCountryReasonPartyEconomyDemocracyHappenedEffectsModelsUnionsCommandIdeologyRejectionSovietInitiativeDictatorshipIncapableSoviet UnionChillMonopolyCommand Economy Author:Mikhail Gorbachev
“Our model of politics is one that it is inclusive of all members of the society; all should be represented. That is the nature of our democracy.” ShouldDemocracyMembersModels Author:Colin Powell
“I think that rather than talking about particular models, of which there could be a huge number, we should talk about basic principles of democracy. After all, even within the West, there is no single standard and single model.” ThinkingShouldNumbersTalkingPrinciplesDemocracyParticularHugeModelsStandardsWestBasic PrinciplesHuge Numbers Author:Vladimir Putin
“[James] Madison pointed out in the discussion of the constitutional debates - the constitutional convention - that democracy would be a danger. He used England of course as the model and said suppose that in England everyone had the free right to vote; the poor, the propertyless - who are the great majority - would use their voting power to take away the rights of property owners to carry out what we would call land reform.” SaidUseWould BeUsedCoursesPoorDemocracyRightsLandDangerModelsVoteEnglandMajorityPropertyDebateReformDiscussionVotingOwnersConventionsRight To VoteMadisonConstitutional Convention Author:Noam Chomsky
“The US two party system is very different, of course. Here the people decides about who should rule them, but it is not reasonable to claim that the people rules itself through the political institutions. In comparison, I find that the standard European system is better, also as a model for global democracy.” PeopleShouldTwoDifferentPoliticalCoursesPartyDemocracyModelsStandardsClaimsInstitutionsReasonableComparisonPolitical InstitutionsTwo Party System Author:Torbjorn Tannsjo
“It is quite difficult to establish a clear-cut cause-and-effect relationship, as the causes are manifold and closely connected. It is simply not correct to link the level of democracy to prosperity. It is absolutely clear that the economic wealth of Saudi Arabia exceeds the performance of the Czech Republic. But apparently democracy is quite stable in the Czech Republic, which cannot be said about Saudi Arabia. As we delve into the past, we must not forget about the existing model of society.” SaidPastCausesDifficultWealthForgetLevelsDemocracyClearCuttingEconomicEffectsModelsPerformancesProsperityConnectedLinksRepublicStableExceedCause And EffectArabiaSaudi ArabiaSaudisManifoldCzechCzech Republic Author:Garry Kasparov