“Some observers compare elections in some countries with sports events, where people are but spectators. Moreover, elections must not be mere interludes for pushing a lever and then retreating to passivity, for democracy demands committed participation in the daily workings of society.” PeopleCountrySportsDemocracyEventsDemandElectionMereCommittedComparePushingParticipationObserversSpectatorsPassivityLeversDaily Work Author:Alfred-Maurice de Zayas
“There can only be democracy when money is not allowed to be spent in Politics.” SportsDemocracy Author:Imran Khan
“I'm a citizen in a democracy. To call me an activist would be redundant. It's not a spectator sport. If we all become non-participants, it no longer works.” IfsWould BeSportsDemocracyCitizensCall MeActivistSpectatorsParticipantsRedundant Author:Michael Moore
“If a little knowledge is dangerous, where is the man who has so much as to be out of danger?” IfsMenLittlesScienceSportsLeadershipFreedomKnowledgeDemocracyDangerousDangerKnowledge And LearningKnowledge LearningKnowledge And UnderstandingLittle KnowledgeLearning KnowledgeDangerous ManKnowledge Is Dangerous Author:Thomas Huxley
“The post-Second World War simple system of social democracy and organized labour has fragmented massively, but just because people aren't organized in workplace trade unions doesn't mean they aren't in associations with other people - work-based, place-based, culture-based, sport-based, faith-based - there's a bit of an old rainbow coalition argument.” PeopleWorldMeanWarCultureSocialBitsSportsSimpleDemocracyArgumentTradeUnionsPostsWar Of The WorldsOrganizedLabourAssociationRainbowWorkplaceCoalitionsSecond World WarFragmentedTrade UnionsFaith BasedSocial Democracy Author:Duncan Green