“Our minorities alone are in a position to know what the fathers of our democracy were talking about.” KnowsCultureFatherJusticeTalkingDemocracyPositionDiversitySocial JusticeMinorities Book:The Desegregated Heart: A Virginian’s Stand in Time of Transition Source: The Desegregated Heart: A Virginian’s Stand in Time of Transition
“Any time you make an analogy to horrific people in history, Mussolini or Hitler, people say, 'Oh, you're exaggerating, you're talking about, it's hyperbole.' Maybe it is. ... But I would say is that if you are not concerned that democracy could produce bad people, I don't think you're really thinking this through too much.” PeopleIfsThinkingTalkingDemocracyToo MuchProduceConcernedBad PeopleAnalogiesNsaHorrificExaggeratingHyperbole Author:Rand Paul
“Constitutional democracy has created astonishing and apparently irreversible social progress. All we're interested in is talking about when government doesn't work.” GovernmentSocialTalkingDemocracyProgressAstonishingDemocracies HaveSocial ProgressIrreversible Author:Tony Kushner
“And you know, we were talking about American identity, and where we've come from and where we are and where we're headed. We knew that we wanted to have a hopeful ending and we wanted it to be pro-community, and a pro-democracy type of movie.” KnowsWantedCommunityTalkingDemocracyIdentityTypeHopefulAmerican Identity Author:Matt Damon
“Pakistan is, I always feel, hopeful. You know, our system of government is not, and the system of foreign policy whereby we do whatever is asked of us as long as the price is right only proves to fundamentalist outfits and to militant groups that when we talk of things like democracy, when we talk of things like foreign policy, what we're really talking about is being pro-American.” KnowsFeelsLongGovernmentTalkingDemocracyGroupsPolicyProveHopefulForeign PolicyPakistanFundamentalistMilitantOutfitsSystems Of Government Author:Fatima Bhutto
“It's symbolic of how I feel, with cameras on every street corner. Being watched all the time, having my sense of freedom invaded. Privacy is an important thing, and it has been eroded over the past few years. Now they're talking about body scans at airports. Democracy becomes a sham the second you have to give way to authorities who can do any kind of search that they want with you.” WayWantGivingFeelsYearsKindHas BeensImportantBodyPastCan DoTalkingDemocracyStreetsAuthorityCamerasImportant ThingsCornersPrivacyAirportsSymbolicOver The PastStreet Corners Author:Nitin Sawhney
“I love talking about the Kennedy assasination. The reason I do is because I'm fascinated by it. I'm fascinated that our government could lie to us so blatantly, so obviously for so long, and we do absolutely nothing about it. I think that's interesting in what is ostensibly a democracy. Sarcasm - come on in. People say Bill, quit talking about Kennedy man. It was a long time ago, just let it go, alright? It's a long time ago, just forget it. I'm like, alright, then don't bring up Jesus to me. As long as we're talking shelf life here.” PeopleThinkingMenLongReasonGovernmentLyingJesusForgetInterestingTalkingDemocracyLong TimeBillsQuittingSarcasmFascinatedShelvesForget ItLong Time AgoLet It GoAlrightAbsolutely NothingShelf LifeJust Let It Go Author:Bill Hicks
“I think he [Vaclav Havel] is one of the great figures of the 20th century. He is one of the people that was able to be a part of overthrowing a dictatorial system by talking to people and understanding what the elements of democracy really are and respect for each other and elevating.” PeopleThinkingAbleUnderstandingTalkingDemocracyCenturyFiguresElements20th CenturyElevating Author:Judy Woodruff
“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
“Donald Trump's talking down our democracy. And I, for one, am appalled that somebody who is the nominee of one of our two major parties would take that kind of position.” KindTwoPartyTalkingDemocracyPositionTrumpMajorsTalking Down Author:Hillary Clinton
“There is nothing going on and in the meantime we do know that our democracy is under assault by the KGB. To me, that's something we ought to be talking about. That's a relevant issue in this campaign [2016].” KnowsTalkingDemocracyIssuesOughtCampaignsRelevantAssaultKgb Author:James Carville
“We ought to be talking about our democracy being under assault right now and what we're going to do about it and not what somebody said in July about James Comey. That's a distraction, that's not what's going on.” SaidTalkingDemocracyOughtRight NowDistractionAssaultJuly Author:James Carville
“I'm talking of the idea, basically very widespread in America, that the less government the better, which is obviously being used to the advantage of the big corporations, but none-the-less has very radical implications. The idea of a people that exercises a great deal of federalist or confederalist control, the ideal of a grass-roots type of democracy, the idea of the freedom of the individual which is not to get lost in the mazes of anarcho-egotism à la Stirner, or for that matter right-wing libertarianism.” PeopleIdeasMatterBigsGovernmentAmericaUsedIndividualLostDealsTalkingDemocracyTypeExerciseAdvantageIdealsRootsWingsRadicalCorporationsGrassLibertarianismEgotismImplicationsRight WingMazesFederalistBig Corporations Author:Murray Bookchin