“What is any political campaign save a concerted effort to turn out a set of politicians who are admittedly bad and put in a set who are thought to be better. The former assumption, I believe is always sound; the latter is just as certainly false. For if experience teaches us anything at all it teaches us this: that a good politician, under democracy, is quite as unthinkable as an honest burglar.” IfsBelievePoliticalTurnsI BelieveSoundEffortTeachDemocracyHonestPoliticianCampaignsFormerAssumptionLatterUnthinkableBurglarsPolitical CampaignGood Politicians Book:PREJUDICES A SELECTION Source: PREJUDICES A SELECTION
“This is regrettable indeed for a nation that aspires to teach democracy to other nations, because, as Burke said: "Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other."” SaidSchoolNationsTeachDemocracyAtheismMankindExampleAspire Book:The Arrogance of Power Source: The Arrogance of Power
“It is not that the people want a BJP government or Modi as PM. The Nation wants to teach a lesson to those who have ruined the nation.” PeopleWantGovernmentNationsTeachDemocracyLessonsIndiaElectionRuinedPmsBjp Author:Narendra Modi
“We teach reading, writing and math by [having students do] them. But we teach democracy by lecture.” WritingReadingTeachDemocracyStudentsMathLecturesReading Writing Author:Shelley Berman
“Part of what we have to do a better job of, if our democracy is to function in a complicated diverse society like this, is to teach our kids enough critical thinking to be able to sort out what is true and what is false, what is contestable and what is incontestable. And we seem to have trouble with that. And our political system doesn't help.” IfsThinkingEnoughHelpingSeemsKidsAbleJobsPoliticalTeachDemocracyTroubleFunctionComplicatedCriticalDiverseCritical ThinkingPolitical SystemsBetter JobsDiverse Society Author:Barack Obama