“Think of the millions of young men who died fighting for democracy. We spit on their graves when we let democracy slip away into the sewer of illegal money.” ThinkingMenYoungFightingMoneyMillionsDemocracyDiedGravesYoung ManIllegalSlipsSpitSewers Author:Doris "Granny D" Haddock
“Young people today seem to be coming around to the idea it really doesn’t matter which politician or political party you vote for; and they’re catching on that it doesn’t even matter if you don’t vote because they have realized modern elections are just a way for the 1% to appease the 99% – a way to keep the masses in line by making them believe they’ve had their say, thereby perpetuating the lie that democracy continues.” PeopleIfsWayBelieveIdeasMatterSeemsTodayYoungPoliticalLyingLinesPartyDemocracyModernPoliticianMassVoteElectionPolitical PartiesCatchingAppeasePerpetuatingCatching On Author:James Morcan
“When I was young I once found a book in a Dutch translation, 'The leaves of Grass'. It was the first time a book touched me by its feeling of freedom and open spaces, the way the poet spoke of the ocean by describing a drop of water in his hand. Walt Whitman was offering the world an open hand (now we call it democracy) and my 'Monument for Walt Whitman' became this open hand with mirrors, so you can see inside yourself.” WorldWayFirstsBookFeelingsHandsYoungFoundWaterSpaceDemocracyPoetOceanFirst TimeMirrorsGrassTouchedSpokesOfferingTranslationsMonumentDescribingDutchWaltLeaves Of GrassDrop Of WaterOpen Spaces Author:Karel Appel
“The constant free flow of communication amount us-enabling the free interchange of ideas-forms the very bloodstream of our nation. It keeps the mind and body of our democracy eternally vital, eternally young.” MindIdeasBodyFormYoungNationsDemocracyCommunicationAmountFlowConstantMind And BodyEnablingInterchange Author:Franklin D. Roosevelt
“Our goal in Iraq is victory. Our goal is for a young democracy to be able to sustain itself, govern itself, and defend itself and serve as an ally in the war on terror.” WarAbleYoungGoalDemocracyVictoryIraqTerrorAlliesWar On Terror Author:George W. Bush
“With us it is not a question of Bolshevism or democracy, but of life or death. A decision in favor of a Soviet could not be opposed by the Young Turks.” YoungDecisionDemocracyFavorsSovietLife Or DeathBolshevism Author:Djemal Pasha
“The logic of all this seems to be that it is all right for young people in a democracy to learn about any civilization or social theory that is not dangerous, but that they should remain entirely ignorant of any civilization or social theory that might be dangerous on the ground that what you don't know can't hurt you ... a complete denial of the democratic principle that the general diffusion of knowledge and learning through the community is essential to the preservation of free government.” PeopleKnowsShouldSeemsGovernmentMightYoungSocialCommunityHurtEducationPrinciplesDemocracyDangerousTheoryCivilizationEssentialsLogicDemocraticIgnorantDenialPreservationFree GovernmentDiffusionKnowledge And LearningSocial Theory Book:Freedom and Responsibility in the American Way of Life Source: Freedom and Responsibility in the American Way of Life
“One of the things that I realized when I left office was that in the 1990's citizens across the world applied more power than they had ever had, as compared with the government, because of more people living under democracies than dictatorships for the first time, the power of the internet, which the young Chinese used to basically change China's policy on the SARS epidemic, and shut it down, and because of the rise in non-governmental organizations like my foundation.” PeopleWorldFirstsGovernmentYoungUsedLeftDemocracyPolicyInternetCitizensOfficeFirst TimeOrganizationDown AndFoundationChinaI RealizedChineseDictatorshipEpidemicsSars Author:William J. Clinton
“Reading and writing, like everything else, improve with practice. And, of course, if there are no young readers and writers, there will shortly be no older ones. Literacy will be dead, and democracy - which many believe goes hand in hand with it - will be dead as well.” IfsWritingBelieveWellsHandsYoungCoursesReadingPracticeDemocracyReaderLiteracyHand In HandReading And Writing Author:Margaret Atwood
“Where we find young democracies, we need to help them. Where we find the enemy, we need to fight them. And that's exactly the Bush policy.” NeedsHelpingYoungFightingEnemyDemocracyPolicy Author:George W. Bush
“Political struggle is the most important thing any of us can do as a citizen in a democracy; and that means the old joining the young to fight for elemental kinds of justice.” KindMeanImportantYoungPoliticalFightingCan DoJusticeStruggleDemocracyCitizensImportant ThingsJoiningElementalsPolitical Struggle Author:Jonathan Kozol
“The cold war provided the perfect excuse for Western governments to plunder and exploit the Third World in the name of freedom; to rig its elections, bribe its politicians, appoint its tyrants and, by every sophisticated means of persuasion and interference, stunt the emergence of young democracies in the name of democracy.” WorldMeanWarGovernmentYoungNamesPerfectDemocracyColdPoliticianThirdsElectionWesternExcuseTyrantsSophisticatedCold WarPersuasionExploitsInterferenceThird WorldEmergenceBribePlunderRigs Author:John le Carre
“Young people need to re-engage with politics. The life of democracy depends on it. We've left it to the stuff shirts, and obviously they haven't been minding the store.” PeopleNeedsYoungLeftStuffDemocracyHavensDependsStoresShirts Author:Emilio Estevez
“I hope March is a guide for today's activists. It took raw courage for young people to volunteer to go to Mississippi in the summer of 1964, and unrelenting faith in the power of democracy to organize such a massive campaign.” PeopleTodayYoungDemocracySummerGuidesCampaignsMarchMassiveActivistOrganizeVolunteerMississippiUnrelenting Author:Andrew Aydin
“This is a very difficult assignment for the United States, to hang in there and help this young democracy survive.” StatesHelpingYoungDifficultUnitedUnited StatesDemocracyAssignmentsHang In There Author:George W. Bush
“I believe that democracy will prevail, so long as the United States stays with these young democracies to help them.” BelieveLongStatesHelpingYoungI BelieveUnitedUnited StatesDemocracy Author:George W. Bush
“I'm sometimes impatient with young people who demonstrate at my meetings and who don't want an argument, but who just want to go on television as having been there and made a fuss. This doesn't mean I don't believe in participatory democracy.” PeopleWantBelieveMeanMadeSometimesYoungDemocracyTelevisionGoes OnArgumentMeetingsDon't BelieveImpatientParticipatory Democracy Author:Pierre Trudeau
“The good news is I think there are a lot of young people certainly who were involved in my campaigns, and I think continue to be involved in work not just politically, but through nonprofits and other organizations, that can carry this hard work of democracy forward.” PeopleThinkingHardYoungDemocracyHard WorkInvolvedNewsOrganizationCampaignsGood NewsNonprofits Author:Barack Obama