“Political monopoly and economic monopoly are two sides of the same coin, two heads of the same monster. Despite all the claims to the contrary, the essential ideology of Neo-Conservatism is to preserve the status quo, with all of its injustices. Its public relations experts call for "freedom and democracy" without a framework of higher values. They fail to comprehend the need for a paradigm of justice and therefore are blind to what concerns most of the people in the world. This failure is the taproot of terrorism.” PeopleWorldNeedsTwoPoliticalValuesPoliticsSidesJusticeEconomyDemocracyFailingEconomicHigherEssentialsConcernClaimsRelationBlindInjusticeTerrorismContraryMonstersDespiteIdeologyPreservesExpertsLiberalismStatus QuoCoinsMonopolyConservatismFrameworkParadigmTwo SidesPublic RelationsTwo Heads Author:Robert Dickson Crane
“If the great Western experiment fails and we end up living in totalitarian war-on-terrorism states, one day someone's going to say, 'Well democracy doesn't work because they had to give it up'.” IfsGivingWellsWarEndsStatesDemocracyFailingOne DayWesternTerrorismExperimentsWar On Terrorism Author:Martin Firrell
“If Democracy should fail, it would be because we had been so lacking in self-discipline that our personal problems had taken all our substance and energies, leaving us nothing of value to contribute to the commonwealth.” IfsShouldSelfProblemWould BeValuesEnergyDemocracyTakenFailingDisciplineLeavingSubstanceLackingSelf DisciplineCommonwealthPersonal Problems Author:Margery Wilson
“In the many forms of government which have sprung up there has always been an acknowledgement of justice and proportionate equality, although mankind fail in attaining them, as indeed I have already explained. Democracy, for example, arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects; because men are equally free, they claim to be absolutely equal.” MenGovernmentFormJusticeDemocracyFailingMankindExampleEqualClaimsNotionAriseForms Of GovernmentAcknowledgementSprungSprung Up Book:Aristotle: The Politics and the Constitution of Athens Source: Aristotle: The Politics and the Constitution of Athens
“You can make peace with an enemy, if the enemy abandons the idea of destroying you. That is the critical test. Democracies fail to understand what I just said.” IfsIdeasEnemyDemocracyFailingTestsCriticalAbandonDestroyingMaking PeaceDestroying You Author:Benjamin Netanyahu
“If we fail to meet our problems here, no one else in the world will do so. If we fail, the heart goes out of progressives throughout the world.” IfsWorldHeartProblemDemocracyFailingProgressivism Author:Eleanor Roosevelt
“Now, here's a good question: should serious people focus on global political instability - terrorism, failing states, nuclear weapons - or should we focus on global climate instability - droughts, floods, extreme weather? Here's the correct answer: yes, both, because climate disruption will make every other national security problem worse.” PeopleShouldStatesProblemRealityPoliticalPoliticsNatureCommunityLeadershipJusticeAnswersDemocracyFocusFailingSecurityPolicySeriousWeaponsEthicsStrategyClimateHuman RightsExtremesTerrorismNuclearWeatherIdeologyForeign PolicyNuclear WeaponsFloodNational SecurityDiplomacyDisruptionDroughtInstabilityGood QuestionsExtreme WeatherPolitical Instability Author:Van Jones
“If democracy succeeds in Egypt, other countries will follow. Should the democratic experiment in Egypt be hijacked by the military or anti-democratic Islamist groups, the revolution will fail elsewhere.” IfsShouldCountryDemocracyFailingGroupsMilitaryRevolutionSucceedSpringDemocraticExperimentsElsewhereOther CountriesEgyptIslamistsArab Spring Author:David Ignatius
“Obamacare is a crime against democracy because a material part of that bill was not disclosed to the Senate nor to the House of Representatives. The funding was hidden in the bill. That was fraud and I can't vote for any budget that fails to bring back that money from Obamacare.” I CanHouseDemocracyFailingCrimeMaterialsVoteBillsBudgetsFraudSenateRepresentativesFundingObamacareHouse Of Representatives Author:Michele Bachmann
“If we fail now, then we will have forgotten in abundance what we learned in hardship: that democracy rests on faith; freedom asks more than it gives; and the judgment of God is harshest on those who are most favored.” IfsGivingAsksHistoryDemocracyFailingJudgmentForgottenAbundanceHardship Author:Lyndon B. Johnson
“If, in a democracy, the cognition of the majority is not much better than the cognition of the sheep, democracy will surely fail.” IfsDemocracyFailingMajoritySheepCognition Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan
“I think democracy fails under a variety of conditions and one of the conditions occurs when people don't have the ability to get the kind of information they need to make up their mind. Ideologically, I don't care much for FOX News. But the truth is that, as long as there are countervailing points of view available on the spectrum, it doesn't matter.” PeopleThinkingNeedsMindKindLongMatterCareAbilityViewsDemocracyFailingConditionsInformationTruth IsNewsDon't CareAvailablePoint Of ViewVarietyI Don't CareFoxesSpectrumFox News Author:Howard Dean
“A democracy which fails to concentrate authority in an emergency inevitably falls into such confusion that the ground is prepared for the rise of a dictator.” FallDemocracyFailingAuthorityPreparedConfusionDictatorEmergencies Book:Authority in the crisis Source: Authority in the crisis
“In an election like this one [in 2016], not only are voters dissatisfied, but where the foundations of our economy, our democracy, our ecosystem, and international war and peace are really crumbling and are really at grave risk for failing in many ways, we need desperately to have an honest public conversation about both the track record of where we've been, what are the critical problems we are facing and what it will take to solve them.” WayNeedsWarProblemEconomyDemocracyRecordsFailingRiskHonestConversationElectionFoundationInternationalTrackSolveCriticalGravesVotersEcosystemsDissatisfiedCrumblingTrack Record Author:Jill Stein