“Democratic leaders, whose power is ultimately dependent on popular support, are held accountable for failing to improve the lives of their citizens. Therefore, they have a powerful incentive to keep their societies peaceful and prosperous.” LiteraturePowerfulLeaderSupportFailingCitizensDemocraticPeacefulDependentIncentivesProsperousDemocratic Leaders Author:Natan Sharansky
“Everybody knows - but no one wants to say - that the Democratic Party has become the party of special interest bigots and racial dividers. It runs the one-party state that controls public services in every major inner city, including the corrupt and failing school systems in which half the students - mainly African American and Hispanic - are denied a shot at the American dream.” KnowsWantStatesDreamRunningSchoolAmericaInterestPartyCitiesHalfFailingSpecialStudentsMajorsShotsDemocraticIncludingAfrican AmericanDeniedAmerican DreamDemocratic PartyPublic ServiceSpecial InterestsHispanicBigotsSchool SystemInner City Author:David Horowitz
“All economic and political institutions are contrivances that should serve the interests of the people. When they fail to do so, they should be replaced by something more responsive, more just, and more democratic. Marx said this, and so did Jefferson. It is a revolutionary doctrine, and very much an American one.” PeopleShouldSaidPoliticalInterestFailingEconomicInstitutionsDemocraticDoctrineRevolutionaryReplacedPolitical Institutions Book:Democracy for the Few Source: Democracy for the Few
“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
“When people treat corruption as a routine part of the process, you have something far worse than wrongdoing or moral failing. You have a political cancer that breeds cynicism about democratic government and infects all of society.” PeopleGovernmentPoliticalProcessMoralFailingTreatsDemocraticCancerCorruptionRoutineCynicismWrongdoingDemocratic Government Author:Edward Brooke
“If we fail to achieve our goals in Iraq - which the administration defines as a 'unified, stable, democratic and secure nation' - it won't be the fault of the ink-stained wretches or even their blow-dried TV counterparts. To argue otherwise deflects blame from those who deserve it, in the upper echelons of the administration and the armed forces. Perhaps that's the point.” GoalFailingAchieveDeserveBlameDemocraticArguingArmed Forces Author:Max Boot
“I think changing the Democratic Party platform [at the convention] is a great place to start. It should include expanding Social Security, a $15 minimum wage, and breaking up too-big-to-fail banks on Wall Street - among other Sanders priorities.” ThinkingShouldBigsSocialPartyFailingStreetsSecurityWallDemocraticPrioritiesConventionsPlatformsMinimumSocial SecurityExpandingDemocratic PartyMinimum Wage Author:Ben Wikler