“And it was under Wilson that the first great propaganda slogan was coined and emblazoned everywhere, to make Americans start thinking favorably of democracies and forget that we had a republic.” ThinkingFirstsForgetDemocracyPropagandaRepublicSlogansWilson Author:Robert W. Welch, Jr.
“The Paris Commune was first and foremost a democracy. The government was a body elected by universal suffrage.” FirstsBodyGovernmentDemocracyUniversalParisSuffrageCommunesUniversal Suffrage Author:C. L. R. James
“We preach the virtues of democracy abroad. We must practice its duties here at home. Voting is the first duty of democracy.” FirstsHomePracticeVirtueDemocracyDutyVotingPatriotic Author:Lyndon B. Johnson
“In capitalist society we have a democracy that is curtailed, wretched, false, a democracy only for the rich, for the minority. The dictatorship of the proletariat, the period of transition to communism, will for the first time create democracy for the people, for the majority, along with the necessary suppression of the exploiters, of the minority.” PeopleFirstsDemocracyRichPeriodsFirst TimeMajorityCommunismMinoritiesTransitionCapitalistDictatorshipWretchedSuppressionProletariat Author:Vladimir Lenin
“The two most important things that can be done to promote democracy in the world is first, to bring moral clarity back to world affairs and second, to link international policies to the advance of democracy around the globe.” WorldFirstsTwoImportantDoneLiteratureMoralDemocracyPolicyImportant ThingsAffairInternationalClarityLinksGlobesWorld Affairs Author:Natan Sharansky