I think that it's a vital moment now for Russian democracy to convince people that it's only our actions, our joined actions and protests that could force Kremlin to reconsider its plans to abolish presidential elections.
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes the importance of collective action in protecting democracy.
Garry Kasparov highlights the critical need for citizens to unite and participate actively in protests to safeguard democratic processes in Russia. He underscores that individual efforts alone are insufficient; only through collective action can the populace challenge the government's intentions regarding presidential elections and inspire change.
In practice
This quote can be used during a political rally to inspire attendees to participate actively in democracy.
There is no one that can share your responsibility. It it is your responsibility you must carry it on and you must be responsible for your actions. At the end of the day we all are being challenged, sooner or later, by our destiny. And it's up to us to make all the difference in this life. If not you, who else?
Setbacks and losses are both inevitable and essential if you're going to improve and become a good, even great, competitor. The art is in avoiding catastrophic losses in the key battles.
Botvinnik tried to take the mystery out of Chess, always relating it to situations in ordinary life. He used to call chess a typical inexact problem similar to those which people are always having to solve in everyday life.
One does not succeed by sticking to convention. When your opponent can easily anticipate every move you make, your strategy deteriorates and becomes commoditized.
I learned that fighting on the chess board could also have an impact on the political climate in the country.
Chess is a unique cognitive nexus, a place where art and science come together in the human mind and are then refined and improved by experience.
That a peasant may become king does not render the kingdom democratic.
England has not wholly escaped the curse which must ever befall a free government which holds extensive provinces in subjection; for, although she has not lost her liberty or fallen into anarchy, yet we behold the population of England crushed to the earth by the superincumbent weight of debt and taxation, which may one day terminate in revolution.
I've tried to say that I admire and respect Sen. Obama. He has accomplished great things, and he has motivated people, and so - and he loves his country, just as I do.
History and experience prove that foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes of republican government.
I have never voted. Like most people I am utterly disenchanted by politics. Like most people I regard politicians as frauds and liars and the current political system as nothing more than a bureaucratic means for furthering the augmentation and advantages of economic elites.
It is not true that Congress spends money like a drunken sailor. Drunken sailors spend their own money. Congress spends our money.
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