Quotes on Democratic

That a peasant may become king does not render the kingdom democratic.

There are two things which a democratic people will always find very difficult - to begin a war and to end it.

The health of a democratic society may be measured by the quality of functions performed by private citizens.

No protracted war can fail to endanger the freedom of a democratic country.

This is not a battle between the United States of America and terrorism, but between the free and democratic world and terrorism.

A democratic society depends upon an informed and educated citizenry.

The state is nothing but an instrument of opression of one class by another - no less so in a democratic republic than in a monarchy.

It is impossible to have a Jewish, democratic state and at the same time to control all of Eretz Israel. If we insist on fulfilling the dream in its entirety, we are liable to lose it all. Everything. That is where the extremist path takes us.

As artists, we have an opportunity to help the public evolve, raise consciousness and awareness, teach, heal, enlighten and inspire in ways the democratic process may not be able to touch. So we keep it moving.

The interest in encouraging freedom of expression in a democratic society outweighs any theoretical but unproven benefit of censorship.

In democratic countries, the most important private organizations are economic. Unlike secret societies, they are able to exercise their terrorism without illegality, since they do not threaten to kill their enemies, but only to starve them.

Women must have economic and social equality with men.

Every heart is the other heart. Every soul is the other soul. Every face is the other face. The individual is the one illusion.

People have to feel needed. Frequently, we just offer a job and 'perks.' We don't always offer people a purpose. When people feel there is a purpose and that they're needed, there's not much else to do except let them do the work.

Violence has no constitutional sanction; and every government from the beginning has moved against it. But where grievances pile high and most of the elected spokesmen represent the Establishment, violence may be the only effective response.

We seek to create a united Democratic and non-racial society.

Each time I visit such a classroom, where the teacher is more interested in creating a democratic community than in maintaining her position of authority, I’m convinced all over again that moving away from consequences and rewards isn’t just realistic - it’s the best way to help kids grow into good learners and good people.

The citizen who sees his society's democratic clothes being worn out and does not cry it out, is not a patriot, but a traitor.

It is not enough to profess faith in the democratic process; we must do something about it.

A community is democratic only when the humblest and weakest person can enjoy the highest civil, economic, and social rights that the biggest and most powerful possess.

Personally I prefer a liberal dictator to democratic government lacking liberalism.