Walt Whitman Quotes

Did you, too, O friend, suppose democracy was only for elections, for politics, and for a party name? I say democracy is only of use there that it may pass on and come to its flower and fruit in manners, in the highest forms of interaction between people, and their beliefs - in religion, literature, colleges and schools- democracy in all public and private life.

Walt Whitman

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• My manners, abominable at times, can be sweet.

  

  Jack Kerouac
  • Sweet
  • Times
  • Manners

• Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.

  

  H. L. Mencken
  • Wisdom
  • Democracy
  • Ignorance

• Global governance cannot be limited to the crafting of instruments related to the promotion of democracy. A key component must be the creation of fair and equitable rules to enhance the development prospects of developing countries.

  

  Kamla Persad-Bissessar
  • Democracy
  • Rules
  • Key

• Religious beliefs are sacred to people, and at all times should be respected and honoured.

  

  Isaac Hayes
  • People
  • Religious
  • Beliefs

• I draw a very clear distinction between populism and democracy.

  

  Zbigniew Brzezinski
  • Democracy
  • Very
  • Clear

• The 'democracy gap' in our politics and elections spells a deep sense of powerlessness by people who drop out, do not vote, or listlessly vote for the 'least worst' every four years and then wonder why after every cycle the 'least worst' gets worse.

  

  Ralph Nader
  • People
  • Why
  • Democracy

• The western mindset erroneously equates a political system of multi-party democracy with high-quality institutions... the two are not synonymous.

  

  Dambisa Moyo
  • High
  • Political
  • Party

• I believe, for a long time, protracted wars test the will of any democracy, to be sure, and people will underwrite a protracted war if they see some progress. But if they don't see progress, and it appears to be futile and useless, then that political support begins to evaporate rather quickly.

  

  Jack Keane
  • People
  • Time
  • Believe

• I think it is absolutely essential in a democracy to have competition in the media, a lot of competition, and we seem to be moving away from that.

  

  Walter Cronkite
  • Moving
  • Democracy
  • Competition

• Our brand of democracy is hard. But I can promise that a year from now, when I no longer hold this office, I'll be right there with you as a citizen - inspired by those voices of fairness and vision, of grit and good humor and kindness that have helped America travel so far.

  

  Barack Obama
  • Good
  • America
  • Democracy

• Since Israel is a democratic state surrounded by essentially undemocratic states which have sworn her destruction, those interested in democracy everywhere must support Israel's existence.

  

  Bayard Rustin
  • Support
  • Democracy
  • Existence

• A democracy is predicated on an educated citizenry. You cannot have a democracy with people that are more interested in what Nicole Kidman is doing or whoever the latest fashion model is.

  

  Hamza Yusuf
  • People
  • Fashion
  • Democracy

• I wanted the focus to be on my ability as a singer and as an entertainer - not on my private life.

  

  Adam Lambert
  • Life
  • Focus
  • Private Life

• If the truth contradicts deeply held beliefs, that is too bad.

  

  Hans Eysenck
  • Truth
  • Bad
  • Beliefs

• Democracy is not just constitutional and legislative rules; it is a culture and practice and adhering by the law and respecting international human rights principles.

  

  Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa
  • Culture
  • Law
  • Democracy

• Having lived through the transition from totalitarianism, I am acutely mindful of the need to never take for granted the basic freedoms of thought, expression and belief that democracy brings.

  

  Daisaku Ikeda
  • Democracy
  • Transition
  • Totalitarianism

• Democracy as a system of government may indeed be unprecedented in Afghanistan, but democracy as a way of life, a set of principles and values, is deeply embedded in our society.

  

  Hamid Karzai
  • Life
  • May
  • Society

• Democracy and markets are both fundamental building blocks for a decent society. But they clash at a fundamental level. We need to balance them.

  

  Ha-Joon Chang
  • Society
  • Democracy
  • Balance

• Clothes and manners do not make the man, but where he is made they greatly improve his appearance.

  

  Arthur Ashe
  • Clothes
  • Appearance
  • Manners

• Pride, ill nature, and want of sense are the three great sources of ill manners; without some one of these defects, no man will behave himself ill for want of experience, or what, in the language of fools, is called knowing the world.

  

  Jonathan Swift
  • Experience
  • Pride
  • Manners

• about the Chicago Cubs being swept by the L.A. Dodgers in the 2008 NLDS: How about next year, we only let the Cubs play using steroids?

  

  Jay Leno
  • Chicago

• Beauty compelled admiration and erotic yearning; such was its organic function. But never by itself could it command love.

  

  Jack Vance

• Did you, too, O friend, suppose democracy was only for elections, for politics, and for a party name? I say democracy is only of use there that it may pass on and come to its flower and fruit in manners, in the highest forms of interaction between people, and their beliefs - in religion, literature, colleges and schools- democracy in all public and private life.

  

  Walt Whitman
  • Democracy
  • Beliefs
  • Manners