Carrie Chapman Catt Quotes
When a just cause reaches its flood-tide...whatever stands in its way must fall before its overwhelming force.
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Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.
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The building of America has had its fair share of mistakes, but it's a constitution that's the jewel of democracy, the envy of many, and it's the most generous nation in the world.
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We have been deformed by educational and religious institutions that treat us as members of an audience instead of actors in a drama, so we become adults who treat democracy as a spectator sport.
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The challenge as we saw in the Nigerian project was to restructure the economy decisively in the direction of a modern free market as an appropriate environment for cultivation of freedom and democracy and the natural emergence of a new social order.
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A mature society understands that at the heart of democracy is argument.
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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.
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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.
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More than anything, falling in love causes a certain female thing in a man to manifest, oddly enough.
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Stupid is a great force in human affairs.
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Democracy is acceptable to neo-liberals only in so far as it does not contradict the free market.
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'We're on the verge of civil war in Northern Ireland. Why? Because if you take away the forums of democracy you don't have anything left.'
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A modern, harmonic and lively architecture is the visible sign of an authentic democracy.
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The survival of democracy depends on the ability of large numbers of people to make realistic choices in the light of adequate information.
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When the ANC says that they will target British companies, this shows what a typical terrorist organisation it is. I fought terrorism all my life and if more people fought it, and we were all more successful, we should not have it and I hope that everyone in this hall will think it is right to go on fighting terrorism. They will if they believe in democracy.
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If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when all persons alike share in the government to the utmost.
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I've always been very interested in the struggle for human rights, not just here but abroad, and I wanted to be an inside player in that struggle. I wanted to make the laws reflect our ideals and ideas in this democracy that is America.
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Democracy belongs to those who exercise it.
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The problem is there is no such thing as a viable democracy made up of experts, zealots, politicians and spectators.
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Women are forced to pretend to be men. They're feigning this toughness. They're miserable. Study after study has shown that feminism has made women less happy. They're not happy in the work force, for the most part.
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I thought that the only action a man could perform without shame was to take his life; that he had no right to diminish himself in the succession of days and the inertic of misery. No elect, I kept telling myself, but those who committed suicide.
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I knew the exuberance of playing before an admiring audience and hearing my secret voice.
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I think a lot of actors will tell you that playing a villain can be more fun than playing the straight and narrow good guy.
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When a just cause reaches its flood-tide...whatever stands in its way must fall before its overwhelming force.
