Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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Politics is the art of the next best.
Otto von Bismarck -
Politics and the pulpit are terms that have little agreement.
Edmund Burke -
If it wasn't for what goes on in the world of politics, we wouldn't really have much of a show.
Samantha Bee -
I think bad politics are incredibly dangerous, so it's important to make sure that people are communicating well. Culture and morale are super important. It's best to not force it, but let it happen organically and genuinely.
Aaron Levie -
Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.
H. L. Mencken -
I think culture precedes politics, and I think the attempts to try and legislate people's behavior... isn't going to be productive until the culture decides what they want to achieve.
Foster Friess
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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.
Gary Oldman -
Is America truly a democracy? Has America ever been a democracy with the institution of slavery?
Tatyana Ali -
Once you don't vote your ideals... that has serious undermining affects. It erodes the moral basis of our democracy.
Ralph Nader -
Fundamentalists are not friends of democracy. And that includes your fundamentalists in the United States.
Karen Armstrong -
From my intimate discussions with President Obama, it is evident that India figures significantly in American geo-political, economic and strategic thinking. India is the largest democracy in the world.
Narendra Modi -
Democracy is not merely a form of government. It is primarily a mode of associated living, of conjoint communicated experience. It is essentially an attitude of respect and reverence towards fellow men.
Babasaheb
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We all live in the moment, and we often mistakenly believe that what is true today was true always. Not so in politics, and especially in Congressional elections.
Larry J. Sabato -
There are no friends at cards or world politics.
Finley Peter Dunne -
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 -
The issue is whether the ultimate civil authority of the United States can tolerate actions in contempt of constitutional lines of authority. Any lessening of civil power over military power must inevitably lead away from democracy.
Harold Russell -
Unity in faith is theocracy; unity in politics is fascism.
Maajid Nawaz -
Israel is the only democracy in the Middle East.
Jack Schwartz
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Steve Bannon is the biggest threat to democracy that we've faced since the Civil War, but in the Civil War the champion of democracy was in the White House. So, even then, we were probably in less danger as a country than we are right now.
Van Jones -
The communitarians may say you've been enjoying too much individual freedom, and that you must give up some of that for the benefit of the community. But they really mean that they want more power over your life - to force you to subsidize, obey and conform to their choices.
Harry Browne -
I like doing stuff with my friends.
Jeremy Irvine -
I don't believe in the word 'inspiration', you just have to do it.
Will Alsop -
A lot of these songs just came from day-to-day experiences. And it was a very natural, kind of organic process.
Dolores O'Riordan The Cranberries -
The general will is always right.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau