Democratic Quotes

• In Poland a man must be one thing: white or black, here or there, with us or against us -- clearly, openly, without hesitations. . . . We lack the liberal, democratic tradition rich in all its gradations. We have instead the tradition of struggle: the extreme situation, the final gesture.

  

  Ryszard Kapuscinski
  • Situation
  • Rich
  • Tradition

• Cuba is like going to a whole other planet. It's so different but it's so similar to the United States, to Miami. It's like a doppelgaenger. It's the mirror image. And I have no doubt, that once Cuba becomes democratic, that it will be the favorite tourist destination for Americans.

  

  Henry Louis Gates
  • Different
  • Planets
  • Mirrors

• The good news about psychedelics is that they are incredibly democratic. Even the clueless can be swept along if the dose is sufficient.

  

  Terence McKenna
  • News
  • Sufficient
  • Clueless

• The opinion of the majority was in his view not what mattered; rather, it was the opinion of the wise, those guided by reason, that counted. When put on trial by a jury of 500 of his fellow citizens for purportedly denying the gods of the city and replacing them with new ones, and in general corrupting the youth – the real motive may have been his associations with certain anti-democratic political figures of the day – he defended himself, Plato tells us, by claiming that he was divinely called to lead others to the improvement of their souls. Naturally, this democratic assembly had him executed.

  

  Edward Feser
  • Reason
  • Opinion
  • Citizens

• And gradually they're beginning to recognize the fact that there's nothing more secure than a democratic, accountable, and participatory form of government. But it's sunk in only theoretically, it has not yet sunk in completely in practical terms.

  

  Wole Soyinka
  • Facts
  • Term
  • Form

• Faster roads are not always safer roads - and virtually all societies, democratic or authoritarian, prefer safety over speed, even if many of their citizens enjoy fast driving.

  

  Evgeny Morozov
  • Enjoy
  • Speed
  • Democratic

• I don't accept armed struggle. Maybe it was the way in the '50s and '60s, but we want a democratic revolution.

  

  Evo Morales
  • Struggle
  • Revolution
  • Accepting

• It didn’t matter the quality of the writing— Callie’s fantasies about her fictional heroes were entirely democratic.

  

  Sarah MacLean
  • Writing
  • Democratic

• American is the first democratic nation-state.

  

  Stephen Ambrose
  • Democratic

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