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Democracy In Action Quotes

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Somehow we must be able to show people that democracy is not about words, but action  (Democracy In Action Quotes) Democracy is a daring concept - a hope that we’ll be best governed if all of us participate in the act of government. It is meant to be a conversation, a place where the intelligence and local knowledge of the electorate sums together to arrive at actions that reflect the participation of the largest possible number of people  (Democracy In Action Quotes) Since pacifists have more freedom of action in countries where traces of democracy survive, pacifism can act more effectively against democracy than for it. Objectively the pacifist is pro-Nazi.  (Democracy In Action Quotes) We are a representative democracy. But how did we get there? We got there through direct action. And that’s enshrined in our Constitution and in our values.  (Democracy In Action Quotes) The kind of values for which I was supposed to kill, such as democracy and national independence, were better served, I thought, through non-violent action.  (Democracy In Action Quotes) Under democracy, individual liberty of opinion and action is jealously guarded  (Democracy In Action Quotes) All countries in my part of the world, we want democracy to prevail. I told the people, ‘If you want American policies to stop, we need to take action.’ We need to make the U.S. understand that its meddling is inappropriate.  (Democracy In Action Quotes) Journalism still, in a democracy, is the essential force to get the public educated and mobilized to take action on behalf of our ancient ideals.  (Democracy In Action Quotes) . . . rock and roll, as I see it, is the ultimate populist art form, democracy in action, because it’s true: anybody can do it.  (Democracy In Action Quotes) Democracy is never a thing done. Democracy is always something that a nation must be doing. What is necessary now is one thing and one thing only that democracy become again democracy in action, not democracy accomplished and piled up in goods and gold.  (Democracy In Action Quotes) America’s greatest contribution to the world is its concept of democracy, its concept of freedom, freedom of action, freedom of speech, and freedom of thought.  (Democracy In Action Quotes) For comprehensive Earth action, an all-of-the-Earth representative democracy is required. That is, a global parliament  (Democracy In Action Quotes) Democracy, thus French revolution, was not invented by philosophic theory nor by the bourgeois leadership. It was discovered by the masses in their method of action  (Democracy In Action Quotes) Some kind of affirmative action is important in a democracy and for economic competitiveness and national security. The Army was the first to realize that you had to have desegregation of a military to have it working properly  (Democracy In Action Quotes) 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  (Democracy In Action Quotes) Democracy can only spring from practising it early, and democratic action was not to expected from young people brought up under a close authoritarian system  (Democracy In Action Quotes) Voting is easy and marginally useful, but it is a poor substitute for democracy, which requires direct action by concerned citizens  (Democracy In Action Quotes) Democracy is still a radical idea in a world where we often confuse images with realities, words with actions  (Democracy In Action Quotes) But our energy woes are in many ways the result of classic market failures that can only be addressed through collective action, and government is the vehicle for collective action in a democracy  (Democracy In Action Quotes) Democracy is never a thing done. Democracy is always something that a nation must be doing. What is necessary now is one thing and one thing only, that democracy become again democracy in action, not democracy accomplished and piled up in goods and gold  (Democracy In Action Quotes) Baseball serves as a good model for democracy in action: Every player is equally important and each has a chance to be a hero  (Democracy In Action Quotes)