"Democracy is the government of the people, by the people, for the people". Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
"Freedom is when the people can speak, democracy is when the government listens."
Alastair Farrugia
"Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers."
Aristotle
"They that can give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty or safety".
Benjamin Franklin
"Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of Government except all those others that have been"
Winston Churchill
"Whenever the people are well-informed, they can be trusted with their own government".
Thomas Jefferson
In the beginning of a change, the patriot is a scarce man; brave,
hated, and scorned. When his cause succeeds, however, the timid join
him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot." - Mark Twain
2006-11-05 10:41:40 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
you got bored yet you answered lol.history is boring.thats why its repeating itself.
2006-11-05 10:49:21 · update #1
you got bored yet you answered lol.history is boring.thats why its repeating itself.
2006-11-05 10:49:22 · update #2
These quotes should be applied, but today's government has taken that away from the people. It doesn't matter whether they are Democrat or Republican either. They have taken Democracy away from us.
2006-11-05 10:47:56 · answer #1 · answered by kepjr100 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i might say that not one of the above word. money is extra substantial to ceo's and politicians who % to feather their own nests. throughout WW II, Coca-Cola further out the Fanta variety so as that they'd proceed to sell their products in Germany. IBM equipped the punch card logging machines that the Nazi's used for keeping song of the prisoners despatched to the concentration camps. Corruption and greed are on each point of the nutrition chain. you will desire to exhibit screen a three section documentary via Michael Moore called "The organisation".
2016-10-21 07:59:09 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All valid to day if governments practised post-election what they preached pre-election. "The greatest threat to democracy is not from without but from within, and that's Voter Apathy"...me
2006-11-05 11:53:27 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
“The country was founded on the principle that the primary role of government is to protect property from the majority, and so it remains.” - Noam Chomsky
I this this applies far more than the other quotes which are idealistic not realistic.
2006-11-05 10:51:32 · answer #4 · answered by monkeymanelvis 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Monkeyman's quote is true in one sense, but your quotes are true in the sense in which they were intended.
So yes, then. And if we stopped believing that lot we'd give up and live in tyranny, right? So don't stop.
2006-11-05 10:55:01 · answer #5 · answered by wild_eep 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
don't know as I got bored reading your question. The quote "to have the right to be heard does not incur the right to be listened to" certainly applies NOW
2006-11-05 10:44:52 · answer #6 · answered by D 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
They still Work for me
2006-11-05 10:52:55 · answer #7 · answered by norsmen 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't know got fed up after the first few lines. sorry.
2006-11-05 10:46:54 · answer #8 · answered by Alicat 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Technically, they all still apply.
2006-11-05 10:49:17 · answer #9 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋