#democratic

It has been true in Western societies and it seems to be true elsewhere that you do not find democratic systems apart from capitalism, or apart from a market economy, if you prefer that term. ↗

— Peter L. Berger

#be true #been #capitalism #democratic #economy

For I firmly believe that Jewish life, indeed any communal life, can only be organized according to democratic principles. ↗

— Theodore Bikel

#any #believe #communal #democratic #firmly

Tonight, you are hearing from the Democratic women of the Senate... We stand together on so many issues: economic prosperity, quality education for all, protecting a woman's right to choose. ↗

— Barbara Boxer

#democratic #economic #economic prosperity #education #hearing

I've actually thought very little about solo work up until just very recently. Most of it is because in my band, Incubus, it is very much a collaborative effort. I do what I do in the band, and everyone plays their respective parts, but in the end, we are sort of a democratic process. ↗

— Brandon Boyd

#actually #band #because #collaborative #democratic

The plan shows that the twenty million people in the German democratic Republic and in the democratic sector of Berlin think only of peace, and that they are working for freedom and peaceful prosperity. ↗

— Walter Ulbricht

#democratic #democratic republic #freedom #german #million

The government of the German Democratic Republic rejects secret policies. It works for the people, and only the people, so it does not need to keep secrets like the warmongers. ↗

— Walter Ulbricht

#democratic republic #does #for the people #german #government

One needs to know what the hierarchy of values are from which one takes inspiration, and in a democratic society this is the subject of continuous democratic debate. ↗

— Rocco Buttiglione

#debate #democratic #democratic society #hierarchy #inspiration

What if the Soviet intervention was a blessing in disguise? It saved the myth that if the Soviets were not to intervene, there would have been some flowering authentic democratic socialism and so on. I'm a little bit more of a pessimist there. I think that the Soviets - it's a very sad lesson - by their intervention, saved the myth. ↗

— Slavoj Zizek

#been #bit #blessing #democratic #disguise

I am fairly certain that my abortion position hurt me, because in a Democratic primary, where turnout is relatively low, liberal voters turn out in disproportionately large numbers and thus exercise a disproportionate influence on the outcome. ↗

— Robert Casey

#am #because #certain #democratic #disproportionate

The security of the United States, which is so dependent on having accurate and timely intelligence, is not a Republican or a Democratic issue. ↗

— Saxby Chambliss

#democratic #dependent #having #intelligence #issue