#racy

We discussed the history of postwar Japan and how Japan had missed an opportunity to build a more functional democracy because of the focus on fighting communism driven in large part by the American occupation. ↗

— Joichi Ito

#because #build #communism #democracy #discussed

The thing about democracy, beloveds, is that it is not neat, orderly, or quiet. It requires a certain relish for confusion. ↗

— Molly Ivins

#certain #confusion #democracy #neat #orderly

Deliberation and debate is the way you stir the soul of our democracy. ↗

— Jesse Jackson

#deliberation #democracy #our #soul #stir

People in so many countries look up to the United States as a model of democracy, but I doubt if that can continue. It leaves me with a great sense of loss. ↗

— Bianca Jagger

#countries #democracy #doubt #great #i

I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial by strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#already #aristocracy #bid #birth #challenge

An association of men who will not quarrel with one another is a thing which has never yet existed, from the greatest confederacy of nations down to a town meeting or a vestry. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#association #confederacy #down #existed #greatest

There is a natural aristocracy among men. The grounds of this are virtue and talents. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#aristocracy #grounds #men #natural #talents

I have condemned my kids to a lifetime of geographic illiteracy. ↗

— Ken Jennings

#geographic #i #illiteracy #kids #lifetime

I think we are dying in America, I think our democracy is over. ↗

— Rickie Lee Jones

#democracy #dying #i #i think #our

You have to stand guard over the development and maintenance of Islamic democracy, Islamic social justice and the equality of manhood in your own native soil. ↗

— Muhammad Ali Jinnah

#development #equality #guard #islamic #justice