Colin Greenwood Quotes

In the barbershop, there's democracy. You're a professor; you're an engineer; you're a garbage man, have at it. You got something to say, get down with it.

I think it's a good thing to have a lot of voices in the media, and I think, you know, let all flowers bloom.

We can't just have mainstream behavior on television in a free society, we have to make sure we see the whole panorama of human behavior.

That guy in a twenty-five cent bleacher seat is as much entitled to know a call as the guy in the boxes. He can see my arm signal even if he can't hear my voice.

The very good thing about MFA programs is their democratizing. They bring a lot of different people to the table.

It is clear that not in one thing alone, but in many ways equality and freedom of speech are a good thing.

Democracy must live as it thinks and think as it lives

I think the world is much more transparent now, and I think that's probably a good thing. On the other hand, I think it makes it really tough for people who are natural born leaders who could be guiding us and leading our countries.

Let's build a country of opportunities, where everybody is equal before the law and where the rules of the game are honest and transparent, and the same for everyone.

I want to throw open the windows of the Church so that we can see out and the people can see in.

I always want to design a frame that’s open to everyone. I don’t see art as a secret code.

One could always do more, faster and cleverer, but democracy has its own rhythm.

Democracy is more than a ballot box.

The good thing is that I'm always honest.

I don't believe in elitism. I don't think the audience is this dumb person lower than me. I am the audience.

Let's remember that the revolution in Tahrir Square was not anti-American, it was not anti-Israeli, it was for democracy and freedom. That's a good thing.

Perhaps no place in any community is so totally democratic as the town library. The only entrance requirement is interest.

I love America, it's a much more permissive place.

Few things are as democratic as a snowstorm.

I believe good governments have nothing to hide. We want to ensure we maintain confidence in our public institutions.

The best way to kill anything un-American is to drag it out into the open; because anything un-American cannot live in the sunlight.

Democracy Is What You Make It!

If you can exchange information freely, isn’t that almost a definition of democracy.

Democracy is not elections. Democracy includes elections.

Political freedom is rare enough in the world, but the kind of social and cultural freedom which is the hallmark of Canada is even less common.