Eleanor Roosevelt Quotes

Democracy as a promise means that society can never be just enough and that the self-reflection and struggles that enable all members of the community to participate in the decisions and institutions that shape their lives must be continually debated, safeguarded, and preserved at all costs.

I want to make democracy work not only for the rich and the well connected but for everyone.

The only way to build up a respect for minority rights and other aspects of democracy is to practice it. You have to work at it to have it.

Both a societal infrastructure and the talent of ab individuals or individuals are necessary and dufficient conditions for success in a modern democracy.

We must make both our distributional and democratic systems work for our communities.

Democracy is not simply a question of structures. It is a state of mind. It is an activity. And part of that activity is honesty.

I've gone beyond civil rights and human rights to creation rights.

I stand for simple justice, equal opportunity and human rights. The indispensable elements in a democratic society - and well worth fighting for.

As a democratic society, Malawi has a moral obligation to ensure that each and every injustice, whether through acts of commission or omission, is met with deliberate and tangible action.

One of our most noble political tasks is to open up trust.

If we put our trust in the common sense of common men and 'with malice toward none and charity for all' go forward on the great adventure of making political, economic and social democracy a practical reality, we shall not fail.

I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.

I rise in support of a Canada in which liberties are safeguarded, rights are protected and the people of this land are treated as equals under the law.

Whose rights will we acknowledge? Whose human dignity will we respect? For whose well-being will we, as a people, assume responsibility?

A healthy democracy requires a decent society; it requires that we are honorable, generous, tolerant and respectful.

The economic, social and cultural progress of a nation depends on citizens counting for more and having more rights.

Nevertheless, I resist cynicism and continue to believe in the possibilities for genuine democracy.

We must remember that democracy works when given time to develop, mature and deliver. People must have access to information for informed debate. Government institutions must treat citizens fairly, and with dignity, while responding to their needs.

Democracy is a means of achieving a higher level of individual and collective gratification, welfare, peace, stability and prosperity. It is not an end in itself! Practitioners of democracy in the Pacific should therefore be pragmatic in their approach. An idealistic and a purist approach is, I believe, misplaced.

There can be no democratic society where the interests of any minority … are not protected.

Democracy is not a mathematical deduction proved once and for all time. Democracy is a just faith fervently held, commitment to be tested again and again in the fiery furnace of history.

All for the People and All by the People; Nothing About the People Without the People - That is Democracy!

Liberty and equality ... will best be attained when all persons alike share in the government to the utmost.

Democracy is possible, but we have to reinvent our democracy … that would take into account our culture and experience, our social and political reality. We have to adapt democracy to what we are.

If you don't have a democracy in which most people feel engaged, you don't have a democracy very long.