Alain Badiou Quotes

… a near revolutionary change in the democratic process

When I grow up I’m going to change the government.

The only way change happens is when people become more significantly involved in the political process.

I really want to get the word out to people to register because of course, the more people vote, the more our democracy works.

We do need great change in Burma. We are trying to build a new society, a society where basic human rights are respected, and where our people enjoy all the benefits of democratic institutions.

I believe the people should have the opportunity to have a greater influence on politics with their ideas. We need a new impulse for renewal.

I think the best way that we can bring people together is through change in Washington, D.C.

Well, I would say that we've got to redefine democracy, that we have been stuck in concepts of representative democracy, that we believe that it's getting other people to do things for us that we progress.

I still think that it's time for something that reflects the American people.

I didn't come into politics to change the Labour Party. I came into politics to change the country.

We have to do more than just elect a new President if we truly want to change this country.

There exists an unmistakable demand in the Middle East and in the wider Muslim world for democratization.

America needs rebooting.

I don't think there's any serious discussion inside the Chinese government about liberalising. I don't think anything's going to change in China until enough Chinese say, 'We're not going to play this game any more.'

I'm the one who initiated the democratic process.

The results of political changes are hardly ever those which their friends hope or their foes fear.

Lebanon is restless, Syria got its walking papers, Egypt is scheduling elections with more than one candidate, and even Saudi Arabia, whose rulers are perhaps more terrified of women than rulers anywhere else in the world, allowed limited municipal elections.

The people want to go back to the time when democracy was in full bloom.

The only way to change is to vote. People are responsible.

There are three critical ingredients to democratic renewal and progressive change in America: good public policy, grassroots organizing and electoral politics.

My goal for the Arab world is to change the status quo, which is horrible politically, religiously, economically, in every way.

Without glasnost there is not, and there cannot be, democratism, the political creativity of the masses and their participation in management.

Democracy is the least static form of society. Its basis is reason not authority.

The most peaceful means of changing public policy: It's called politics.

Democracy is a revolutionary process.