John Dewey Quotes

So long as we have enough people in this country willing to fight for their rights, we'll be called a democracy.

India has remained a full, functioning democracy.

Democracy is morose, and runs to anarchy, but in the state, and in the schools, it is indispensable to resist the consolidation ofall men into a few men.

Despite the dubious statistics … democracy is a thing of value for which we should be fighting.

Politics and government are certainly among the most important of practical human interests.

The whole thing about elections in Liberia - it's not about the way you take care of people, it's not about the heart, it's about education, according to the perception of some people.

Democracy is not just an election, it is our daily life.

Africa must develop a genuine culture of alternation and opposition, without which democracy in any country, including the West, cannot exist.

Democracy is much too important to be left to public opinion.

How central shall democracy be in everything else we want to do in the world?

I'm a person who's always been politically active and passionate about people's rights.

Protecting space for civil society and citizenry is particularly critical in a world marked by rising political and economic inequality.

Democracy is not what we hate the most and what we fear the most. We need to stand up.

If you give up on democracy, you might as well give up on everything.

Education and justice are democracy's only life insurance.

It's hard in all countries. Democracy is hard, but it's better than the alternatives.

Democracy means the belief that humanistic culture should prevail.

Safe popular freedom consists of four things, the diffusion of liberty, of intelligence, of property, and of conscientiousness, and cannot be compounded of any three out of the four.

Democracy is hard work.

I am a firm believer in the importance of democracy, not only as the ultimate goal, but also as an essential part of the process.

Since James Madison day (and long before), there have been constant struggles over "democratic governance".

Democracy has to be born anew every generation, and education is its midwife.

From literature to ecology, from the escape velocity of galaxies to the greenhouse effect, from garbage disposal methods to traffic jams, everything is discussed in our world. But the democratic system, as if it were a given fact, untouchable by nature until the end of time, we don't discuss that.

If the Egyptian people can create a democracy in the heart of the Arab world, it will be a more significant contribution to civilization than the great pyramids.

Not less, but more democracy - that is the demand, that is the great goal that we have to prescribe for ourselves, and especially for our youth.