“Socialism is the completion of democracy, not the negation of it.”
Terry Eagleton (1943) British writer, academic and educator
Source: 2010s, Why Marx Was Right (2011), Chapter 9, p. 202
“To glorify democracy and to silence the people is a farce; to discourse on humanism and to negate people is a lie.”
Source: Pedagogy of the Oppressed
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“Kids must be educated to disrespect authority or else democracy is a farce.”
Abbie Hoffman (1936–1989) American political and social activist
Source: Soon to be a Major Motion Picture (1980), p. 64.
Context: My critique of democracy begins and ends with this point. Kids must be educated to disrespect authority or else democracy is a farce.
Anselme Bellegarrigue book Anarchist Manifesto
Anarchist Manifesto (1850)
Context: Indeed:
Who says anarchy, says negation of government;
Who says negation of government, says affirmation of the people;
Who says affirmation of the people, says individual liberty;
Who says individual liberty, says sovereignty of each;
Who says sovereignty of each, says equality;
Who says equality, says solidarity or fraternity;
Who says fraternity, says social order;
By contrast:
Who says government, says negation of the people;
Who says negation of the people, says affirmation of political authority;
Who says affirmation of political authority, says individual dependency;
Who says individual dependency, says class supremacy;
Who says class supremacy, says inequality;
Who says inequality, says antagonism;
Who says antagonism, says civil war;
From which it follows that who says government, says civil war.
Barack Obama (1961) 44th President of the United States of America
Speech at political rally on November 2, 2018. Source: Obama rips hecklers: Why are the people who won the last election ‘so mad all the time?' https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/11/03/obama-rips-hecklers-why-are-people-who-won-last-election-so-mad-all-time/ <br class="br">2018
“When truth is replaced by silence, the silence is a lie.”
Yevgeny Yevtushenko (1932–2017) Russian poet, film director, teacher
Anselme Bellegarrigue book Anarchist Manifesto
Anarchist Manifesto (1850)
Context: Indeed:
Who says anarchy, says negation of government;
Who says negation of government, says affirmation of the people;
Who says affirmation of the people, says individual liberty;
Who says individual liberty, says sovereignty of each;
Who says sovereignty of each, says equality;
Who says equality, says solidarity or fraternity;
Who says fraternity, says social order;
By contrast:
Who says government, says negation of the people;
Who says negation of the people, says affirmation of political authority;
Who says affirmation of political authority, says individual dependency;
Who says individual dependency, says class supremacy;
Who says class supremacy, says inequality;
Who says inequality, says antagonism;
Who says antagonism, says civil war;
From which it follows that who says government, says civil war.
Michel Foucault (1926–1984) French philosopher
Source: The History of Sexuality, Volume 1: An Introduction