“We can say that voting […] is at the heart of both the method and the ideal of democracy.”
Liberalism Against Populism (1982)
Liberalism Against Populism (1982)
“We can say that voting […] is at the heart of both the method and the ideal of democracy.”
Liberalism Against Populism (1982)
"The Infantile Custom of Compulsory Voting," The Australian (February 21, 1990)
Source: 1990, Gary Groth interview
On his election victory. (08 December 2012) http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/10/07/venezuelan-president-hugo-chavez-wins-another-6-year-term-electoral-council/#ixzz2Hlfz9rSb
2012
From the 2004 DNC
As quoted in Bagatorials: A Book Full of Bags by John Roscoe and Ned Roscoe, Simon & Schuster, "Abstain from Beans" (1996) p. 17.
On the Correct Handling of Contradictions Among the People
Original: (zh-CN) 在一九四二年,我们曾经把解决人民内部矛盾的这种民主的方法,具体化为一个公式,叫做“团结——批评——团结”。讲详细一点,就是从团结的愿望出发,经过批评或者斗争使矛盾得到解决,从而在新的基础上达到新的团结。按照我们的经验,这是解决人民内部矛盾的一个正确的方法。
“Democratic freedom is a method of nonviolence and an antidote to war.”
Source: The Blue Book of Freedom: Ending Famine, Poverty, Democide, and War (2007), p.16