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"The best weapon of a dictatorship is secrecy, but the best weapon of a democracy should be the weapon of openness."
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Explore more quotes by Niels Bohr
"It is wrong to think that the task of physics is to find out how Nature is. Physics concerns what we say about Nature."
"When it comes to atoms, language can be used only as in poetry. The poet, too, is not nearly so concerned with describing facts as with creating images."
"An expert is someone who knows some of the worst mistakes, which can be made, in a very narrow field."
"If anybody says he can think about quantum physics without getting giddy, that only shows he has not understood the first thing about them."
"There are trivial truths and the great truths. The opposite of a trivial truth is plainly false. The opposite of a great truth is also true."
"Technology has advanced more in the last thirty years than in the previous two thousand. The exponential increase in advancement will only continue. Anthropological Commentary The opposite of a trivial truth is false; the opposite of a great truth is also true."
Exlpore more Democracy quotes
"Democracy is government by the people, for the people. Without the responsibility of the people, and without the involvement of the people - all you have left is GOVERNMENT."
"Change represents the real spirit of democracy and the real America."
"The ballot is stronger than the bullet."
"Our nations (India and USA) may have been shaped by differing histories, cultures, and faiths. Yet, our belief in democracy for our nations and liberty for our countrymen is common. The idea that all citizens are created equal is a central pillar of the American constitution. Our founding fathers too shared the same belief and sought individual liberty for every citizen of India."
"Self-government is in inverse ratio to numbers. The larger the constituency, the less the value of any particular vote. When he is merely one of millions, the individual elector feels himself to be impotent, a negligible quantity. The candidates he has voted into office are far away, at the top of the pyramid of power. Theoretically they are the servants of the people; but in fact it is the servants who give orders and the people, far off at the base of the great pyramid, who must obey."
"It will take years to bring Iraq the democracy it deserves."
"Propaganda is to a democracy what violence is to a dictatorship."
"In Ethiopia, democracy is in its infancy and it must be nurtured along by its leaders."
"But despite this breathtaking pace, I believe in the capacity of our democracy to meet these challenges."
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