People Democratic Regime

Famous quotes containing the words people, democratic and/or regime:

“We are constantly being surprised that people did things well before we were born.”
—Robert Benchley (1889–1945)

“All the isms are wasms—except one, the most powerful ism of this century, indeed, of the entire democratic age, which is nationalism.”
—John Lukacs (b. 1924)

“I always draw a parallel between oppression by the regime and oppression by men. To me it is just the same. I always challenge men on why they react to oppression by the regime, but then they do exactly the same things to women that they criticize the regime for.”
—Sethembile N., South African black anti-apartheid activist. As quoted in Lives of Courage, ch. 19, by Diana E. H. Russell (1989)