Democratisation Quotes

The "democratisation” of the ownership of shares, from which the bourgeois sophists and opportunist so-called "Social-Democrats” expect (or say that they expect) the "democratisation of capital”, the strengthening of the role and significance of small scale production, etc., is, in fact, one of the ways of increasing the power of the financial oligarchy. (Vladimir Lenin)
.. countries pretend their foreign policy is based on democratisation when this is clearly not the case. For all the challenges in Zimbabwe, for example, it is a bit of a stretch to say it is less democratic than some of the sheikhdoms of the Gulf. But none of the sheikdoms has a problem visiting Europe. View quote
Meles Zenawi
Once serious political dialogue has begun, the international community can assume that we have achieved genuine progress along the road to real democratisation. View quote
Aung San Suu Kyi
The United States is our most important ally. They helped us many times. Without the United States, the unification or German democratisation after the Nazi period would have been much more complicated, or almost impossible. View quote
Joschka Fischer
The idea of Active Citizenship is a necessary complement to that of the enterprise culture. Public service may once have been the duty of an elite, but today it is the responsibility of all who have time or money to spare. Modern capitalism has democratised the ownership of property, and we are now witnessing the democratisation of responsible citizenship. View quote
Douglas Hurd