said: "Rely on the carrier of the People's Congress system, enrich legislative forms, expand legislative participation, and make legislation fully reflect the will of the people and protect their rights and interests. At the same time, we should develop consultative democracy, institutionally ensure...
Ten years ago,while expounding on China's views on international affairs at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations, Chinese President Xi Jinping called for forging a community with a shared future for mankind, where each person has a stake in the other. The vision has been written...
Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.” | Ben Franklin, November 11, 1755 in a reply to a governor's veto of taxing the colonial owners Link“Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lun...
We sincerely call upon all countries to hold dear humanity’s shared values of peace, development, fairness, justice, democracy, and freedom; to promote mutual understanding and forge closer bonds with other peoples; and to respect the diversity of civilizations. — Xi’s report to the 20th Nat...
but in consideration of public services"; "That the legislative, executive, and judiciary powers of government should be separate and distinct, and that the members of the two first may be restrained from oppression by feeling and participating the public burdens: they should, at fixed periods, ...
Democracy is four wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. —Ambrose Bierce 60 Democracy means far more than the right to vote every five years. It means the right to participate in every aspect of national and community life. The people must believe that they can take part....
According to research, test scores improved by 17.3% for students regularly engaged in chess classes, compared with only 4.6% for children participating in other forms of enriched activities. —Susan Polgar 11 For the first time ever, women are scoring higher than men on IQ tests. Scientists sa...
Those within Myanmar and the concerned international community believed that the ruling was simply brought down to prevent Suu Kyi from participating in the multiparty parliamentary elections scheduled for the following year (the first since 1990). These fears were realized when a series of new electi...
You would be saying: ‘Alright, we got together, we worked out some plans and programs that we think ought to be implemented and we’re now participating in providing the funding to get these things done.’ That’s a democracy” — Noam Chomsky Share </> Quote Image “People who ...
29., the consequence of not participating in politics is to be ruled by your inferiors. 30. a teacher who does not want to be a teacher; a ruler who does not want to be a ruler. 31., the reason why Rome is such a city of Rome is because the public is such a citizen....