A Quote by Sharan Burrow

Democracy is rarely easy, nor swift.

Sharan Burrow

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Democracy Easy Nor Rarely Swift

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Sharan Burrow
Welsh - Activist
Born: December 12, 1954

I was taught that the way of progress was neither swift nor easy.

Marie Curie

Under the Sun the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor wealth to the intelligent, nor success to the skillful, but time and chance govern all. For man does not know his time.

Solomon

Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds. [The Motto Of The U.S. Postal Service]

Herodotus

Democracy has nothing to do with freedom. Democracy is a soft variant of communism, and rarely in the history of ideas has it been taken for anything else.

Hans-Hermann Hoppe

In the democracy of the dead all men at last are equal. There is neither rank nor station nor prerogative in the republic of the grave.

John James Ingalls

The race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, but that's the way to bet.

Damon Runyon

The race may not always be to the swift nor the victory to the strong, but that's how you bet.

Damon Runyon

It may be that the race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong - but that is the way to bet.

Cybill Shepherd

Similarly, it is argued that the culture of Islam is incompatible with democracy. Basically, this conventional perspective of the Middle East thus contends that democracy in that region is neither possible nor even desirable

Recep Tayyip Erdogan

What can I do my friends, if I do not know? I am neither Christian nor Jew, nor Muslim nor Hindu. What can I do? What can I do? Not of the East, nor of the West, Nor of the land, nor of the sea, Not of nature's essence, nor of circling heavens. What could I be?

Rumi

The fact is that democracy anywhere in the world, including in the United States, is not something that comes easy. And yet, we are committed to it, and equality and democracy are the only ways in the long run that Jews will be safe in the Middle East.

Ian Lustick

It is easy to believe that life is long and one's gifts are vast -- easy at the beginning, that is. But the limits of life grow more evident; it becomes clear that great work can be done rarely, if at all.

Alfred Adler

A too-swift and easy coalition victory may substantially increase the risk of future wars.

Robert Manne

Avoiding along some dimensions is easy. Create organization space and bring in some new talent so the innate cultural resistance is less material. Unfortunately, it's rarely that easy.