Best quotes by Henry Giroux on Democracy
Checkout quotes by Henry Giroux on Democracy
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‟ The stories a society tells about itself are a measure of how it values itself, the ideals of democracy, and its future.
- Henry Giroux
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‟ The biggest lie of all is that capitalism is democracy. We have no way of understanding democracy outside of the market, just as we have no understanding of how to understand freedom outside of market values.
- Henry Giroux
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‟ Collective freedom is one devoid of material bondage and one that supports the institutions necessary for democracy.
- Henry Giroux
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‟ Neoliberalism considers the discourse of equality, justice, and democracy quaint, if not dangerous and must be either trivialized, turned into its Orwellian opposite, or eviscerated from public life.
- Henry Giroux
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‟ Universities are some of the few places left where a struggle for the commons, for public life, if not democracy itself, can be made visible through the medium of collective voices and social movements energized by the need for a politics and way of life counter to authoritarian capitalism.
- Henry Giroux
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‟ Democracy is not compatible with capitalism but is congruent with a version of democratic socialism in which the wealth, resources, and benefits of a social order are shared in an equitable and just manner.
- Henry Giroux
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‟ Democracy as a promise means that society can never be just enough and that the self-reflection and struggles that enable all members of the community to participate in the decisions and institutions that shape their lives must be continually debated, safeguarded, and preserved at all costs.
- Henry Giroux