There is an inner basic relationship between what is meant or
realized by democracy and the Catholic Church.
Not exact matches
Discussing the language of war, Aldous Huxley focused on the word «force»: «The attempt to secure justice, peace and
democracy by «force» seems reasonable enough until we
realize, first, that this non-committal word stands, in the circumstances of our age, for activities which can hardly fail to result in social chaos; and second, that the consequences of social chaos are injustice, chronic warfare and tyranny» (The Olive Tree [Harper & Row, 1937]-RRB-.
Bishop Paulose who was deeply concerned about civil liberties and other fundamental rights of citizens
realized that the Emergency was an attempt to crush
democracy by an authoritarian regime.
Because it completely undid the progress being
realized by then - PM Antonis Samaras and his coalition New
Democracy - PASOK government.
Iran's human rights atrocities are also studiously ignored
by the Obama administration, in favor of sitting down at the negotiating table with those who cause them, not
realizing, as the former Soviet dissident, Natan Sharansky explains [FN: The Case for
Democracy by Natan Sharansky]: a country that does not treat its own citizens well, will probably not treat is neighbors any better.