Zitate von Robert Alan Dahl
Robert Alan Dahl
Geburtstag: 17. Dezember 1915
Todesdatum: 5. Februar 2014
Robert Alan Dahl war ein US-amerikanischer Politikwissenschaftler.
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„I have stressed inequalities in wealth and incomes because they reveal how far this country falls short not only of an ideal but of an actual condition of equality that was taken for granted by democrats like Jefferson and Madison in the early years of the Republic. But there is another important reason for particularly stressing incomes. When we attempt to compensate for gross inequalities in incomes by means other than providing income itself, the result is likely to be a patchwork of irritating regulations enforced by bureaucratic agencies.“
— Robert A. Dahl
After the Revolution? (1970; 1990), Ch. 4 : From Principles to Problems
„People can be deceived by appeals intended to destroy democracy in the name of democracy. Dissenters who believe in the democratic creed may unwittingly advocate or legitimists may insist on preserving rules of the game destined to have unforeseen and unintended consequences disastrous to the stability and perhaps the survival of the democracy.“
— Robert A. Dahl, book Who Governs?
Who Governs?: Democracy and Power in an American City (1961), p. 325
„That democratization has never closely approached its theoretical limits, either in the government of the state or in the government of other institutions, is revealed in the three great historical movement toward democratizing the state.“
— Robert A. Dahl
After the Revolution? (1970; 1990), Ch. 1 : Three Criteria for Authority
„Even in a democratic country, it appears, nondemocratic forms of authority might sometimes be tolerable, perhaps actually desirable.“
— Robert A. Dahl
After the Revolution? (1970; 1990), Ch. 1 : Three Criteria for Authority
„I concluded also that Madison bad more confidence in majorities than I gave him credit for; or more accutely, that he was somewhat less distrustful and hostile to majority rule than I had supposed.“
— Robert A. Dahl
A Preface to Democratic Theory (Expanded ed., 2006), Foreword : Reflections on A Preface to Democratic Theory
„It would be more realistic to think of all economic enterprise as a public service. Thought of in this perspective, a private economy is a contradiction in terms. Every economy is a public or social (not socialist) economy.“
— Robert A. Dahl
After the Revolution? (1970; 1990), Ch. 4 : From Principles to Problems
„If the Madisonian democratic republicans had been able to foresee the later experience with constitutions in democratic countries, including the experience of the United States, would they have made the choices they made in 1787? I very much doubt it.“
— Robert A. Dahl
A Preface to Democratic Theory (Expanded ed., 2006), Foreword : Reflections on A Preface to Democratic Theory
„The democratic process in governing a country is not necessarily enhanced by democratizing subsidiary parts of the process.“
— Robert A. Dahl
After the Revolution? (1970; 1990), Ch. 1 : Three Criteria for Authority
„Actual practices in the advanced democratic countries are, then, far too diverse and complex to be captured by ideologies.“
— Robert A. Dahl
After the Revolution? (1970; 1990), Ch. 3 : Democracy and Markets
„If a matter is best dealt with by a democratic association, seek always to have that matter dealt with by the smallest association that can deal with it satisfactorily.“
— Robert A. Dahl
After the Revolution? (1970; 1990), Ch. 2 : Varieties of Democratic Authority
„In considering whether a larger association would be more satisfactory, do not fail to consider its extra costs, including a possible increase in the sense of individual powerlessness.“
— Robert A. Dahl
After the Revolution? (1970; 1990), Ch. 2 : Varieties of Democratic Authority
