Quotes about democracy
democracy push
We must push for international configuration of multi-polarity and democracy in international relations, Hu Jintao
democracy everybody journalist laptop suppose thinks
I suppose that's democracy really. But everybody with a laptop thinks they're a journalist these days. That's a problem. Helen Thomas
democracy invite public
We invite the public to speak. That's democracy in action, ... But I will not have any more recommendations to the board.
democracy ruins nations
The Athenian democracy suffered much from that narrowness of patriotism which is the ruin of all nations. H. G. Wells
democracy earth constitution
The U.S. Constitution is the basic framework for the greatest democracy on Earth. Some of my colleagues find it easy to amend it. I don't. Byron Dorgan
democracy ifs exclusive
Are democracy and poetry exclusive of one another and, if so, why? Janet Erskine Stuart
democracy example saint
The role of dissident is not, and should not be, a claim of membership in a communion of saints. In other words, the more fallible the mammal, the truer the example. Christopher Hitchens
democracy dictator judgment
The all but unanimous judgment seems to be that we, the democracies, are just as responsible for the rise of the dictators as the dictatorships themselves, and perhaps more so. Harry Emerson Fosdick
democracy world way
The only way to save the world is through socialism, but a socialism that exists within a democracy; there's no dictatorship here. Hugo Chavez
democracy politics scales
Our form of democracy is bribery, on the highest scale. Gore Vidal
democracy majesty reap
I sow; my successor reaps. This is the majesty of democracy. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
democracy hate impact undermines
Hate undermines communities, hate undermines democracy and so we look at it in a different way. The impact is much more broad. Hate kills people.
democracy world communism
Fascism and communism have not entirely disappeared but have been sidelined certainly, and liberal democracy has come to be accepted, in theory at least, around the world, if not always in practice. Samuel P. Huntington
democracy journalism crisis
The present crisis of Western democracy is a crisis in journalism. Walter Lippmann
democracy world
In the world there is no democracy better than our democracy. Such a thing has never before been seen. Ruhollah Khomeini
democracy haiti hope learn maturity people
I hope that those who don't get their way show some more maturity than in the past. There are people in Haiti who still need to learn that in a democracy you don't always get your way.
democracy foreign good honesty jobs message open policy starts
The message is one of jobs and democracy and honesty and open government, ... Good foreign policy starts in your neighborhood. Laura Bush
democracy event good helps register students
The event is good way to get students to register to vote. I think it helps with democracy more than anything. It's a good way to get a lot of student support.
democracy world
Democracy is good for world peace. Manmohan Singh
democracy great last sadness
This is a great day for democracy ... after the sadness of the last years, Romano Prodi
democracy mediocrity tendencies
The tendency of democracies is, in all things, to mediocrity. James F. Cooper
democracy unions victim
Without the power of the Industrial Union behind it, Democracy can only enter the State as the victim enters the gullet of the Serpent. James Connolly
democracy nightmare ends
The nightmare in every democracy, the very nightmare, is if it gets worse and worse and worse, we could end up totalitarian. Norman Mailer
democracy world should
Democracy should be nurtured and sustained in Nigeria and in our part of the world Olusegun Obasanjo
democracy chimera democracy-freedom
Without democracy freedom is a chimera Octavio Paz
democracy paradise offers
A marvel that has nothing to offer, democracy is at once a nation's paradise and its tomb. Emile M. Cioran
democracy expect expecting korea north sit talk
We're not expecting North Korea to become a Jeffersonian democracy, but we do expect them to sit down and talk to us about these issues, to talk to the international community.
democracy giving question vote women
Nothing would induce me to vote for giving women the franchise. I am not going to be henpecked into a question of such importance. Winston Churchill
democracy dictator sword walking
It's not democracy when a dictator is walking around with a sword in his hand. This is inadmissible. Boris Yeltsin
democracy key strategy throughout
Democracy is the key to our strategy throughout southeastern Europe,
democracy
We had no choice. We did what any democracy would have done.
democracy jury medal
Julian Assange shouldn't be the subject of a grand jury hearing, he should be given a medal. He's contributing to democracy. Noam Chomsky
democracy donation
That is not respecting our democracy, using the State Department as a concierge for foreign donations, not really respecting our American democracy.