Democracy Quotes
democracy ... begins from the ground up. Anything living grows from the bottom up. Everything dangerous, like bombs, gets dropped from the sky down.
What we are doing in fact is recovering and progressing and sustaining the recovery of our democracy.
When Jefferson and the Republicans rallied to the Union and to the existing Federalist organization, the fabric of traditional American democracy was almost completely woven.
The majority of the world's Muslims do not believe that terrorism is a legitimate strategy or that Islam is incompatible with democracy.
We intend to lead a government of purpose and direction so that we can offer the people of this nation the opportunity to move forward to independence, democracy and equality.
The only salvation of the world today... is the rapid dissemination of the basic values of the West, that is, the ideas of democracy, human rights, the civil society, and the free market.
Christ was the first true democrat that ever breathed, as the old dramatist Dekkar said he was the first true gentleman.
The will of the nation is one of those phrases most widely abused by schemers and tyrants of all ages.
The case for trade is not just monetary, but moral. Economic freedom creates habits of liberty. And habits of liberty create expectations of democracy.
A central claim of the Bush administration's foreign policy is that the spread of democracy in the Middle East is the cure for terrorism.
American democracy and the Soviet system can exist simultaneously and compete peacefully. But one cannot develop into the other.
Let us in education dream of an aristocracy of achievement arising out of a democracy of opportunity
The freedom movement is built around the principle of democracy and universality of freedom.
Where we find young democracies, we need to help them. Where we find the enemy, we need to fight them. And that's exactly the Bush policy.
Voter suppression laws, overzealous filibuster use, you name it - the Republicans use every tactic they can to stop our democracy from actually selecting the person with the most support.
If the measures which have been pursued are approved by the majority, it is the duty of the minority to acquiesce and conform.
The Greek people not only relate to the ancient traditions, they have fought, they have shed blood, until recently, to defend the values of democracy and freedom.
We are sensible of the duty and expediency of submitting our opinions to the will of the majority, and can wait with patience till they get right if they happen to be at any time wrong.
The Right of all members of society to form their own beliefs and communicate them freely to others must be regarded as an essential principle of a democratically organized society.
In a Democracy, look how many Demagogs that is how many powerful Orators there are with the people.
Don't ever dare to take your college as a matter of course - because, like democracy and freedom, many people you'll never know have broken their hearts to get it for you.
America is an outlier in the world of democracies when it comes to the structure and conduct of elections.
Democracy is, by the nature of it, a self-canceling business: and gives in the long run a net result of zero.
Democracy will itself accomplish the salutary universal change from delusive to real, and make a new blessed world of us by and by.
Democracy is direct self-government over all the people, for all the people, by all the people.
I still have great faith in democracy. I have great belief in the power of community.
...governments, including free and democratic governments, are not really friendly to freedom and democracy. They abhor any rule of law that limits their powers and penchant for social engineering.
It's not a matter of just what we don't like and who we are most afraid of. We need an affirmative agenda if we're going to move forward as a democracy.
The United States stands at the pinnacle of world power. This is a solemn moment for the American democracy. For with primacy in power is joined an awe-inspiring accountability for the future.
If Despotism failed only for want of a capable benevolent despot, what chance has Democracy, which requires a whole population of capable voters.
May God be with you and the Devil be crushed underfoot as you march for Peace on the skulls of our enemies, for goodwill, security, and a quality of life that comes only with Democracy
Is America truly a democracy? Has America ever been a democracy with the institution of slavery?
The worst thing I can say about democracy is that it has tolerated the right hon. Gentleman for four and a half years.
Democracy is a form of government only because it is a form of moral and spiritual association.
A democracy is more than a form of government; it is primarily a mode of associated living, of conjoint communicated experience.
On a Chinese film you just give orders, no one questions you. Here, you have to convince people, you have to tell them why you want to do it a certain way, and they argue with you. Democracy.
Democracy is stronger than terrorism, and we will not cower to the terrorists' campaign of fear.
If we want to cultivate a true spirit of democracy we cannot afford to be intolerant. Intolerance betrays want of faith in one's cause.
We urge all democratic nations and the United Nations to answer the Iraqi Governing Council's call for support for the people of Iraq in making the transition to democracy.
The United States is not for democracy in Iraq, it's for setting up a puppet government.
If you say simply that pressures toward democracy are created by the market, I would say yes
Democracy is about voting and it's about a majority vote. And it's time that we started exercising the Democratic process.