Democracy Quotes

I don't know how we continue to do politics in a democracy if we simply can't listen to one another, if we simply close the door and say you are beyond redemption.

I like to tell people when the final history is written on Iraq, it will look like just a comma because there is - my point is, there's a strong will for democracy.

Iraq and Afghanistan are now democracies and they are allies in the cause of freedom and peace.

Through much of the last century, America's faith in freedom and democracy was a rock in a raging sea. Now it is a seed upon the wind, taking root in many nations.

Every American should have absolute control over his or her personal information

As the 20th century ended, there were around 120 democracies in the world - and I can assure you more are on the way.

It is no accident that the rise of so many democracies took place in a time when the world's most influential nation was itself a democracy.

I believe that we're in an ideological struggle; I believe the only way to marginalize those who murder the innocent, to achieve our ideological objectives, is to spread democracy and freedom.

One thing is clear: The Iraqi people are showing incredible courage. The United States of America must understand that it's in our interests that we help this democracy succeed.

I believe that women will lead the democracy movement.

The cornerstone of our policy in that part of the world is to help democracies. Lebanon's a democracy. We want the Siniora government to succeed.

Democracy will be transformative. It will help other societies realize the benefits of freedom. Nothing's as big as that, in terms of peace.

The notion of democracy beginning to emerge scares the ideologues, the totalitarians, those who want to impose their vision. It just frightens them.

Our goal in Iraq is victory. Our goal is for a young democracy to be able to sustain itself, govern itself, and defend itself and serve as an ally in the war on terror.

This is a very difficult assignment for the United States, to hang in there and help this young democracy survive.

I believe that democracy will prevail, so long as the United States stays with these young democracies to help them.

Politics in a democracy is transactional: Politicians seek votes by promising to do things for voters, who seek promises in exchange for their votes.

The case for democracy is not esthetic.

The unconscious democracy of America is a very fine thing. It is a true and deep and instinctive assumption of the equality of citizens, which even voting and elections have not destroyed.

Americans are a very backward people, with all the real virtues of a backward people; the patriarchal simplicity and human dignity of a democracy, and a respect for labor uncorrupted by cynicism.

All real democracy is an attempt like that of a jolly hostess to bring the shy people out.

We have allowed corporations to decide the fate of the cities. We hardly speak of democratic development.

Self-esteem is the basis of any democracy.

People start to talk about post-racist, post-feminist. What does that mean? We're clearly not post either. Would you say post-democracy? Clearly we haven't reached true democracy yet.

[Tomas] Jefferson believed that the United States was a chosen nation with a special responsibility to spread democracy around the world.

I'd still like to be the President, of course, and I think the best way to do that would be to raise an army and seize the Capital. This strikes me as true democracy.

Germany and Austria have had positive experiences with strong states and a cooperative democracy. I am certain that this example could be helpful in a constructive debate on the Catalonian situation.

Truth - Something somehow discreditable to someone.

Democracy must be a sound scheme at bottom, else it would not survive such cruel strains.

Democracy is acceptable to neo-liberals only in so far as it does not contradict the free market.

Democracy and markets are both fundamental building blocks for a decent society. But they clash at a fundamental level. We need to balance them.

Democracy will defeat the economist at every turn on its own genre.

Your little child is the only true democrat.

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.

Democracy is not simply a political system; it is a moral movement and it springs from adventurous faith in human possibilities.

The people in Arab countries are now speaking out and asking many questions about human rights, minorities, religion, democracy, "the other," and so on.

Doing politics in a democracy costs money for campaigning and getting our message across and that's what we intend to do.

I do not deny the rights of democracy, but I have no illusions as to the uses that will be made of those rights so long as wisdom is rare and pride abundant

He [Deng Xiaoping] said that he did not understand why we failed to grasp that the alternative was not democracy, but total chaos and risking all the reforms that had been achieved.

The progress from an absolute to a limited monarchy, from a limited monarchy to a democracy, is a progress toward a true respect for the individual.

Is a democracy, such as we know it, the last improvement possible in government? Is it not possible to take a step further towardsrecognizing and organizing the rights of man?

The fundamental truth of democracy is the belief that the real pleasures of life are increased by sharing them.

The war on terror, rebranded under Obama as the "Overseas Contingency Operation," has morphed into war on democracy.

Today, there is a new focus on public values, the need for broad-based movements for solidarity, and alternative conceptions of politics, democracy and justice.

'Duck Dynasty' is a ridiculous show, and long may it wave. America and democracy will endure. They've seen a lot worse.

Voting is completely important. People in America think democracy is a given. I think of it as an ecosystem, and what gets in the way of it is politicians and apathy.

Citizens United didn't work. Hey, Koch brothers, Karl Rove, Shellgame Adelson: Democracy trumps money sometimes.

There's nothing new about the government protecting corporations and calling it the freeing of the world or bringing democracy to bereft nations.

Liberty is the soul's right to breathe.

If it be true that democracy is based upon the assumption that every man shall serve his fellow man, the organization of democracy should be gradually adapted to that assumption.