Democracy Quotes

• These voices blame the Middle East's only democracy for the region's extremism. They offer the false promise that abandoning a stalwart ally is somehow the path to strength. It is not, it never has been, and it never will be.

  

  Barack Obama
  • Democracy
  • Path
  • Promise

• The Spartans were a paradoxical people. They were the biggest slave owners in Greece. But at the same time, Spartan women had an unusual level of rights. It's a paradox that they were a bunch of people who in many ways were fascist, but they were the bulwark against the fall of democracy.

  

  Frank Miller
  • People
  • Time
  • Women

• In a Democracy, look how many Demagogs that is how many powerful Orators there are with the people.

  

  Thomas Hobbes
  • Democracy
  • Orators
  • Demagogs

• High quality, open, transparent, and uncensored data are needed to support democracy.

  

  Angus Deaton
  • High
  • Support
  • Quality

• Now the first step has to be taken, the step towards democracy. This step is full of risks, and requires trust on all sides. We don't know where it will lead. But if we just stand still, we will have no chance of escaping the violence.

  

  Daniel Barenboim
  • Taken
  • Trust
  • Violence

• In the 21st century, our adversaries will continue to use cyberattacks against us. We need to be prepared to defend our networks against this growing threat to our democracy, especially the most fundamental part of our political system: our elections.

  

  Amy Klobuchar
  • Political
  • Growing
  • Democracy

• Although Israel was founded based on the historic Jewish homeland and the need to have a Jewish homeland, Israeli democracy has been premised on everybody in the country being treated equally and fairly. And I think that that is what's best about Israeli democracy.

  

  Barack Obama
  • Country
  • Democracy

• The Election Assistance Commission represents a major, unprecedented commitment from the federal government to sustained freedom and vibrant democracy. I am humbled by the prospect of being one its charter members.

  

  DeForest Soaries
  • Freedom
  • Democracy
  • Commitment

• It's a democracy, and the reason why the conservative movement loses is because it believes that it is elite, that the smartest in its midst who have gone to the right schools and who have worked at the right think tanks and have the right opinions and the right friends can run it for the rest of America. That's why I'm a Tea Party adherent over a Republican or conservative establishment adherent.

  

  Andrew Breitbart
  • Believe
  • Thinking
  • School

• The digital revolution has deepened the crisis within representative democracy. But as it forces its demise, it might also dictate its future. Traditional representative democracy within nations is no longer enough. People want more participation and collaboration with their government.

  

  Eduardo Paes
  • People
  • Future
  • Revolution

• I did not dwell on the issue of Europe during either the 2001 or the 2005 campaigns - despite it being a pivotal personal concern and despite seeing it as something of a litmus test for liberal democracy.

  

  Charles Kennedy
  • Democracy

• I'd rather have the influence than the power, and the influence to me is to build institutions of independence and democracy, to regain for Egypt prestige in education and science and technology.

  

  Ahmed Zewail
  • Power
  • Science
  • Education

• The United States and Israel have a unique relationship based on our mutual commitment to democracy, freedom, and peace. Therefore, just as our commitment to these principles must be steadfast, so must our support for Israel.

  

  John Boehner
  • Freedom
  • Peace
  • Support

• Political disagreements have the colour and fragrance that normally is seen and felt in a political bouquet, while remaining united on one issue that democracy is the future of Pakistan.

  

  Asif Ali Zardari
  • Future
  • Political
  • Colour

• Far from being the product of a democratic revolution and of an opposition to English institutions, the constitution of the United States was the result of a powerful reaction against democracy, and in favor of the traditions of the mother country.

  

  John Acton
  • Country
  • Mother
  • Powerful

• We should insist that governments receiving American aid live up to standards of accountability and transparency, and we should support countries that embrace market reforms, democracy, and the rule of law.

  

  Lee H. Hamilton
  • Up
  • Live
  • American

• Democracy actually requires that the whole public be able to see common problems and address them and step outside of their own sort of narrow self-interest to do so.

  

  Eli Pariser
  • Democracy

• A democracy when put to the strain grows weak, and is supplanted by Oligarchy.

  

  Aristotle
  • Democracy
  • Oligarchy
  • Supplanted

• Jefferson said the states are the laboratories of democracy. But the problem is, nobody reads the lab reports. We've got every state trying to reinvent everything. I was struck even more so after this trip how little exchange there is among states that are coping with exactly the same issues.

  

  Angus King
  • Trying
  • Democracy

• Sometimes it's better to have a benign dictator than a dumb democracy, to be honest.

  

  Serj Tankian System Of A Down
  • Democracy
  • Dumb

• And one of the frustrating parts, but it's an inherent part of our democracy, is we have separation of powers.

  

  George Pataki
  • Democracy

• Widespread public access to knowledge, like public education, is one of the pillars of our democracy, a guarantee that we can maintain a well-informed citizenry.

  

  Scott Turow
  • Wells
  • Access
  • Guarantees

• In any democracy, there is always a tug-of-war between policies to achieve equality and policies to promote excellence. I am certain that Canada can achieve both equality and excellence.

  

  John Turner
  • War
  • Equality
  • Excellence

• 'Democracy'

  

  Langston Hughes
  • Democracy

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