Democracy Quotes
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It takes a long time to build democracy, to build freedom.
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I believe this judgment should firmly convince any trade unionist that it is useless hoping for justice in the courts of this land. The only way we are going to obtain justice in my view is by fighting for democracy as our forefathers did in establishing the trade union and Labour movements.
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Democracy doesn't automatically safeguard women and minorities.
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A marvel that has nothing to offer, democracy is at once a nation's paradise and its tomb.
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Now that our media companies and it appears are policies are traded for cash, what is there to check the continuing consolidation of power and diminishing of democracy?
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Our brave soldiers and support personnel are engaged in a battle as important as any the United States has ever before waged, for the success of democracy in Iraq is a crucial test of the ideals this Nation was founded upon.
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Events in America show the extent to which democracy there is fuelled by populism - Barack Obama's victory is a manifestation not of Washington's need for change, but of America's. That is not how democracy works in England.
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He who attacks the fundamentals of the American broadcasting industry attacks democracy itself.
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The democratic process is always vulnerable and threatened by terrorists, by parties that do not believe in democracy.
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Most people associate reading with laying on the beach. They don't see that it's crucial for a democracy!
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I believe we are on an irreversible trend toward more freedom and democracy - but that could change.
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I am a firm believer in the importance of democracy, not only as the ultimate goal, but also as an essential part of the process.
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There are servers, and there are people that are served. There's something contradictory about that in a democracy, certainly.
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The situation is very serious, there has been a clear abuse of human rights, a lack of democracy and a lack of openness.
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I don't think Iraq could be transformed overnight into a democracy. How can you take a country that doesn't have any kind of tradition of democracy, where its people have been brutalized and repressed for decades, and suddenly impose Jeffersonian ideals?
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The fabric of democracy is always fragile everywhere because it depends on the will of citizens to protect it, and when they become scared, when it becomes dangerous for them to defend it, it can go very quickly.
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We must look to an open, tolerant, inclusive England, which embraces the values of a Britain that still leads the world in terms of an open democracy, as well as an understanding of the needs for responsibilities and obligations to run alongside the affirmation of individual rights.
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Having an election with only one candidate running is impossible. This is not a democracy.
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Even if we accept, as the basic tenet of true democracy, that one moron is equal to one genius, is it necessary to go a further step and hold that two morons are better than one genius?
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Those self-evident principles of life and liberty, pursuit of happiness, they're not self-executing. They require each of us to get engaged. And what Barack Obama is really concerned about is to ensure that the American people appreciate their power to influence the democracy.
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Democracy must be built through open societies that share information. When there is information, there is enlightenment. When there is debate, there are solutions. When there is no sharing of power, no rule of law, no accountability, there is abuse, corruption, subjugation and indignation.
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The Democracy of to-day hold the liberty of one man to be absolutely nothing, when in conflict with another mans right of property. Republicans, on the contrary, are for both the man and the dollar; but in cases of conflict, the man before the dollar.
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From casting to hiring to awards races like the Emmys, taking active steps toward inclusion will make for richer stories, a stronger democracy, and a better world.
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Our electoral process has created perverse incentives that have warped our democracy and empowered special interests and a vocal minority.
