Democracy Quotes
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I take the debate on the method of promoting democracy seriously.
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What passes for patriotism is now largely measured by the flag pins in our lapels and the mouthing of pride and faith in our soldiers, sailors, and aviators. Having long since lost track of the precepts of American democracy, we've devolved into a cult of military, with its own blind faith and liturgy...
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Now, mark it. This may be strong language, but heed it. The people mean it, and, my friends of the Eastern Democracy, we bid farewell when you do that thing.
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Tyranny naturally arises out of democracy.
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I believe that when you provide information to people, they become less fearful and they will engage more in their democracy if they are empowered with information.
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One of my beliefs very strongly is that any democracy depends on a free, healthy press.
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Without a strong educational system — free of government control — democracy is crippled. Knowledge is not only the key to power. It is the citadel of human freedom.
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Democracy is a hegemonic tool of the West and contrary to Islam. Why do you act as though the entire world needs democracy? And when it comes to homosexuality, the issue is clearly dealt with by the Koran. It says it is forbidden and should be punished.
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I think the advantage of democracy is that it makes us less dependent on a group of leaders.
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Philadelphia, the foundation of freedom, liberty and democracy, I still believe in the idea of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
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If you follow my tweets, you know, my attention and anxiety have been increasingly focused on the plight of our democracy.
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Face the truth squarely. In politics that is always the best and the only correct attitude.
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Russia has made its choice in favor of democracy. Fourteen years ago, independently, without any pressure from outside, it made that decision in the interests of itself and interests of its people - of its citizens. This is our final choice, and we have no way back. There can be no return to what we used to have before.
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Communism seemed to be an ideal experiment in trying to achieve a state where all persons have greater democracy. I might add, like other persons here and elsewhere, I found myself concerned with the problem of increasing need for greater economic and political democracy for greater numbers of people.
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I worry about a democracy having nuclear weapons as much as a dictatorship having nuclear weapons.
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In a world of democracies, the most deserving basis of national differences is that the different states of the world should represent a form of moral specialisation within humanity.
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Since 1990, we have been building up the idea that democracy is the best way for sectors that feel socially excluded from politics to win power.
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In the referendum - which was still decided to take place by the Crimea's old parliament - the majority of citizens voted for belonging to Russia. This is democracy, the people's will.
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Democracy is messy. It is messy whether you've been doing it since 1789 or whether you're going to do it for the first time in 2005. The trouble with Democracy is, you hold elections. The trouble with dictatorships is...you don't.
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In other words, the bar should be maintained at the level of a pluralistic and participatory democracy.
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Democracy is to have different ideas, even extreme ones. In democracy there is space for all of them and bridges to connect them. In Turkey we are losing those bridges, and everyone is trying to destroy spaces for the opposite side. When we look at this, Istanbul is like different courtyards divided by big, thick walls.
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Somewhere in the other side of nowhere is a place in space beyond time where the Gods of mythology dwell. ... These gods dwell in their mythocracies as opposed to your theocracies, democracies, and monocracies. They dwell in a magic world. These Gods can even offer you immortality.
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When there is a crisis, the first thing that gets damaged and gets harmed is democracy.
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Liberty and democracy are eternal enemies, and every one knows it who has ever given any sober reflection to the matter.
