Democracy Quotes
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In real danger sometimes even a democracy can really keep a secret.
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War is one of the constants of history, and it has not diminished with civilization or democracy.
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In a democracy, you believe it or not; in a dictatorship, you believe it or else.
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The exercise of true leadership is inversely proportional to the exercise of power.
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Democracy functions best when we have an active citizenry.
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In a democracy, if people don't have accurate information, how can they be active citizens? How can they be part of the debate? And if you are facing powerful forces on the right and in Trump administration who want to create an alternative reality that feeds into their objectives for our country, you more than ever need the press to cut through that, and to be as accurate as possible.
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Today, more than ever, sovereignty also needs democracy.
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Everything is generated through your own will power. You don't have to do anything you don't want to do. This is a democracy. You go where you want to go and do what you want to do.
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What we want to see is the development of human rights and greater democracy, not just because it is our system but because we think that's the best way that economic and political development go hand in hand.
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What happened to the Soviet Union happened mainly for domestic reasons. It was a failure of the model based on a command economy and dictatorship. The rejection of freedom and democracy, the decisionmaking monopoly of one party, and the monopoly of one ideology all had a chilling effect on the country. That model turned out to be incapable of making structural changes. It did not open up ways for initiative and was overly centralized.
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We must add our voices to those who cry out that there is a standard below which we will not allow human beings to live, and that that standard is not at the freezing nor starving point....In a democracy all are responsible.
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I think it's obvious that democracy is something that is contagious, and it always has been.
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The fact is that secularists are “for” reason and science only to the extent that they don’t lead to religious conclusions; they celebrate free choice only insofar as one chooses against traditional or religiously oriented morality; and they are for democracy and toleration only to the extent that these might lead to a less religiously oriented social and political order. Again, the animus against religion is not merely a feature of the secularist mindset; it is the only feature.
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We're just trying to figure out what being a good citizen is, what participating in a democracy is, what taking responsibility for being an American citizen in a global context means to us.
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The Internet can empower groups whose aims are in fact antithetical to democracy.
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Democracy doesn't mean I always get my way. It doesn't mean we always get what we want.
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There cannot be true democracy unless women's voices are heard. There cannot be true democracy unless women are given the opportunity to take responsibility for their own lives.
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There cannot be true democracy unless all citizens are able to participate fully in the lives of their country.
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So the first thing in democracy, people must have satisfaction. If you don't have satisfaction, it's not going to work out.
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Democracy is still a radical idea in a world where we often confuse images with realities, words with actions.
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Humor can help you to disagree without being disagreeable. The key in democracy is not necessarily that we agree, but that we participate....Despite all the heavy problems- domestic and international- there is humor. Humor transcends partisanship.
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iPod liberalism [is] where we assume that every single Iranian or Chinese who happens to have and love his iPod will also love liberal democracy.
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In baseball, democracy shines its clearest. The only race that matters is the race to the bag. The creed is the rule book. And color, merely something to distinguish one team's uniform from another's.
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As long as enough people can be frightened, then all people can be ruled. I am afraid that's how it works in a democracy.
