Democracy Quotes

Our political institutions work remarkably well. They are designed to clang against each other. The noise is democracy at work.

But if there's an erosion at home, you know, Thomas Jefferson warned about a tyranny of an oligarchy and if we surrender our democracy to the tyranny of an oligarchy, we've made a terrible mistake.

We believe democracy to be the only real guarantor of stability and we have sought to create a 'Jordanian model' that might also inspire others in our region. I wish democracy and peace to be my legacy to my people and the shield of generations to come.

In the Soviet Union, capitalism triumphed over communism. In this country, capitalism triumphed over democracy.

You can never have a revolution in order to establish a democracy. You must have a democracy in order to have a revolution.

There can only be democracy when money is not allowed to be spent in Politics.

Here's to democracy. May we get the government we deserve.

We see the tendency in the world to criticise democracy and sometimes even to say that authoritarian countries like China are more efficient. That is very short-sighted. China looks efficient only because it can sacrifice most people's rights. This is not something the west should be happy about.

The idea of democracy has been stripped of it moral imperatives and come to denote hollowness and hypocrisy.

Democracy must learn to defend itself.

The rights of democracy are not reserved for a select group within society, they are the rights of all the people.

The US and the European Union needs to help in the translation of the demand for democracy into a political will.

China is on a march toward rule of law and democracy.

What should be targeted is a concept of organic, and not just mechanic, democracy that preserves the rule of law, separation of powers, and that is participatory and pluralistic.

Democracy does not guarantee equality of conditions - it only guarantees equality of opportunity.

This election marks a significant moment in Haiti; it not only serves as the basis of hope along the road to democracy, but also serves as a testament to the resolve and character of the Haitian people during their long struggle for peace, reconciliation, and prosperity.

Democracy is a political method, that is to say, a certain type of institutional arrangement for arriving at political - legislative and administrative - decisions and hence incapable of being an end in itself.

The EU will face problems similar to the US: an increasing gap between the citizens and decision makers in Brussels and a perceived or even real lack of democracy.

Those religions that are oppressive to women are also against democracy, human rights, and freedom of expression.

As long as we're in a democracy, I have to give what I think the majority of people will enjoy.

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was indeed a vital instrument of democracy, ensuring the integrity and reliability of a democratic process that we as a Country hold so dear.

We in the press have a special role since there is no other institution in our society that can hold the President accountable. I do believe that our democracy can endure and prevail only if the American people are informed.

However, democracy cannot be defined as the existence of parliaments and elections alone.

But the Western countries that link their partnership with the poorest countries with respect for democracy also have to consider that they have obligations towards these countries.

The advanced levels which the democratic world has attained at the end of lengthy processes may have created the perception in the region that democracy is a distant concept; this perception can be addressed.

The American polity is infected with a serious imbalance of power between elites and masses, a power which is the principal threat to our democracy.

The advanced levels which the democratic world has attained at the end of lengthy processes may have created the perception in the region that democracy is a distant concept; this perception can be addressed.

Democracy don't rule the world, You'd better get that in your head; This world is ruled by violence, But I guess that's better left unsaid.

I do think that we are facing a crisis in our democracy. As true patriots, each and every one of us has to speak up, speak out, and change those in charge. Our democracy depends upon it.

In order every one in our homeland learns principles of democracy and the peaceful transition of power, and in order to stabilize and develop multiple choices in democratic practice.