Democracy Quotes

You can't put democracy and freedom back into a box.

On account of being a democracy and run by the people, we are the only nation in the world that has to keep a government four years, no matter what it does.

Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and senators and congressmen and government officials, but the voters of this country.

Speak up! We live in a democracy. We all need to make sure our voices are heard and our opinions are known.

Democracy is indispensable to socialism.

A full and fair discussion is essential to democracy.

Our constancy, same might call it our madness, was necessary to wear down the oppressive forces of the old democracy which, in Spain, was a hundred years behind the times.

I believe democracy flourishes when the government can take legitimate steps to keep its secrets and when the press can decide whether to print what it knows.

Democracy, it appears, is a bit chancy. But its chances also depend on what we do ourselves.

What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans, and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty or 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 consists of choosing your dictators, after they've told you what you think it is you want to hear.

The President, in talking about freedom and democracy, is sparking a wave of very positive democratic sentiment that might help us override both Islamic fundamentalism that has formed in that region, and also some of the hatred for our policies of invading Iraq.

As the tension eases, we must look in the direction of agriculture, industry and education as our final goals, and toward democracy under Mr Mubarak.

I know this isn't a widespread view in the Anglo Saxon world, but I believe that much of the reconciliation between more centralized governance and the scope for democracy - democratic control - will be resolved through an even stronger role of the European Parliament.

The risk of a terrorist victory is greater when in fighting terror, democracy betrays its own essence.

In the EU you have half a billion people who share a common belief in democracy, in rights, in the kind of economic life we want.

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 system of democracy is founded on the concept that every citizen has the right to vote, to know that their vote is counted, and that the vote is counted accurately.

This is supposed to be a participatory democracy and if we're not in there participating then the people that will manipulate and exploit the system will step in there.

America must be the teacher of democracy, not the advertiser of the consumer society. It is unrealistic for the rest of the world to reach the American living standard.

In brief, Western democracy, as other political models, is not exportable to all regions of the world.

Democracy no longer works for the poor if politicians treat them as a separate race.

Democracy is beautiful in theory; in practice it is a fallacy.

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 beliefs expressed in the Declaration of Independence remain a standard for our nation today. They also remain a standard for those nations across the globe striving to achieve democracy.

Anybody who asks for democracy to be introduced should respect the results of democracy.

In Switzerland they had brotherly love, five hundred years of democracy and peace, and what did they produce? The cuckoo clock!

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

America is not just a democracy, it represents a certain culture of competitive mobility and personality aspirations, politics is not merely a clash of interests, but a clash of dreams.