1222 Democracy Quotes for You to Enjoy

I'm fed up with democracy. In a democracy, people vote for the mayors. I wanted to build a city where I will choose the citizens. Emir Kusturica

Democracy Vote People Will Build Citizens City Fed Fed Up Up Where Mayors Wanted Choose

I think I bring a perspective that local communities are what make this country great, and they are the laboratories of democracy. Eric Garcetti

Great Democracy Perspective Country Think Local Make Communities Bring

Exercising the right to vote is essential to our democracy. Eric Schneiderman

Democracy Vote Our Exercising Essential Right

Our democracy is predicated on the belief that our government should be accessible by the people. We cannot allow ourselves to give in to fear or shy away from interacting with the public. Erik Paulsen

Government Democracy People Fear Our We Cannot Ourselves Give Allow Accessible Interacting Cannot Public Should Belief Away Shy By The People

The birth of democracy in Iraq is one of the great positive changes of our era. Ernest Istook

Positive Great Democracy Changes Birth Our Era Iraq

Socialist democracy is not, a luxury and its need is not limited to the most advanced industrial countries. Ernest Mandel

Democracy Luxury Advanced Countries Most Industrial Limited Socialist Need

As a prisoner of conscience committed to peaceful transition to democracy, I urge Europe to apply economic sanctions against Ethiopia. What short-term pain may result will be compensated by long-term gain. A pledge to re-engage energetically with a democratic Ethiopia would act as a catalyst for reform. Eskinder Nega

Democracy Result Will Prisoner Pain Pledge Would Economic Catalyst Long-Term Democratic Reform Committed May Gain Short-Term Against Sanctions Urge Transition Ethiopia Act Europe Peaceful Conscience Apply

The whole idea of a democracy is that we ourselves, the people, are supposed to make a path of our politics, and it is we who with our feet and our vote and our labors and our vigilance are supposed to shape our country. Eugene Jarecki

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I used to work for an NGO called Transitions Online, and I was their Director of New Media. I was a very idealistic fellow who thought that he could use blogs, social networks and new media to help promote democracy, human rights and freedom of expression. Evgeny Morozov

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The known propensity of a democracy is to licentiousness which the ambitious call, and the ignorant believe to be liberty. Fisher Ames

Democracy Liberty Believe Propensity Call Known Ambitious Which Ignorant

Democracy may have arisen in the West as the way of striving for the universal aspiration to dignity and freedom, but it isn't alien to the underlying concepts that infuse religion and moral philosophy everywhere. Flora Lewis

Freedom Religion Democracy Dignity Alien Philosophy Way Everywhere Striving Moral Moral Philosophy Arisen Concepts Underlying West May Infuse Aspiration Universal

In the future, it will not be the one big message, the one big voice, but millions of us, in our own way, healing, unifying, and experiencing that one defining moment when we recognize that sustaining the democracy is the common bottom line - whoever we are, whatever we do, wherever we are, the call is to sustain the democracy. Frances Hesselbein

Future Democracy Healing Will Big Whatever Own Our Way Defining Defining Moment Recognize Voice Bottom Bottom Line Message Call Line Common Sustain Experiencing Sustaining Wherever Us Unifying Moment Whoever Millions

Democracy, obviously, is something we don't want to give up, but it does create chaos. It means the guy next door can do what he wants, and it creates a collision of thinking. In cities, that means people build whatever they want. Frank Gehry

Democracy People Build Whatever Thinking Chaos Cities Collision Give Something Guy He Obviously Does Up Want Door Wants Create Creates Next Next Door Means

Democracy needs to be nurtured and treated with care. Frank Lowy

Needs Democracy Care Nurtured Treated

There's this proud American tradition of worrying about the power of communication companies. That going all the way back to the founding, we've tried to limit the power of monopolies that played a role in our democracy. Franklin Foer

In a free Europe... the system of power lies on three pillars. These are democracy, rule of law, and human rights. It's impossible to use one against the other. Frans Timmermans

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And when we draw lines in the sand with regard to certain basic things that are vital to our interest and to the interest of democracy and our friends around the world, we have to be willing to back that up. Fred Thompson

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If one wishes to forgo the protection afforded by secular pluralism, then perhaps Western liberal democracies is not the right place for you to freely exercise your religion. Gad Saad

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