1222 Democracy Quotes for You to Enjoy

In the barbershop, there's democracy. You're a professor; you're an engineer; you're a garbage man, have at it. You got something to say, get down with it. Michael Eric Dyson

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Despite the absurdity and the silliness and the triviality of the entire campaign experience, there is also something, as non-cynical as this sounds, kind of uplifting and strange about watching democracy unfold. Michael Hastings

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We live inside a democracy, and you know, public will matters in a democracy. I just hope it's informed public will, and frankly, when the decisions are made, you understand the costs. Michael Hayden

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The legitimacy of coercive acts in a democracy arises from the process by which they are justified and by the degree to which we regard decisions as rational. If the justifications proceed properly, through recognized public institutions, and if they make sense to us, they are legitimate. Michael Ignatieff

I may have come into politics with an unacknowledged condescension toward the game and the people who played it, but I left with more respect for politicians than when I went in. The worst of them - the careerists and predators - you find in all professions. The best of them were a credit to democracy. Michael Ignatieff

The war waged against terror since September 11 puts a strain on democracy itself, because it is mostly waged in secret, using means that are at the edge of both law and morality. Yet democracies have shown themselves capable of keeping the secret exercise of power under control. Michael Ignatieff

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Belief in liberal freedom and democracy is always belief in it in a particular place, in a national home with histories that only those who are born in a place or who adopt its citizenship can hope to understand. Michael Ignatieff

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A split between the U.S. and its traditional allies, if it becomes a permanent feature of the new global order, would lead to deeper fragmentation among the world's market-oriented democracies. That will surely shift the long-term balance of power in China's favor, as it moves steadily toward becoming the world's largest economy. Michael Spence

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Protests are part of our democracy. Michel Temer

Democracy Our Part Protests

I gathered as much reading material about Aung San Suu Kyi and about Burma as I could. And I read every article and every book she had written. I also had 200 hours of footage of her to watch. I tried to discover who were her heroes and where he desire and strength to pursue democracy in a non-violent fashion came from. Michelle Yeoh

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Democracy doesn't mean I always get my way. It doesn't mean we always get what we want. Mike Cernovich

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And in a democracy, when we say we're mad at what's going on, what we need to be saying is we're mad at ourselves. Mike Lowry

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We defeated communism in part by showing the world that a commitment to democracy and expanding economic opportunity makes people's lives better and nations more secure, meaning our commitments overseas also makes us stronger and safer here at home. Mike Quigley

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Democracy is not a spectator sport. Mike Quigley

Democracy Sport Spectator

I think more so than the Republican Party, we reflect America on the Democratic side of the aisle, and that's a healthy thing. I mean, that's what democracy is all about. Mike Ross

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The soviet people want full-blooded and unconditional democracy. Mikhail Gorbachev

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There never was a democracy yet where the people didn't vote themselves into oblivion. Mitt Romney

Democracy Vote People Oblivion Never Where Themselves

Remarkably, governments are beginning to embrace the idea that nothing enhances democracy more than giving voice and information to everybody in the country. Why not open their books if they have nothing to hide? Mo Ibrahim

Democracy is more than a ballot box. Mohamed ElBaradei

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