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In a democracy, when you get 20 million people in the street, you resign.
Mohamed ElBaradei
Democracy
You
People
Get
Street
Million
Resign
Million People
As much as we Egyptians treasure our military, acting alone it cannot provide the legitimacy to lay the foundations for democracy.
Mohamed ElBaradei
Alone
Democracy
Military
Our
Lay
Provide
Egyptians
Legitimacy
Cannot
Much
Acting
Foundations
Treasure
The dream of democracy has long been enshrined in the hearts of the Egyptian people. It only needed awakening.
Mohamed ElBaradei
Democracy
People
Long
Enshrined
Dream
Only
Been
Hearts
Egyptian
Awakening
Needed
I think the Egyptian people need to restore confidence that Americans, the U.S., means what they say when they talk about democracy, rule of law.
Mohamed ElBaradei
Democracy
Confidence
People
Law
Think
Rule
Rule Of Law
Say
Restore
About
Talk
American
Egyptian
Means
They Say
Need
I firmly believe the way forward for our nation is to have a robust democracy.
Mohit Chauhan
Democracy
Nation
Believe
Our
Way
Firmly
Robust
Forward
We need to reform the political system, or we'll lose the democracy. I don't think it's that hard. It doesn't take rocket science. We've done it before successfully at the presidential level and tried it several places at the state level.
Molly Ivins
Democracy
Science
Political
Lose
Rocket Science
Before
Think
State
State Level
Presidential
Several
System
Tried
Take
Rocket
Reform
Political System
Done
Places
Successfully
Hard
Level
Need
Forget the conspiracy theories! God gave us the right to vote, and He gave the United States, and all of its citizens, freedom through democracy.
Monica Johnson
God
Freedom
Democracy
Vote
Conspiracy
Gave
States
Citizens
Through
He
Forget
Us
Theories
United
United States
Right
The president who achieved a true democracy. The president who built a peaceful relationship between the North and the South. The president who achieved a more equal and fair economy. That's how I want to be remembered.
Moon Jae-in
Relationship
Democracy
President
More
Remembered
True
Between
Fair
Economy
Equal
Built
How
South
North
Achieved
Want
Who
Peaceful
Whenever democracy has fallen into a crisis, the Korean people have sprung up in rage.
Moon Jae-in
Democracy
People
Rage
Crisis
Korean
Fallen
Sprung
Up
Whenever
You have to stand guard over the development and maintenance of Islamic democracy, Islamic social justice and the equality of manhood in your own native soil.
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Democracy
You
Justice
Equality
Soil
Own
Guard
Development
Maintenance
Over
Islamic
Native
Manhood
Social
Stand
Your
Social Justice
There is a heated debate in Turkey these days over whether the government of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is furthering democracy or rolling it back.
Mustafa Akyol
Government
Democracy
Debate
Back
Minister
Prime
Prime Minister
Over
Days
Heated
Rolling
Whether
Turkey
Our two nations share the important values of democracy and freedom and liberty. My visit to the United States has indeed reinforced this mutual conviction and determination to ensure that our two peoples cherish these values.
Mwai Kibaki
Freedom
Democracy
People
Determination
Liberty
Values
Important
Conviction
Our
Indeed
States
Ensure
Visit
Mutual
Share
Cherish
Nations
United
United States
Reinforced
Two
The principle of democracy is all about delegation of power by the vast majority of citizens through a few chosen representatives chosen on merit and competence.
N. R. Narayana Murthy
Democracy
Power
Few
Citizens
About
Delegation
Vast
Vast Majority
Through
Merit
Majority
Principle
Representatives
Chosen
Competence
I myself have felt the wrath of the media, but that's part of what a good democracy is.
Naftali Bennett
Myself
Good
Democracy
Wrath
Part
Felt
Media
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.
Naguib Mahfouz
Education
Democracy
Goals
Agriculture
Final
Our
Must
Direction
Tension
Toward
Look
Industry
Mubarak
Anyone who wants to be part of the political process should adopt values that are compatible with democracy.
Najib Razak
Democracy
Political
Values
Adopt
Part
Political Process
Anyone
Wants
Process
Should
Who
Compatible
We can transform the government and the economy, as well as democracy, in Malaysia.
Najib Razak
Government
Democracy
Economy
Well
Malaysia
Transform
As the leader of Southeast Asia's oldest democracy, I am always keen to share our experiences. In the half-century since independence, we have found that steady reform is the best way to secure lasting stability. It is a process that continues in Malaysia to this day.
Najib Razak
Best
Day
Democracy
Independence
Leader
Lasting
Our
Way
Secure
Best Way
Steady
Share
Since
Always
Am
Malaysia
Southeast
Reform
Stability
Experiences
Process
Asia
Keen
Found
Oldest
Look at the structure of the Gates Foundation and this idea that, rather than trying to solve these huge global problems through institutions with some kind of democracy and transparency baked into them, we're just going to outsource it to benevolent billionaires.
Naomi Klein
Democracy
Problems
Benevolent
Kind
Solve
Some
Rather
Structure
Through
Outsource
Idea
Global
Baked
Institutions
Look
Huge
Than
Trying
Going
Just
Them
Transparency
Billionaires
Foundation
Gates
Democracy is our commitment. It is our great legacy, a legacy we simply cannot compromise. Democracy is in our DNA.
Narendra Modi
Great
Democracy
Commitment
Our
Compromise
Simply
Legacy
Cannot
In a democracy, allegations will never improve situations. So, I'm against allegations, but I always welcome criticism.
Narendra Modi
Democracy
Welcome
Will
Criticism
Allegations
Never
Always
Improve
Situations
Against
Democracies can't handle austerity measures very well.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Democracy
Well
Austerity
Very
Handle
Measures
When I turn on the news in Paris, the way Syria is covered is different from the way it is covered in Washington, D.C., or London. Even in Western society, where we hold all the values of democracy and freedom of speech, as soon as you point a camera in a particular direction, there is an angle - literally and figuratively.
Natalie Dormer
News
Freedom
Democracy
You
Values
Freedom Of Speech
Society
Way
Syria
London
Angle
Direction
Paris
Point
Soon
Particular
Camera
Covered
Western
Western Society
Where
Different
Literally
Hold
Turn
Turn-On
Figuratively
Even
Washington
Speech
The three main sources of scepticism are first, that not every people desires freedom; second, that democracy in certain parts of the world would be dangerous; and third, that there is little the world's democracies can do to advance freedom outside their countries.
Natan Sharansky
Freedom
Democracy
People
World
Dangerous
Three
First
Every
Would
Would-Be
Scepticism
Main
Outside
Advance
Countries
Parts
Sources
Little
Certain
Second
Desires
Third
It is important to remember that some of the most serious thinkers once thought that democracy was not compatible with the cultures of Germany, Italy, Japan, Latin America and Russia.
Natan Sharansky
Democracy
Remember
Thought
Important
Once
Latin
Latin America
Some
Russia
Most
Italy
Cultures
Germany
America
Japan
Serious
Compatible
Thinkers
The reason societies with democratic governments are better places to live in than their alternatives isn't because of some goodness intrinsic to democracy, but because its hopeless inefficiency helps blunt the basic potential for evil.
Nathan Myhrvold
Democracy
Better
Evil
Hopeless
Goodness
Live
Intrinsic
Some
Potential
Democratic
Alternatives
Inefficiency
Because
Governments
Than
Blunt
Places
Reason
Helps
Basic
Societies
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