Democracy Quotes

The transition from dictatorship to democracy is always very difficult, and if you read a history of any country that went through this, it wasn't easy. And, you know, you don't end dictatorship one day and next day you have fully fledged democracy. Wael Ghonim
Day Democracy History You Dictatorship Country Difficult One Day Easy Through Know Read Always End Very Any Transition Next Fully
I think that the failure of newspaper competition in a community is a very serious handicap to the dissemination of the knowledge that the citizens need to participate in a democracy. Walter Cronkite
Failure Democracy Knowledge Competition Community Think Dissemination Citizens Participate Handicap Very Newspaper Serious Need
What some people argue is that Vietnam stands for the proposition that there's no role for American power anywhere on earth. I don't believe that's the case at all. I think we're the strongest force for democracy and for stability on earth, and we must have a strong capacity to perform that role. Walter F. Mondale
Democracy People Strong Some People Power Believe Think Earth Must Some Case Strongest Argue Proposition Perform Force Role American Stability Anywhere Capacity Vietnam Stands
Democracy is fatal for the arts; it leads only to chaos or the achievement of new and lower common denominators of quality. Walter Legge
Democracy Achievement Quality Chaos Only Leads New Common Arts Lower Fatal
Socialism, as I understand it, is a system of democracy. Without democracy, there is no socialism. Wen Jiabao
Democracy Socialism System Without Understand
But if we had to trade with a Europe dominated by the present German trade policies, we might have to change our methods to some totalitarian form. This is a prospect that any lover of democracy must view with consternation. Wendell Willkie
Democracy Change Lover Our Must Consternation Some Totalitarian Had Prospect Policies Trade Methods German Dominated Any Form Might View Europe Present
Americans cannot teach democracy to the world until they restore their own. William Greider
Democracy World Own Restore Until American Cannot Teach
Nevertheless, I resist cynicism and continue to believe in the possibilities for genuine democracy. William Greider
Democracy Believe Possibilities Nevertheless Genuine Continue Cynicism Resist
As the world's finest democracy, we do not do guillotines. But there are other less bloody rituals of humiliation, designed to reassure the populace that order is restored, the Republic cleansed. William Greider
Democracy World Humiliation Other Restored Finest Rituals Cleansed Bloody Order Republic Less Populace Reassure Designed
Democracy is only an experiment in government, and it has the obvious disadvantage of merely counting votes instead of weighing them. William Inge
Government Democracy Experiment Only Disadvantage Weighing Instead Merely Counting Votes Obvious Them
American and Israel share a special bond. Our relationship is unique among all nations. Like America, Israel is a strong democracy, a symbol of freedom, and an oasis of liberty, a home to the oppressed and persecuted. William J. Clinton
Home Freedom Relationship Democracy Liberty Strong Our Oasis All Nations Share Like Israel Oppressed Persecuted America American Nations Special Unique Among Bond Symbol
The people standing up most strongly for our democracies should be celebrated, not prosecuted - be it those countless human rights defenders who defend all our rights or the brave whistle-blowers who expose tax dodging. Winnie Byanyima
Democracy Rights People Human Rights Our Those Strongly Prosecuted Countless Most Dodging Up Celebrated Brave Human Tax Should Standing Who Standing Up Expose Defend Defenders
If you're going to spend most of your time in your democracy figuring out how to get oil by intervening into other people's countries and insuring that you follow it with military might, we think there's an alternative. Which would be renewable energy. Winona LaDuke
Time Democracy You People Energy Military Think Other Intervening Spend Out Would Would-Be Follow Countries Most Renewable Alternative Renewable Energy How Get Going Oil Which Might Your Figuring
Democracy is not so much a form of government as a set of principles. Woodrow Wilson
Government Democracy Principles Form Much Set
My own ideals for the university are those of a genuine democracy and serious scholarship. These two, indeed, seem to go together. Woodrow Wilson
Democracy Together Own Indeed Those Seem My Own Scholarship Ideals Genuine Go Serious Two University
There's so much spirit of integration and democracy in jazz. Wynton Marsalis
Democracy Jazz Spirit Integration Much
Arab society features apartheid of women, apartheid of homosexuals, and apartheid of Christians, Jews, and democracy. Yair Lapid
Democracy Women Society Jews Arab Features Apartheid Homosexuals Christians
The Arabs are looking forward to developing their region, which the long years of war had prevented from finding its true place in today's world, in an atmosphere of democracy, pluralism, and prosperity. Yasser Arafat
Today War Democracy World Prosperity Long Looking Arabs Finding Pluralism Atmosphere Had Developing True Looking Forward Years Place Which Region Forward
In a democracy, there should be representation from every field. Yogi Adityanath
Democracy Field Every Representation Should
In a democracy, everyone has a right to put forward one's views. But people resorting to violent demonstrations in the name of Dalits are bound to be exposed. Yogi Adityanath
Democracy People Everyone Put Bound Name Demonstrations Views Forward Exposed Right Violent
Democracy or politics done without values and ideals is dangerous for the country. Yogi Adityanath
Politics Democracy Dangerous Values Country Ideals Without Done
Because America is a democracy, public support for presidential foreign-policy decisions is essential. Zbigniew Brzezinski
Democracy Presidential Support Because America Essential Decisions Public Public Support
Democrats should insist that a pluralistic democracy such as ours rely on bipartisanship in formulating a foreign policy based on moderation and the nuances of the human condition. Zbigniew Brzezinski
Democracy Insist Ours Pluralistic Rely Policy Democrats Foreign Foreign Policy Condition Moderation Human Human Condition Should Based Nuances Bipartisanship
I do not want to abandon representative democracy. I want to see it balanced by popular sovereignty, especially the variety known as deliberative democracy. George Monbiot
Democracy Abandon See Variety Balanced Known Sovereignty Representative Want Popular
The Republicans abandoned the pretext of democracy to fight a war for power long ago. Krystal Ball
War Democracy Fight Long Power Abandoned Pretext Republicans
Democracy abhors a vacuum. Gina Miller
Democracy Abhors Vacuum
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