Quotes about democracy
democracy progressive cease
A great democracy must be progressive or it will soon cease to be a great democracy. Theodore Roosevelt
democracy demand suspension
Democracy makes many taxing demands on its practitioners, but suspension of the intelligence is not one of them. Margaret Halsey
democracy except form forms government time tried worst
It has been said that Democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time. Winston Churchill
democracy fight freedom media
The fight for media freedom and democracy does not take place in one country,
democracy collectivism
Lynch mobs are democracies. Neal Boortz
democracy constitution destruction
Labour's constitutional blueprint is nothing less than a plan for the destruction of UK democracy. John Redwood
democracy speech culture
And a democracy can't exist without free speech and the right to assemble. And that's what Americans tend to forget. And they're born into a culture where they take all of their freedoms for granted. Larry Flynt
democracy permanent
In a democracy, power is not permanent. Lalu Prasad Yadav
democracy matter violence
Without democracy there is no freedom. Violence, no matter who is using it, is always reactionary.
democracy degenerates majority
It is when it is contended that "in a democracy right is what the majority makes it to be" that democracy degenerates into demagoguery. Friedrich August von Hayek
democracy ethnic glad groups kosovo
And I'm glad that Kosovo is well on the way now to being a functioning democracy where different ethnic groups can live in peace.
democracy event good helps register students
The event is good way to get students to register to vote. I think it helps with democracy more than anything. It's a good way to get a lot of student support.
democracy essential
The essential thing about democracy is that no one is indispensable. Bill Clinton
democracy tragedy modern
The tragedy of modern democracies is that they have not yet succeeded in effecting democracy. Jacques Maritain
democracy alternatives reform
He [Deng Xiaoping] said that he did not understand why we failed to grasp that the alternative was not democracy, but total chaos and risking all the reforms that had been achieved. Henry A. Kissinger
democracy individual-power social
The freedom and human capacities of individuals must be developed to their maximum but individual powers must be linked to democracy in the sense that social betterment must be the necessary consequence of individual flourishing. Henry Giroux
democracy
India has remained a full, functioning democracy. Manmohan Singh
democracy
Democracy is good for everybody.
democracy world
Democracy is good for world peace.
democracy poverty
India is a functioning democracy - despite its extreme poverty, India has stayed the course.
democracy born democrat
A born democrat is a born disciplinarian. Mahatma Gandhi
democracy spirit claims
True democracy is not inconsistent with a few persons representing the spirit, the hope and the aspirations of those whom they claim to represent.
democracy public-opinion opinion
The only force at the disposal of democracy is that of public opinion.
democracy aprons break
Democracy will break under the strain of apron strings. It can exist only on trust.
democracy institutions liable
Democracy is a great institution and, therefore, it is liable to be greatly abused.
democracy demand patient
Democracy demands patient instruction on it before legislation.
democracy nonviolence pure
The science of nonviolence can alone lead one to pure democracy.
democracy village india
In a true democracy of India, the unit is the village.
democracy great last sadness
This is a great day for democracy ... after the sadness of the last years, Romano Prodi
democracy mediocrity tendencies
The tendency of democracies is, in all things, to mediocrity. James F. Cooper
democracy unions victim
Without the power of the Industrial Union behind it, Democracy can only enter the State as the victim enters the gullet of the Serpent. James Connolly
democracy march static
Democracy is not a static thing. It is an everlasting march. Franklin D. Roosevelt
democracy flags mob-rule
In vain these economic royalists seek to hide behind the flag and the Constitution. In their blindness they forget what the flag and the Constitution stand for. Now, as always, they stand for democracy, not tyranny; for freedom, not subjection; and against a dictatorship by mob rule and the over-privileged alike.