Famous Quotes & Sayings

Romano Prodi

This proposal must simply be rejected. There are moments in the history of nations and parliaments in which nothing less than democracy is at stake.

Bashar al-Assad

It is not my democracy as a person; it is our democracy as a society.

Augusto Pinochet

Democracy is the breeding ground of communism,

Brad Henry

It is a paradox that far too few Americans participate in the wonderful ritual of democracy that we call Election Day.

Bertrand Russell

To acquire immunity to eloquence is of the utmost importance to the citizens of a democracy.

Hate undermines communities, hate undermines democracy and so we look at it in a different way. The impact is much more broad. Hate kills people.

Jalal Talabani

I think the Iraqi minister of human rights wanted to show them which kind of democracy now we have,

Historically, governments that fail to recognize property rights soon fail in the recognition of human rights, ... If Americans can't be secure in their property rights, our democracy starts to crumble.

Jimmy Carter

There is extreme interest in voting, total determination for democracy and freedom,

Eugene Debs

The people can have anything they want, the only problem is they do not want anything.

But what I have to say to people who might come forward is that one of the great things about our democracy is freedom of the press.

But after all, we are a democracy, and that is what democracy is about, is people will have differences of opinion.

Eric Thomas

If it's good for China, opening up and encouraging democracy and so on, why isn't it good for Cuba?

If three months ago, I had some doubts, ... The rollback of democracy is continuing, the economic and social situation is worsening and the government is doing nothing to improve these things.

Jonathan Moyo

If this was a proper functioning democracy this government would have been kicked out long ago,

Alexander Hamilton

If we incline too much to democracy, we shall soon shoot into a monarchy.

Adolf Hitler

The Western democracy of today is the forerunner of Marxism which without it would not be thinkable. It provides this world plague with the culture in which its germs can spread.

Ann Coulter

Liberals could not be less interested in democracy when it came to taking out Saddam Hussein Now a loyal American ally [Mubarak] comes under attack and they are burning for democracy.

Anthony Eden

Drift is the demon of democracy.

Annette Lu

Taiwan matters because of its vital role in spreading democracy in East Asia. Taiwan matters because of its strategic importance to promote peace in the Pacific region.

Angela Davis

When Bush says democracy, I often wonder what he's referring to.

Andre Malraux

Communism destroys democracy. Democracy can also destroy Communism.

Ambrose Bierce

The only distinction that democracies reward is a high degree of conformity.

Anthony Kennedy

Democracy is something that you must learn each generation. It has to be taught.

Dick Gephardt

In every issue there are winners are losers, and the losers are plenty. But they have to be willing to grudgingly accept the result. That's the genius of our democracy.

Dick Gregory

If democracy is such a good thing, let's have more of it.

Amartya Sen

[N]o democracy with a free press has ever experienced a major famine.

Amartya Sen

Democracy is a universal value

Alexis Tsipras

Greece gave democracy to the rest of the world.

Alexis Tsipras

Austerity is not part of the European treaties; democracy and the principle of popular sovereignty are.

Alexis de Tocqueville

What is the most important for democracy is not that great fortunes should not exist, but that great fortunes should not remain in the same hands. In that way there are rich men, but they do not form a class.

Drew Carey

What good is democracy if you can't get what you want?

Anatole France

In every well-governed state wealth is a sacred thing; in democracies it is the only sacred thing.