Quotes of: Democracy Keyword

Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.

Oscar Wilde

I think it's obvious that democracy is something that is contagious, and it always has been.

Steve Earle

I think they will never really enjoy true democracy in China.

Simon Winchester

America is an outlier in the world of democracies when it comes to the structure and conduct of elections.

Thomas E. Mann

Democracy is eternal and human. It dignifies the human being; it respects humanity.

Thomas Mann

We want capitalism and market forces to be the slave of democracy rather than the opposite.

Thomas Piketty

The capacity to combine commitment with skepticism is essential to democracy.

Mary Catherine Bateson

It's a democracy and if I am outvoted, I have to accept the majority decisions.

Moshe Dayan

Maintain democracy or go to dictatorship: that is what is at stake in these elections.

Mario Vargas Llosa

Why am I such a Euro-enthusiast? Because I knew it was an anchor of democracy.

Adam Michnik

There should be competition and exchanges between different countries, but there are certainly certain universal values, and that is freedom and democracy.

Mikhail Gorbachev

The freedom to criticize judges and other public officials is necessary to a vibrant democracy.

Sandra Day O'Connor

We will not fail your expectations of us as a new nation dedicated to peace, democracy, and freedom.

Shigeru Yoshida

One of the main reasons I came back to Mexico is because I've found freedom and democracy here, something I never found in the United States.

Willie Wells

Democracy is interactive... It's a constant job of information, education, explanation, listening, and interactive communication.

Dick Gephardt

I believe we are on an irreversible trend toward more freedom and democracy - but that could change.

Dan Quayle

Democracy gives every man the right to be his own oppressor.

James Russell Lowell

While democracy in the long run is the most stable form of government, in the short run, it is among the most fragile.

Madeleine Albright

Democracy is the only system that persists in asking the powers that be whether they are the powers that ought to be.

Sydney J. Harris

It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried.

Winston Churchill

I hope that with the success of the transition to democracy in Tunisia that we will export to Egypt a working democratic model.

Rashid al-Ghannushi