Quotes of: Democracy Keyword

These fledgling democracies in the Middle East, they're actually fighting for their freedom. And what are they rioting for in England? Leisurewear.

Noel Gallagher

For us democracy is a question of human dignity. And human dignity is political freedom.

Olof Palme

I have said democracy and freedom do not work too well if you are hungry, if you are starving.

Pete Domenici

I understand the sacrifices American servicemen and women have made to protect freedom and democracy in my country and around the world.

Psy

The democracy process provides for political and social change without violence.

Aung San Suu Kyi

Journalism is what maintains democracy. It's the force for progressive social change.

Andrew Vachss

Democracy is the form of government that gives every man the right to be his own oppressor.

James Russell Lowell

In a democracy, citizens pass judgment on their government, and if they are kept in the dark about what their government is doing, they cannot be in a position to make well-grounded decisions.

Peter Singer

Democracy is worth dying for, because it's the most deeply honorable form of government ever devised by man.

Ronald Reagan

Science and policy-making thrive on challenge and questioning; they are vital to the health of inquiry and democracy.

Nicholas Stern

Iraq can emerge as a beacon of hope and democracy in the Middle East, and the world, with our help.

Chris Chocola

Democracy not only requires equality but also an unshakable conviction in the value of each person, who is then equal.

Jeane Kirkpatrick

Democracy... is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder; and dispensing a sort of equality to equals and unequals alike.

Plato

I'm an American. We've translated democracy and brotherhood and equality into enterprise and opportunity and success - and that's getting Americanised.

Susan Glaspell

Not less, but more democracy - that is the demand, that is the great goal that we have to prescribe for ourselves, and especially for our youth.

Gustav Heinemann

The Internet was crucial for our success. It is a great thing. It is a big democracy because people can choose what they like.

Stjepan Hauser

I think the good old British democracy should keep scrutinising and pressing to get the truth out.

Clare Short

As you have fewer and fewer voices in a democracy, in a free society, it's not good to limit the number of voices.

Michael Moore

Capitalism is an evil, and you cannot regulate evil. You have to eliminate it and replace it with something that is good for all people and that something is democracy.

Michael Moore

Celebrity distorts democracy by giving the rich, beautiful, and famous more authority than they deserve.

Maureen Dowd

The stories a society tells about itself are a measure of how it values itself, the ideals of democracy, and its future.

Henry Giroux