Quotes of: Democracy Keyword

To me, technology was a means to an end to achieve the social justice goals, stronger democracy and more effective government that is the aim of what I do.

Beth Simone Noveck

Now, al Qaeda's on the run. Afghanistan is no longer a base of operations. The Afghan government is a friendly government that is trying to bring democracy to its people.

Condoleezza Rice

Political disagreements have the colour and fragrance that normally is seen and felt in a political bouquet, while remaining united on one issue that democracy is the future of Pakistan.

Asif Ali Zardari

The worst thing that can happen in a democracy - as well as in an individual's life - is to become cynical about the future and lose hope.

Hillary Clinton

There are few things more dangerous in a democracy than allowing a President to wage secret wars without the knowledge of the country.

Glenn Greenwald

In the EU you have half a billion people who share a common belief in democracy, in rights, in the kind of economic life we want.

Catherine Ashton

I think Russian people are learning that democracy is not an alien thing; it's not a western invention.

Garry Kasparov

In Switzerland they had brotherly love, five hundred years of democracy and peace, and what did they produce? The cuckoo clock!

Graham Greene

The Internet can empower groups whose aims are in fact antithetical to democracy.

Evgeny Morozov

It is important that democracy in Lebanon is protected and that Hezbollah will not be supported by outside forces like Syria and Iran.

Ehud Olmert

I'm a huge fan of the program 'Democracy Now,' which is hosted by Amy Goodman, and I subscribe to the podcast.

Ellen Page

There is not Communism or Marxism, but representative democracy and social justice in a well-planned economy.

Fidel Castro

The ship of democracy, which has weathered all storms, may sink through the mutiny of those on board.

Grover Cleveland

While democracy must have its organization and controls, its vital breath is individual liberty.

Charles Evans Hughes

The United States can't impose democracies. We can't impose our will. The Russians found that out in Afghanistan.

Chuck Hagel

The tyranny of a prince in an oligarchy is not so dangerous to the public welfare as the apathy of a citizen in a democracy.

Charles de Montesquieu

Democracy as a system has evolved into something that Thomas Jefferson didn't anticipate.

Hunter S. Thompson

I believe the Republicans have never thought that democracy was anything but a tribal myth.

Hunter S. Thompson

All the blood is drained out of democracy - it dies - when only half the population votes.

Hunter S. Thompson

If a man went simply by what he saw, he might be tempted to affirm that the essence of democracy is melodrama.

Irving Babbitt

In a democracy, the majority of the citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel oppressions upon the minority.

Edmund Burke