Democracy Quotes - Page 54

Democracy is stronger than terrorism, and we will not cower to the terrorists' campaign of fear.

A democracy is more than a form of government; it is primarily a mode of associated living, of conjoint communicated experience.

Democracy is a form of government only because it is a form of moral and spiritual association.

On Jan. 30, millions of Iraqis will cast ballots in the country's first fair and free election in decades, marking continued progress in Iraq's transition toward a country built on the pillars of democracy and freedom for all.

Politicians, no matter who they are, shouldn't be able to manipulate the public on a single issue and then call an election at the height of support - that's a little bit of a manipulation of democracy.

It's not a matter of just what we don't like and who we are most afraid of. We need an affirmative agenda if we're going to move forward as a democracy.

Being adequately informed is a democratic duty, just as the vote is a democratic right. A misinformed electorate, voting without knowledge, is not a true democracy.

I do believe there is absolutely space for legitimate debate in a liberal democracy about immigration selection, screening and integration.

Politicians that proclaim big words without meaning rule in democracy. At best they allow themselves to discover that it's better to be rich and healthy than sick and poor and that it is necessary to care for 'good of Poland" - clap clap, hurricane of clapping.

democracy is that which affords a rule of living as well as a test of faith.

On inequality, I contend that far too much of the nation's wealth and income is gravitating to too few. This undermines the democracy we all cherish and the overall social cohesion necessary to maintain our wonderfully successful society.

The more government dependents, the more likely that democracy will become a conspiracy against self-reliance.

In Ethiopia, democracy is in its infancy and it must be nurtured along by its leaders.

Democracy without morality is impossible.

You said, 'How is it possible for democracy to work with an illiterate people who are dying of hunger?' But with that people we made a democracy work.

The challenge as we saw in the Nigerian project was to restructure the economy decisively in the direction of a modern free market as an appropriate environment for cultivation of freedom and democracy and the natural emergence of a new social order.

Informed by our sad experience of history, we require nothing short of a foundation for lasting democracy.

The return of democracy in our land has indeed thrown the problems of development into bolder relief.

Having a vote once every four years is not the same thing as democracy.

Democracies have to be careful that they do not become so process-driven.

In Jefferson's mind democracy was tantamount to extreme individualism.

When Jefferson and the Republicans rallied to the Union and to the existing Federalist organization, the fabric of traditional American democracy was almost completely woven.

If America has a civic religion, the First Amendment is its central article of faith.

The democracy which shows up in the United States and in England is not an ideal democracy, because the will of the people is under the pressure of property, which is in the hands of the wealthy capitalists.

Democracy ... is never won but always to be won.