Democracy Quotes - Page 86

Here in the U.S., we've made democracy into a science. A cold, impersonal science.

[If President Bush is right about democracy in Iraq] I may, and I don't know if I can physically do this, implode.

We began to temper Western democracy with what I'd call a social contract. We put in Social Security, graduated income tax, workers' compensation. We developed strong unions to negotiate with business owners so workers got an equitable share of the profits.

We have a democracy within the bounds of a constitution which provides certain guarantees related to the basic humanity of every person. I think that's the best way to go.

Labour's constitutional blueprint is nothing less than a plan for the destruction of UK democracy.

In general, democracy and individualism have advanced in spite of and often against specific economic interest. Both democracy and individualism have been based upon financial sacrifice, not gain. Even in Athens, a large part of the 7,000 citizens who participated regularly in assemblies were farmers who had to give up several days' work to go into town to talk and listen.

In 2003, I warned of a 'creeping coup' in Russia against the forces of democracy and market capitalism in Russia.

I intend to do what I can, working with my congressional colleagues, Republicans and Democrats, to help bring about the changes to the practices and Institutions of our democracy that they want and deserve.

It's very clear that Vladimir Putin has decided that he will eliminate his opponents and anyone who stands up for democracy and freedom. And he does so with relative impunity.

The US does not involve itself in what is happening in the world's largest democracy, nor does it intend to do so.

It is better that a man should tyrannize over his bank balance than over his fellow-citizens.

Journalism, like democracy, is not something that is achieved. It is a work in progress, and not every day is as good as the last.

I don't know whether it's age or maturity, but I certainly find myself committed more and more to the looser forms of Western democracy at any price.

It was a charming fantasy of romantics that the spies would stop spying, that political conflict would end and politicians would tell the truth. Unfortunately that has not been the case.

The financial system in its current condition poses an existential threat to Western democracy far exceeding any terrorist threat.

Labor was marching toward the goal of industrial democracy and contributing constructively toward a more rational arrangement of our domestic economy.

Remember, the Islamist view of democracy is: one man, one vote, one election, and that's it.

I refuse to stand by while our democracy is trampled by politicians more concerned about amassing power than helping the people who sent them to Washington in the first place.

Those who try to stifle the vibrancy of our democracy and shield policies from scrutiny behind a false cloak of patriotism miss the real value of what our troops defend and how we best defend our troops. We will ask questions and we will defend our democracy.

The Ukrainian people should not be coerced. Make no mistake: the US stands together with the Ukrainians aspiring for democracy.

We still have a lot of work to do to protect our own democracy.

I think that our own crisis of democracy is in its own way affecting our ability to leverage in the same way that we used to in the world.

If you want to be a Jewish state and you want to remain a democracy, you have to have a two-state solution.

We do have to take the long-term view. And long term, the question to ask ourselves is whether America should attack others pre-emptively, whether she should embroil herself in wars far away from our soil, and try to bring democracy by force to the rest of the world.

Self-government requires qualities of self-denial and restraint.