A Quote by Malalai Joya

Democracy never comes by the barrel of a gun, or by cluster bombs.

Malalai Joya

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Barrel Bombs Cluster Democracy Gun Never

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Malalai Joya
Afghani - Activist
Born: April 25, 1978

Chairman Mao once said that political power comes from the barrel of a gun. He was only partly right: power that comes from the barrel of a gun can be effective only for a short time. In the end, peoples love for truth, justice, freedom, and democracy will triumph. No matter what governments do, the human spirit will always prevail.

Dalai Lama

I never subscribed to what you might call the neo-Conservative position that somehow, at the barrel of a gun, overnight, liberty and democracy could be conjured up.

Gordon Brown

You don't spread democracy with a barrel of a gun.

Helen Thomas

You don't spread democracy through the barrel of a gun.

Helen Thomas

How do you deliver democracy to a country? You don't do it down the barrel of a gun. That's not how you deliver it.

Michael Moore

Cluster bombs are perhaps not good in themselves, but when they are dropped on identifiable concentrations of Taliban troops, they do have a heartening effect.

Christopher Hitchens

We've made two products; one is a 155 mm 52-calibre gun with self-propelling and towing capability. This is a field gun - the mainstay of the Indian army like the Bofors guns. Our gun is similar but of a longer range. That was 39 calibre; this is 52. The calibre denotes the length of the barrel and the range.

Baba Kalyani

If you get to the point in your career where you're running with a gun - I've yet to run with a gun. I've stood still with a gun, and I've walked with a gun, but I've never run with a gun. Running with a gun, to me, that's when you know you've really made it.