Top 1200 Democracy Quotes & Sayings - Page 20
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Last updated on September 19, 2024.
The most important element of democracy, I believe, is the protection of minorities.
And it is essential that in fighting terrorism, sacrifices should not be made on democracy.
We cannot run a democracy without a strong middle class.
My election to the position of president is the symbol of the greatness of Indian democracy.
It [concentration of wealth and power] has been a menace to . . . American democracy.
A basic tenet of healthy democracy is open dialogue and transparency
Israel cannot be a democracy if it occupies land of other people.
Freedom of the press is the staff of life, for any vital democracy.
Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.
Democracy is good. I say this because other systems are worse.
If the war on terror is endless, you could forget about democracy.
Democracy is being allowed to vote for the candidate you dislike least.
Democracy cannot survive without the guidance of a creative minority.
Through the ballot, we can defend our democracy from the threat of dictatorship.
Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage.
The word democracy comes from the Greek and means, literally, government by the people.
Democracy is an awful way to run a country, but it's the best system we have.
I worry about the entire structure of American democracy under Trump.
Voting is fundamental in our democracy. It has yielded enormous returns.
In democracy, people's verdict is always final and we all have to accept it with humility.
A fanatical belief in democracy makes democratic institutions impossible.
We still have a lot of work to do to protect our own democracy.
When you are subverting the power of government, that's a fundamentally dangerous thing to democracy.
In a democracy one must have the right to express oneself and that's what I do, even if it displeases.
A civically engaged citizenry feeds oxygen to our democracy.
I am happy that Poland is returning to the road of pluralism and democracy.
Democracy isn't just for people in the Middle East, but Britons, too.
Newspapers write ringing editorials declaring that this is and always was a democracy.
Filmmaking is a real democracy - it's up to the audience to vote with their tickets.
In Ethiopia, democracy is in its infancy and it must be nurtured along by its leaders.
A perfect democracy is therefore the most shameless thing in the world.
All cultures are capable of democracy and liberalism. Everybody wants to be free.
Voter suppression anywhere hurts our democracy everywhere.
For me, democracy must deliver a better life for the people.
I myself have felt the wrath of the media, but that's part of what a good democracy is.
To have compromise you must first have dialog. That is the true path of democracy.
Democracy is based upon the conviction that there are extraordinary possibilities in ordinary people.
But democracy isn't a state of perfection. It has to be improved, and that means constant vigilance.
Democracy has many definitions, but what's in it for me is not an element of any of them.
Democracy is not always chapter and verse, written out in advance.
Information is the currency of democracy. It's denial must always be suspect.
A global democracy works only when countries trust one another.
Corruption is nature's way of restoring our faith in democracy.
The flood of money that gushes into politics today is a pollution of democracy.
After each war there is a little less democracy to save.
When the body of the people is possessed of the supreme power, it is called a democracy.
The Commission on Presidential Debates is a corrupt stranglehold on our democracy.
Without God, democracy cannot and will not long endure.
Offering democracy to an Arab is like bringing a horse to a steakhouse.
Protest beyond the law is not a departure from democracy; it is absolutely essential to it.
The main point of democracy is to deliver positive results for the majority.
In a democracy, regulation of the press and imposing standards on it must be voluntary.
If we are going to save our hides, we need to start with democracy.
In America, we've got to get back to these base principles of what democracy is.
Democracy is something that you must learn each generation. It has to be taught.
One doesn't want one's democracy to behave like a dictatorial or fascistic police. One doesn't.
I believe that everyone should participate in democracy and enjoy doing it.
Democracy is much too important to be left to public opinion.
Democracy holds little appeal for people who are struggling to survive.
Small unit democracy, I found early on, didn't work for me.
