Top 1200 Democratic Country Quotes & Sayings - Page 2

But when it comes to democratic political parties, I prefer that monks and nuns not join them - in order to ensure proper democratic practice.

Israel needs to stay a Zionist country with a Jewish majority in a democratic system. Eventually, Palestinians should have some kind of independency.

I am very determined to stand up against any threat to the basic Democratic values and institutions of this country.

In Czechoslovakia in 1968, communist reformers appealed to democratic ideals that were deeply rooted in the country's pre-second world war past.

You cannot win the democratic nomination if you are not trusted on the most important issue to democratic voters.

Nothing lasts forever, whether it's Greece, Rome or the British Empire. It doesn't mean that America has to end. The country could be reshaped and reimagined in a way that is even more democratic and less imperial in nature. We're trying to radically reshape the nation in ways that are more just and fairer. That's what I mean when I say that empires eventually fall. I'm not calling for the end of America. I'm just calling for a reimagination of its democratic possibilities.

Of course, I grew up in Communist Romania, but I am happy to say that now our country is democratic, and prospering, since the revolution in 1989.

Any government that likes to call themselves democratic should welcome Snowden and allow him to live in their country.

Violence is hidden within democratic structures because they are not radically democratic - Western democracy is merely a domestic convenience of consumerism.

The world wants to know - is the future a democratic one or an autocratic one? And I want to make sure that the United States leads on that, clearly that it's democratic.

[Students for a Democratic Society] it's a social democratic program.

I don't think that nature envisaged an insurmountable mechanism that would hinder any country from taking the path of democratic development.

The burden is on the Jewish majority in Israel to prove that the definition of their country as Jewish and democratic is not a contradiction.

If you're going to be a fighter, and you're going to fight for the future of this country and lead the Democratic Party, then you can't be ducking fights.

We're seeing the sort of liberal phenomenon of activists that are speaking out. And they have every right to do so. I think we need to respect that in this country. It's just part of the democratic process.

Today, there are those who hallucinate that a democratic and Jewish state is only democratic for the Jews.

In any country, if you don't have countervailing institutions, the power of any one president is problematic for democratic development.

For a fledging democratic system to succeed, we need citizens who understand the procedures, believe in democratic rules and get personally involved.

Democratic socialism means, that in a democratic, civilized society, the wealthiest people and the largest corporations must pay their fair share of taxes.

I am challenging Ezer Weizman to accept the democratic state where both of us can live in this democratic state. What confederation? No. One democratic state. He declared one offer, I am declaring the other offer. With two communities.

The Democratic Republic of Congo was the most unbelievable place I have ever seen. Now, I'm not normally a massive fan of landscapes, but the country was just so so stunning!

Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all God's children.

Our plan is to struggle against terrorism and have security for the country and help draft a democratic constitution as soon as possible.

I think democratic socialism will ultimately prevail in this country because it makes an enormous amount of sense.

Russia is a country that has supported, propped up the worst of anti-democratic regimes in the Middle East, that has practiced - mistreated its own press, mistreated its own civil society, and economic intimidation of its neighbors, including invasion of its neighbors.I mean, this is the one country on the face of the earth with the capacity to obliterate the United States.

We got to make sure that the Democratic Party is not just Democratic, but seen to be Democratic. That means we got to have systems in place that makes sure that everybody who participates in a primary is perceived to have an equal shot with everybody else.

In a democratic country, when a man is accused, he's accused from a document issued by the public attorney.

I'm always frustrated that most Americans, even activists, know so little about the movements and people that have made America a better country. Yes, we still have plenty of problems and progressives have much more work to do, but we also need to celebrate the progressive pioneers who fought and won many victories that have made America a more democratic, inclusive country.

If our country is to reach a workable solution to the abortion issue, the Democratic party must be open to and tolerant of opposing views.

Even when you cherish democratic ideals, it is never easy to turn them into effective democratic institutions. This process will take decades.

As a Democratic member of Congress, I have a vote at the Democratic National Convention as a superdelegate.

I absolutely intend to return every penny given to me by my Democratic colleagues and Democratic leaders

I'm going to do everything I can to get myself elected, but that's not enough. I'm going to try to help move the Senate to be a Democratic majority. I'm going to try to help pick up House seats. I'm going to try to elect Democratic governors, Democratic legislators, and all the way down the line.

Hosni Mubarak... his constitution is not democratic, but he is democratic. We can voice our opinions now. The press is free.

The genius of our institutions is democratic - baseball is a democratic game.

Elected representatives are so embedded in the basic notion of what constitutes a democratic nation that it has become indistinguishable from any other form of democratic governance.

One needs to know what the hierarchy of values are from which one takes inspiration, and in a democratic society this is the subject of continuous democratic debate.

You cannot force a country to do something that is against its own interests or against the democratic process.

'Colonialism' and 'democracy' are two contradictory terms. In order to be 'democratic' a country has to be free. Right now, Indonesian people are slaves: of the West and of their local elites.

Our country is blessed with a democratic political system that is sensitive to the wishes of our people.

People must learn more and more that the strength of this country is the democratic power of the trade union movement.

My campaign filed the bill back in 2002 in the Democratic legislature, 85% Democratic, they could have prevented any possibility of a split vote.

Our country will need real leadership to undo President Obama's failed policies, and replace them with the conservative principles Mitt Romney learned turning around businesses and a failing Olympics and successfully, conservatively governing a Democratic state. I am proud to endorse him and will work my hardest to ensure he is elected so we can turn around our country.

This country needs nothing less than wholesale federalisation. The reasons are threefold: economic, democratic and cultural.

The Democratic Party is on the move across the country. Voters are responding to our message of progress and fiscal responsibility.

To oppose the policies of a government does not mean you are against the country or the people that the government supposedly represents. Such opposition should be called what it really is: democracy, or democratic dissent, or having a critical perspective about what your leaders are doing. Either we have the right to democratic dissent and criticism of these policies or we all lie down and let the leader, the Fuhrer, do what is best, while we follow uncritically, and obey whatever he commands. That's just what the Germans did with Hitler, and look where it got them.

If there is one conclusion to which human experience unmistakably points it is that democratic ends demand democratic methods for their realization.

What Democratic congressmen do to their women staffers, Republican congressmen do to the country.

In our own country, we take democratic values seriously - and so we always have a vigorous debate on the issues. That's part of the greatness of America, and we wouldn't have it any other way.

The Democratic Party, all the candidates from Washington, they all know each other, they all move in the same circles, and what I'm doing is breaking into the country club.

The United States, democratic and various though it is, is not an easy country for a fiction-writer to enter: the slot between the fantastic and the drab seems too narrow.

I'm going to tell you, what's good for al Qaeda is good for the Democratic Party in this country today.

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was indeed a vital instrument of democracy, ensuring the integrity and reliability of a democratic process that we as a Country hold so dear.

We love your adherence to democratic principles and to democratic processes.

Integrationists are delighted to live in a democratic country where the rule of law prevails, whereas chauvinists wish to import the customs of the Middle East and South Asia.

In a democratic country like India, eulogising Rahul Gandhi with the title of Yuvraj is an insult to democracy.

South Africa now needs skilled and educated people to say 'How do we manage and develop this democratic country?'

I want to ensure that the Democratic Party moves in a more progressive direction, substantively and message-wise. And goes out and reaches people all over this country.

The truth is that the United States doesn't need, and shouldn't have, a debt ceiling. Every other democratic country, with the exception of Denmark, does fine without one.

We have established a new basis in our country in which economic liberalization would continue to flourish alongside democratic forces and deregulated power structure.